So I've been engaged for about 10 months, planning my wedding for mid-winter due to logistical complications. My brother has been with the same girl for 15 years (since they were 13....) and last month, he announced he is getting married on the fourth of July.

I'm from Rhode Island and we have this special hotdog call a "Saugy" -it's a natural casing hotdog that is savored by absolutely everyone in the state except me. I can read, talk and listen to the joys of casing, but to feel it snap between my teeth is a different matter all together.

See, I am really interested in that sort of phenomenon in the UK. There is so much variation in things like food preparation, accents, etc, in such a small area (well relatively, when compared to the US). For example, my fiance is from County Durham, and doesn't identify as a Geordie, but rather claims he speaks in a…

I agree. Sure, I know all the words from all the songs from The Little Mermaid straight through to to Pocahontas, but my nostalgia for all of it, (except maybe for Ursula the Sea Witch), is very compromised and it mostly makes me feel icky now.

I love food from the UK (chips and beans being one of the most delicious culinary inventions ever), especially Scottish food, but I'm with you on the haggis. I've never been able to bring myself to try it- I did attempt blood pudding, however. I wasn't crazy for the texture but found it to mostly taste like cloves.…

Well I tried my Sticky toffee pudding at a Wetherspoons in Glasgow, and the portion was huge, not to mentioned attempted after a full meal. My fiance was trying to show me the phenomenon of a cozy Sunday meal on the cheap. Christmas pudding...I think something about the combination of the booze-soakedness and the…

I'm sure it looks lovely. I've been to Scotland like 3 times and Haggis is the one thing I couldn't quite get around to trying, even the less authentic looking ones...but then I'm not a sausage person at all. Casings freak me out.

That is the least appealing photo of haggis I've ever seen, but probably most accurate as to it's offal-ness.

My fiance is from the UK and I'm obsessed with The Great British Bake off, so I've been attempting a lot Anglo desserts and baked goods (Victoria sponge, iced fingers, fondant fancies and fairy cakes, which are just cupcakes with way less frosting and a way better name) but one thing I can't handle are the sweet…

Yes, I totally think this was the situation in my district. After the incident, I heard from the grape vine that this particular officer had been demoted from patrol to SRO. He wasn't placed at my school because he had a interest in or ability to help youth- it was a punishment. All adolescents, particularly those…

I have worked in urban public schools for the last 5 years and can attest that "safety officers" do more harm then good. In my previous district, they had absolutely zero sensitivity trainingnor experience with youth and escalate conflicts instead of diffusing them. Like every time.

Okayyyyyyyy I'm a teacher(ish) sort of educator (youth programs administrator) who has worked with middle school kids for like 10 years and guess what? Not rehiring this woman is 100% valid. This was not a leaked video she made to share with a partner. She created pornographic material that was intended to be…

I think it's substantially different to create illicit videos/photos that are intended for private use vs. staring in films that are created to be sold for profit to the public. If videos/photos a teacher created for her partner were leaked, the teacher, who didn't intend for the content to become available to their…