Agreed! Given that they didn’t follow protocol for a bomb threat at all, it does look very “staged”... but by them, and for the reasons you describe.

It is odd that his dad is a media figure, but what that explains to me is that’s how his story hit the media faster than it would have with any other Muslim student with non-media-savvy parents.

I, too, had a Heavenly Creatures friend. She lived down the street, and her parents took a transfer across the country to separate us. It was probably a good idea.

I definitely know how to old.

Airlines can get fucked for turning air travel into a cattle call. Just a reminder that this is what they have in store for us:

We had our preacher yell, SO SAY WE ALL! after he pronounced us man and wife, and much to our delight, the tiny crowd shouted it back!

I will admit to googling its spelling for the sake of this post.

That’s exactly how I met my first husband, minus online dating, because it wasn’t invented yet back then.

Yeah, totally! I’ve been working really hard these last few years to have something worthwhile to google about me, so they would have to acknowledge that at some point!

Our first one-on-one? Battlestar Gallactica. And in the middle of that conversation? Our faces collided. Oops.

I remember when suitors were gentlemen callers, and by “call” that meant “showing up randomly at my house,” and by “suitors,” I mean dudes I might or might not have been “making time” with.

Oh, the mark of a true GI sufferer is that there are no taboos about bowel talk anymore. ;)

At this point, it seems, all relationships involve a sizable portion of time mutually cyberstalking in the beginning or beforehand, my marriage included. I bet you anything the letter-writer, if he does reveal his “secret,” will get a similar revelation from his spouse in kind.

I should mention that this is coming from someone who’s been through all you seem to be going through. I’m not completely asymptomatic, but it’s largely under control thanks to those supplements.

All teh religions are “religions of peace” at their core, but it’s far too inconvenient for all too many motives throughout history to acknowledge that.

Meanwhile, I’ve been told spicy stuff is your ally against inflamation. And also you can buy capsacin in a tube to put on your inflamed joints!

It sounds like you too suffer from a chronic GI issue. I’ve got mine at bay right now, and I think it’s the calcium/magnesium supplements I take on the reg at the suggestion of my doctor. YMMV, but thought I’d share!

As long as she’s consistent, and not “Kosher when convenient for me/inconvenient for others as a fun and regular power trip I like to have.”

THAT’Z NOT OKAY, even if tickling offers you a pleasant sensation, but especially if you’re like me and find being tickled to be painful.

Actually, I’m glad you posted that gif, because that appears to be Jason Alexander’s stand-in!