I doubt it is relevant much of the time. Maybe it shouldn't be asked as a part of protocol. But eliminating the option of asking is foolish. In many cases, such as when the doctor is suspicious of domestic violence or (very common) when the patient is depressed, this info could be pretty important. Most people are…

If there are folks who really think that the federal government having access to the info is a real issue, then wouldn't a wiser bill be one that seeks to limit federal government access to medical records and/or ownership info reported in those records? Seems unnecessary to eliminate options a doctor has for…

Agree completely. The older women in my family, the older women at work and older women who are my friends- all of them have been supportive and empowering and wise, and most importantly - fun and full of life. Despite all of that, age brings illness and body/mind deterioration, and when you adore the person it…

This seems so strange to me. The older women in my life are powerful forces- and every single one of them have made me think about how it's going to happen to me. Recently I've had to leave work to care for an aged family member, and let me tell you, it's a nasty business. The worst is you have days super busy,…

ha ha. That's exactly what I have. It's about two feet from top of the mattress to the floor. Looks super cute in my bedroom because it doesn't take up much space and we have a sort of colorful minimalist thing going. Hand me down furniture in the living room too, most of it came from garage sales and the like. I…

People so have their priorities mixed up. "Grown up furniture" oh my. I've never had grown up furniture, nor a grown up car, nor a grown up wardrobe, etc. What I do have is a bank account balance and a stock portfolio that reflect two decades smart saving/investing. That sort of superficiality and judgement is exactly…

Yeah, you're right.

Thanks, sweetie. Internet conversations can be as useless or useful as you make them, like most things.

Was your uncle the James Byrd in Jasper? I was in college when that happened. There is no way to quantify torture and grief, it's too terrible.

Look Glen, you aren't engaging the topics being raised. You just keep repeating this. As far as I can tell, no one is upset that the south is called racist. It is racist. So is the north. I don't know if one is more racist than the other, but certainly the south has a longer history of violent segregation and…

I'll answer that. I'm not butthurt when people point out racism exists in the south. I've pointed it out myself repeatedly, even in this conversation.

First off, What do these charts have to do with the conversation topic? We are talking about the imagined existence of all-white southern cities full of rednecks. Nowhere did I deny the existence of racial violence in the south.

BTW just to clarify, not at all arguing that there isn't racism or racial violence in the south. Just that the time when we could say this was mostly a southern problem has passed.

What all white southern communities? I don't know why the south is constantly singled out and stereotyped this way. Racial violence and racial segregation are everywhere. And urban areas of southern cities are just as diverse as northern ones. The top ten most segregated cities are evenly split between northern and…

Or, what you pay for this drink is more than many people on the planet make in a day! Thank you, come again!

lol this is so true.

Depends on what you get. I get a small black coffee. Usually only when I'm out at home or running late, but either way it's under 2 bucks and has no sugar and lots of coffee.

I wonder about Walgreens cashier script these days. All the employees are ridiculously fake nice at the cash register and they all end the conversation by telling us to "be well". It seems like everytime I check out there, I have to listen to like five different scripted overly fake nice sentences from the human…

It's a really stupid idea. It's surprising too, since it obviously came from higher management, and you'd think that someone with that sort of salary and decision making power would be more insightful. BUT it's just a bad idea with incredibly naive yet good intentions. I don't get the hate- these comments calling…

Also that probably would've been better for her. I think an artist of any sort needs a period to practice and learn and take chances and explore and work hard making creative risks/mistakes to really get good. Even geniuses and prodigies have to do this. Even Michealangelo and Picasso and all those geniuses had to…