When I grew up this was the norm. Then, I am 52. I think a reasonable approach would be to introduce the person by their formal name, and then let that adult choose how they wish to be addressed. “Little Boogie, this is Ms. Smith.” “Oh, Little Boogie, you can call me Mary.”

I had never heard of “it me” before reading this. Maybe that makes me out of touch, but I’m okay with it. This is one lame-ass meme.

Sounds like he’d already had too much.

Yep, but nope, because judges have to avoid the appearance of bias, and if he doesn’t want to perform marriages for same sex marriages but performs them for heterosexual couples, it shows that he is biased against gay citizens, who might appear before him in court. So he really should be tossed off the bench, since he…

Buddy, flying hasn’t been special in a long, long time - I always wear clean, unripped clothes, but if I have to spend hours in a sardine can without room enough to take a deep breath or scratch my ankle, you bet your ass I’m dressing comfortably.

Maybe the web site exaggerates to frighten teens? Maybe these parents are bigger monsters then we even imagine and just poured the booze down his throat? I don’t know. I have read of drunk drivers having more than .30 BAC.

Congratulations, Mark! All happiness to the two of you!

Sometimes hospitals will extend temporary priveleges to a doctor not credentialed there under special circumstances. Perhaps if they select one NOW and appeal to their compassion they will do so - but it is a process so she and her doctor better get cracking.

Kibbe nayyah is delicious. The restaurant I used to order it at served it with a whipped garlic sauce that was amazing.

Exactly. I could understand, under managed care, if it was something really expensive and hard to get, but it usually costs less than the co-pay. They also made me have a CT scan because when doing an ultrasound for something unrelated (in my KNEE), they saw an “abdominal mass.” I said, “Could it be my fibroids?” (I…

I just moved across country and am changing doctors for the first time in many years. It’s very stressful because I have a long history and I really don’t want someone fucking around with my routine just for the hell of it. The doctor I just saw is giving me shit over the antihistimine I take because “he doesn’t…

What an ignorant bitch.

Huck signal = outline of an open bible with a gun on top.

Keep an eye on this story. Bet you a dollar (just a token) that before it’s done, that charge is reduced to a misdemeanor and any job discipline is just a slap on the wrist.

Nope. Doesn’t work that way.

I want to know who starred his bullshit comment and map. We need to ridicule them too.

All of that word salad up there? (1) just made me feel dumber just reading it; (2) probably reduced the collective IQ of our whole nation by a few points; and (3) IS WHY WE NEED TO REINTRODUCE FUCKING CIVICS CLASSES, let’s say half of every year of high school at least. This ignoramus was the GOVERNOR of a STATE,…

If the deputy clerks felt coerced, it was their right to file in court and ask to be heard. She lacks standing (legal authority, basically) to assert their rights for them. A parent can assert rights for a minor child, or a relative, with court permission, can assert rights on behalf of an incapacitated person (an…

I am a real lawyer (recently retired) and I disagree with your interpretation of how this works and how it should be viewed. I’m telling you how I see it and how I would argue if I had to deal with the issue.

you realize you don’t actually have to leave one to take one...or are you being deliberately dense? It’s “leave one when and if you get around to it, take one if you want, give it back if you when done...if you want. They don’t make you stamp a card or anything. It isn’t transactional, it’s voluntary.