Yes, most people survive the measles (and mumps, chicken pox and whooping cough) without complication, but that doesn’t mean vaccinations aren’t needed. In the early to mid 60s, there was a German measles epidemic where I grew up. We have multiple family friends whose children were born with blindness or deafness…

The first time I ever heard “better to ask for forgiveness than permission” was while working for a political campaign. I think it’s the guiding principle for most of them.

Looks like one of his brothers changed his name at the same time, but the other didn’t. According to Biography.com, “at the age of 16, Ralph and his brother Jerry changed their last name to Lauren after having been teased consistently at school.”

Elizabeth Berkley’s husband is Greg Lauren, nephew of Ralph Lauren, which totally seems to explain his look.

I came here to make the same point! My Russian professor said that Russians don’t write in block letters. The only writing guides I’ve seen in Russian textbooks are for cursive.

The crazy thing here is that I doubt she actually wrote any of it. Wouldn’t this have all been written and filed by a professional brand/marketing guru or maybe even a patent consultant attorney?

The article included a picture of a toddler, who I’m assuming is KVIIIlyn. She already had the “I hate my moronic parents” look down.

I saw a story about the Disney kid earlier this week. It included a picture from a magazine about parents who liked the name Kaitlin but thought it was too popular. The husband suggested replacing the “ait” bit with the roman numerals for eight, so their daughter’s name is KVIIIlyn.

You might be waiting a long time. I don’t think any of the GBBO celebrity charity specials have aired in the USA.

Several years ago, I went to my PCP because I was concerned that my thyroid wasn’t functioning as it should. I have a strong family history of hypothyroidism (my mother, maternal grandmother and maternal great-aunts), had struggled with weight and fatigue for at least a decade and had other symptoms (like thinning…

I went to LSU in the 90s, and DKE were the biggest assholes on campus even back then. I’ve never understood how they’ve managed to stay on campus this long.

I’ve always been ambivalent towards Aniston; she’s okay, but not someone who draws me to watch a movie or TV show. However, after watching the last season of Friends followed by the first (I was stuck in hotel with the flu while traveling abroad), I realized that Aniston was the only one who managed to keep her…

I agree about Leo. Jack was an American who had spent time in Europe trying to be an artist. I think he’d be a little older and mature than Leo comes off on screen. I’m not saying he did a bad job; I just think there were other actors who would have fit the backstory better.

I don’t think it was that bad. Many screen tests often seem bad. I could buy him as a world-traveling aspirational artist more than Leo, who to me seemed too young and boyish for his backstory.

I’m always intrigued by the people who were almost cast (or cast and then dropped) for famous roles. Most of the time, I can’t imagine the role being played by someone else. But there are a few, like Jeremy Sisto playing Jack in Titanic, that I think I’d prefer.

There’s a trial version [of Buffer] that lets you sync three social media accounts and schedule 10 posts per account per month.

Jane Austen was probably more like Fanny Price in Mansfield Park rich. She had rich relatives, but she did not have a large income or inheritance. She lived with her mother and unmarried sister Cassandra during her adult life, and they were forced to move to cheaper accommodations or move in with family on a few…

My former employer offered combined PTO as well as a sick level pool that could be used for serious illnesses that caused you to be out five or more days. At the time I was laid off, I was up to 32 days of PTO and had accrued the max number of  180 sick leave pool days. It was fantastic.

Yep. Sorry. I didn’t initially see that one sentence when I first read the article. Based on the responses I’ve receiced, I’m sorry I ever tried to share this information with others who were complaining about their being single use. I was trying to be helpful, now I wish I could delete my comments.

Yep. Sorry. I didn’t initially see that one sentence when I first read the article. Based on the responses I’ve…

I’m not. I just happened to get some for a holiday luncheon and was happy that they are reusable and not single use, even if most people use them as single use. Since the first dozen or so comments complained about the single-use nature of the product, I thought it was important to correct some misinformation that was…

I’m not. I just happened to get some for a holiday luncheon and was happy that they are reusable and not single use,…