Ugh. I am so sorry. We had a similar thing happen in my family when my father-in-law died; inappropriate behavior by 2 parties, but no facebook, only telephone.

I've worked in numerous university environments (and I've lived in dorms - even in one at VSU for that matter), and it's entirely plausible that someone could be on a couch for that amount of time. Students will sleep anywhere. And with people going in and out, there's no way to judge whether any one person saw her in…

IIRC, Mississippi still allows corporal punishment in schools, too...

Andrea is far from dumb; she's a self-preservationist, through and through. She's a social climber, essentially, after the end of society. She's the type of woman that you don't want to be friends with, because you know that if it seemed like your husband could offer her an opportunity to move up in the world, you'd…

I prefer Tastykakes, but man, am I going to miss raspberry coconut Zingers!

My daughter suggested that Matthew Lewis would be a great Doctor, and although it makes me feel like a dirty old lady, I *really* like that idea. A lot.

The thinner she is, the sooner the bumpwatch can start, especially now that she's married. *sigh*

And they base your eligibility off of your gross income. Whether you are paying rent, childcare, health insurance, etc —- that isn't taken into account when they look at your earnings. I remember applying for assistance years ago, with a gross income of around $19,000/year for a family of 3, and being told we made too…

Yeah, I think Matt Smith is pretty content right now, and still enjoying his run. If we can't have Idris or Chiwetel, I'd like to see a ginger Doctor...or Matthew Lewis...

Hellz yeah. Whichever doesn't become Bond can be the next Doctor!

Fascinating...I can dig that...and pretend I didn't see the spellings. Thanks!

Dear lord, those children's names...Raeven and Korbyn?

I think the problem is that they HAVE asked themselves that question, and the answer is "because other people don't deserve it, because they obviously don't TRY hard enough" and therefore, why not just let them die off? And that's the disconnect. They don't understand because they don't want to. They are willfully…

So she's beating that dead horse again, eh? The "I can't be accused of taking inspiration from works that already exist because I don't read ANYTHING in that genre" bit. Whatever...can't WAIT to hear more about what her next book is about...

So, here's the thing. I was at a local crisis intervention center recently, and I overheard a woman's interview. She has two children. Care to guess how much child support she gets? She receives $50 every other week, "when he remembers to pay." That is $650 per child per year, IF HE REMEMBERS TO PAY. She had just lost…

It's kind of weird. Looking back, I don't think she did it maliciously, I think that she was just a know-it-all who really ENJOYED being a know-it-all, if that makes sense.

Hm...that's a good point. My daughter is older now, and she knows that if she slips up and says something to a kid who still believes, she can cover it with it a, "Just kidding!" and laugh it off. I know kids don't necessarily want or mean to ruin anything for their friends. Both of mine had friends trying to convince…

I respect people's right to raise their children that way, of course, but the least they can do it tell their children not to ruin it for all their classmates. I chaperoned a Girl Scout camping trip for my daughter's troop when she was 9. One of the girls decided that this trip, when all the girls were separated from…

I thought my husband was going to have a stroke. He turned red and started yelling. When he finally stopped, I gave it about a minute and asked, "Would you like a glass of wine?" After the first glass of wine, I convinced him to switch to Netflix.

Yep...last year at Dragon*Con, Tom Felton even joked about that and what a good kisser "Dan" is.