When I was called by one of the Indian IRS scammers, and called him out on it, I was shocked at how immediately he turned to sexualized harassment. Frightening to think of the women he otherwise encounters in his life subjected to that behavior.

I suspect that I am of your parent’s generation, and the fear of nuclear war was literally a regular nightmare in my childhood. I’ve been getting flashbacks.

Well, the difference is that, even if you haven’t met your deductible, hospitals and doctors contract with insurance companies to give you a better rate. For example, I tripped in my kitchen last month, ripped my finger on a cabinet door handle, resulting in an ER visit and about 18 sutures. My total bill was $2000,…

I used to live near a chicken ranch, and can corroborate that they smell terrible. OTOH, when someone took up pig farming nearby, the first time my horse caught wind of it, she took off bucking. And as for cattle - there is a mile or so (maybe more) of feedlot near I5 in Central CA that just reek so badly that…

Golf gloves!

I was in a marriage like that as well, and pulled the plug, as well. You have to do it because of the children, really. You can’t let that poison get to them. Hey, you made it through law school, you deal with the INS, you’re strong and you’ll make this life work.

I got a mammogram, which became an ultrasound at the same visit, which morphed into a biopsy a couple of weeks later. For a benign cyst. Doctors like to be careful. Wishing you all the best.

Who knew total lack of empathy was an inheritable trait?

Interesting that they are concerned about sugar prices due to subsidies, while Mexico yesterday announced that it won’t be shipping any more sugar (cane?) to the US because thee’s no one to negotiate with in the government.

When my ex- was getting ready to convert to Catholicism, he said it was not different than being a Protestant. I pointed to transubstation as one big difference. He scoffed, saying that surely the cool priests at the relevant church didn’t believe THAT. (He’d missed the sermon where that was the topic...)

It’s just nonsense. Look away. /s (scaring me to death.)

C’mon Rich and Bobbie - love your work! You can do it! ( And yay women for making them go through this!)

The designs remain nearly the same, but look at how much bigger they were (esp. noticable as to the Butterfinger.)

Maybe an hour or two from San Francisco...

Well, McCarthy was anti-communist. If 45 translates that to “anti-Russian”(involvement in our elections) he’s got a point. Or is revealing something...

Excellent!!

This was the plot of a Tom Clancy book - a 747 is driven into the Capitol during a State of the Union address, and a low-ranking cabinet member - the one who is kept out of the way in case the Capitol is bombed during the state of the Union, is last, and becomes President. (Which is one reason I used to get really…

Thank you for posting!!

Keep it up! (I’m thinking of taking an immigration law refresher course so that I can help. It’s frustrating standing by while this is happening.)

Also, only one week off work.