My old employer definitely was doing a data thing with the 10,000 plus employees. A few years back, they gave you a pretty nice gift card to Target or the like if you completed this health screening... questionnaire, blood work, blood pressure... etc. It was so obviously a carrot to try and get data on us. But I was…

I think that the issue of significant survival past reproductive age is not something has been a problem long enough to actually succumb to evolutionary pressure. I don’t know what the maternal mortality rates were back in prehistoric times... but I would say that over the course of her reproductive life (age 15 to…

Yeah this is what I understood. He is likely to be transferred to a non-OK facility for his protection and he is also likely to be given a fake name. He has to sort of disappear into the prison system, otherwise the risk for injury to him and the effort to prevent that would be expensive and difficult. It really sucks…

I’m sure all of the parties involved who don’t actually have a personality disorder found it equal parts hilarious and mind-numbingly ridiculous.

You know it is super frustrating, but I always like it when these lawyers dot those “I’s” and cross those “T’s”. When they leave no option on the table, it reduces the chance of a retrial or granting of an appeal. Plus - you have to remember that Holtzclaw is a massive narcissistic bag of dicks with a personality…

Absolutely - honestly reason #612 why I need to get the divorce ball rolling. I have no assets right now... BUT... my parents have build up a significant nest egg that will be split between me and a sibling. There is also family land that is currently still in the name of the family matriarch (i.e grandma). Grandma…

If you need a prenup- get a prenup. I think that they are useful in some cases. I had a friend, both of her parents died suddenly over an 18 month period when we were in our late 20's. She and her sister were suddenly in charge of this estate. It wasn’t huge, but it was the life’s work of two folks who had emigrated…

I absolutely am. It is funny because I’m a bit of a tree hugger and so for years I’ve been occasionally fussing at him to get paperless delivery of his statements. I have to say I’m ever so grateful that he is lazy AF about that stuff and it just never happened. He was out of town the weekend I found out about the…

True depending on the state - if you part ways you do have disclose assets. BUT... possession is 9/10 of the law as the saying goes. If I want to make sure that I maintain the ability to pay my mortgage, put food on the table and take the children to the pediatrician...there is something to be said for “Ok, sure half…

I’m so sorry this happened to you. May I suggest the website “Chump Lady” (I have to give them credit for the Ho-Worker)... they are a great resource and a great source of support. You feel shocked and upset now... you need to feel angry and out for your own best interest. I am fortunate that I’m good with money and…

I got married at 30, with an advanced degree, a good job, and a growing career. We never had “money issues”... we are mostly on the same page when it comes to the money. We both earned similar amounts. We both worked hard and agreed on the importance of saving for retirement, minimizing debt, etc. We eventually…

Probably you could break some of those followers into subsets. People who signed up to follow 3 years ago, but now mostly hide her stuff from their feed. Hipsters who follow in an ironic way. Parents of teenagers who follow to try and understand WTF their kid is even talking about, bots... etc etc. I am sure a fair…

To me it all comes down to what the developer said they were going to do in the proposal. If the initial proposal said that the common-folk apartments would have A, B, and C (i.e. secure entry, dishwashers, standard builders grade can lighting)... then it should have that and the developer should be fined. If the…

Interesting point of view. I wonder if the video was made/stored on a device that was purchased using marital funds, and there fore would be considered marital property. I wonder how basically intellectual property works in that case.

I guess it depends on how she came to find this particular video. Like if he posted it online in some form or another (even in a supposedly “secure” location) then all bets are off. If she hacked his phone and got it that way then I would agree that we would all be losing our collective shit if a man did the same…

already did it on my dorm floor circa Halloween 1992. We were very popular at all the parties we attended.

I sometimes like to think of these folks not in the present time, but like what it was like being around them 20 or 25 years ago when they were building their career. Like everyone knows that everyone at college and pretty much anywhere else hates Ted Cruz. For some reason I have this mental image of a long line of…

I could go either way on this. On the one hand, she likely took the job thinking it was first and foremost it is a JOB, but hoping she could do some good, actually teach young people something, build a career doing something that she loves and is passionate about.

I agree with the Fist of the Pon - I think the landscape for self-promotion/project promo has changed a lot. A few weeks back there was an article about FHM shutting down. I made the point that ladies that were really into doing the “hottie” promo thing or the like are much more into managing their image on…

I think another aspect to consider is that they are two separate people (who now naturally have different voices, mannerisms, etc.) who played a single character as children. They were very small when they did the show, so they were just parroting back lines that someone got them to say. They were not “acting”. How…