The hospital may have made that decision based on the potential costs of paying of many more millions in settlements over HIPAA violations.

:-p I remember a trip to NYC when I was a fresh-faced, corn-fed 17 year old girl. At the ice cream shop, I didn’t have a watch, and didn’t immediately notice the clock.

I’m not “insincere” when I’m polite and civil to my customers. I’m polite and civil because after 30 years experience I know it makes my job easier and reduces the amount of bile in my stomach. It may not be ‘necessary’ but life is more than the basics and honestly, I think having a gentle tone of voice with a…

I got an email customer service reply from a company in New Jersey that made me feel like an a-hole for asking where my order was.

*UGH*

I’m sorry, but the standard for customer service, world-wide, (and I’m in the industry myself) is to start out polite. At least, be civil. I don’t get why anyone would come out…

It’s very well known that the BBC has 12 actors, three umbrellas, and one gold colored, tufted davenport.

re: politicians getting off their asses, a quote from the Seattle march:

Registering voters is some serious good action. Happening here at the Seattle march:

“Welcome to Ballard. Here’s your Subaru.” - my ex, commenting on the sheer number of Foresters seen on the streets of this Seattle neighborhood.

IDGAF. I watch this repeatedly for quite a few scenes, not the least of which is the fully-got-damned-justifiable homicide of terrible mobsters by one of the brothers jumping off a roof carrying the toilet to which he was chained (by the bad guys). Also, that scene where they drop out of a ceiling, tangled in rope,…

full disclosure: I straight-up swiped it from someone else

Bobby Three Sticks has his hand on a dead-man’s switch, I’m almost certain of it. By that I mean: if anything should happen to Mueller’s role in this investigation, a shit-ton of sealed indictments will be unsealed. The AGs of NY will take up the criminal part of this investigation, and the clear trail of money…

according to the image/map published with the article, people in Africa and in Australia did not mix.

NO SPOILERS

I thought the film was simply *magical*, in all. Gorgeous.

... and makes everything better!

well, I did post on my facebook all the stories I wanted but didn’t call her out and didn’t post on her timeline. but yeah, o the stuff I wanted to say!!

Before this past Christmas, I hadn’t spoken to my (R) sister since the election*... we finally broke the ice, but luckily she didn’t say word one about Drumph the entire time, or I would have walked out the house, and she knew it.

*Right after the election she told me I needed to calm down, and I told her “so I guess…

thanks for warning of the Salo-level of sadomasochism. Salo was the only movie I’ve ever walked out of.

It’s wonderful they could pop up a theater for this film! (still, wouldn’t it be great if Ava and co. found a way to build a theater there? It could be an arts center, classes for kids, community theater, and a movie house!)

whoa! I hope he makes a full recovery!

yep, there is a difference for long-grain vs. short-grain brown rice! :-)