Related note - anybody see the article in NY Times by an admissions counselor at Dartmouth? She received a recommendation for an applicant that was written by the school janitor. The recommendation was about how thoughtful the student was, knew the name of everyone on the custodial staff, was often observed picking up…

I was a runner and triathlete and 4 months after I had my last baby I still had a good 20 pounds to lose, couldn’t think straight because I had a colicky baby who didn’t sleep and I was sleep deprived, and I was crying in the shower every single day and trying to balance being back at work and pumping enough milk. I…

The rule of evidence in TX (Rule 505: Privilege for communication to a clergy member) establishes no such standard. It essentially covers any confidential communication to a clergy member in their professional capacity as spiritual advisor.

Priest-penitent privilege is rule of evidence in many jurisdictions, including Texas, which has a Privilege for Communication to a Clergy Member. I don’t know the specifics of this case - whether the murderer didn’t assert the privilege or I think more likely this rule was not in place at the time the confession took…

Ok that makes more sense, an article I read said simply that he was discussing surrogacy in his office and people objected. A bit different than asking your employees to bear your children for you.

In my experience, unless you are in a major city where a larger variety of cuisines is commonplace, Indian restaurants are typically near where there are pockets of people of Indian descent living. When I moved to Austin 11 years ago, there were no Indian restaurants near my neighborhood. It drove me crazy, I was…

This isn’t even the Texas Legislature (though it’s full of corrupt morons) this guy’s a federal Congressman.

If you are married and there is no court order of custody, it is legal for one parent to take the children out of the country.

My mom has had RA for over 10 years and it makes her insane when people give her advice like black cherry juice or essential oils will fix her right up. She’s not even nice about it anymore, she’s just like “I have an autoimmune disease, not just a little joint soreness.”

Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, Mr. Rogers - I really don’t think I could take it if any of them turn out to be awful.

For what it’s worth, there are plenty of us regular old citizens who recognize the value of diplomacy and the work that you do every day, so thank you for what you do.

Also, the lawyer is a literal ambulance chaser. He got disciplined by the state bar for contacting the parents of a 13 year old 4 days after his death to solicit business.

I thought that at first but I’ve seen a few episodes that involved their church and it’s like the Methodist church which in OK isn’t really on the fundie spectrum. I really think the homeschool thing is because they live on a ranch so damn far away from school. I grew up in Nebraska and in the western part of the…

My husband and I have a joke between us that Peggy Noonan’s life’s work is trying to figure out how to re-animate the corpse of Reagan and then have him run for president again.

It was also rumored that he cheated with January Jones and there was speculation that he fathered her son.

When this all broke I had this vague feeling that - wait we all knew this already, right - now it’s just been confirmed by journalists in a national forum. Because I’m not even remotely involved in the industry, I just have an online addiction and I’m pretty sure I’ve read whiffs of this for years.

I love all the idiots who said when Trump was elected how relieved they were to have Melania bringing some class back to the white house. I guess those are the people whose idea of class is strictly derived from watching old reruns of Dynasty. And so now we’re getting the inevitable cat fighting and plate throwing.

We have the world’s worst floorplan for small children - master bedroom downstairs and kids upstairs so I still have a video monitor for my 3.5 year old. She does wake up occasionally and without the monitor we wouldn’t hear her - she stays in bed until someone comes to get her. Added benefit, it’s also nice if she’s…

I’m sorry you are going through it now. Unsolicited advice, I was a vet of infertility treatment so when I got (surprise!) pregnant I went to the doctor asap and got a beta every few days right when I found out I was pregnant. I also had them check my progesterone - and I ended up taking supplemental progesterone, my…

When I was pregnant for the 4th time (1 living kid and 2 miscarriages at that point), I would tell my husband on the way to every doctor’s appointment “don’t get your hopes up, this probably won’t end well.” At some point when it was clear that pregnancy was sticking around he said “can I get my hopes up now?” The…