The LA Times published a map of elementary schools that have high opt out rates. I'm pretty sure South Pas was good.

There is a chihuahua on the next block over from me who is not fenced in and defends his territory pretty aggressively. It's sort of terrifying, because he runs right up to you and barks all around your ankles and you don't know if he's going to bite you. He never does, and he stops at a certain point in the street,…

At my elementary school, in 2nd grade we went on a field trip to the Manhattan Beach Roundhouse, a Marine Biology lab where they have touch tanks and maybe some injured animals and whatnot. As part of their presentation, they would put a starfish on someone's head, then pull it up a little, and it would pull the kid's…

Lawyer, definitely. Plus, she should get set up on a medical fundraising site like youcaring. A lot of people are hesitant to ask for help, but when you're that sick and out of work, pride is a luxury. Also, if she does lose her insurance she should qualify for emergency Medicaid. (I went through all this with my…

So order them well done. No sogginess ever.

As a fellow native Californian, Habit is the best and it is seriously cheap compared to the other fast casual burger chains around.

In the convention center they have really really shitty ones.

Sorry. I should say that I believe it happens to people, but it is not an official policy, and truthfully, it runs counter to "official" policy. It probably happens more in Utah and Idaho, but I don't have much experience there. I know and am friends with many ex-mormons, and I have no issues answering that particular…

Yeah, in Utah County that is probably the norm. Which is why I would never live there.* I think ex-mormons get a friendlier reception from mormons in other parts of the country. Or at least, in LA they do.

I guess it's possible that that has happened somewhere, but it is not in line with my experience at all. In fact, if an excommunicated person is attending church regularly, you might not even know they were excommunicated unless you checked their membership status, which not everyone has access to.

The RLDS doesn't actually exist anymore, as they merged with another church and are called the Communisty of Christ now. And they are substantially different than the LDS church in a myriad of ways other than female ordination. They didn't leave the church because of female ordination, btw. That came much later.

That is not true. Excommunicated mormons are not barred from socializing with other mormons or attending mormon services.

There is no malaria vaccine.

If she hooks up withe the sister's someimtes shady boyfriend, it's Phoenix Rising