BTW, I figured it out, she's from Uniontown, which is in a different county from Pittsburgh. Southeast of the city.

My rent went from $500 for a HOUSE in Pgh to $1600 for a shoebox in the Bay Area. Yeah, funny indeed. I miss it a little. We call the cost of living out here 'the weather tax'.

For the folks asking about the 'small town', she's from Uniontown, PA. I had to look at the local papers to find out (Thank you Post-Gazette). It's southeast of the city, in Fayette County. (Pgh is in Allegheny Cty). So, it's Pittsburgh-adjacent.

which one?

this.

I think there's a reason he had to self publish... no one wanted to touch this mess

I can't remember the last time I brushed my hair. Granted, it's curly, so that would be bad, but like... she could probably detangle in the shower and put some sort of smoothing balm on it, right?

look up latex fruit syndrome

aren't kiwis part of the latex fruit syndrome? people with latex allergies are sometimes also allergic to a category of fruit. my boss has this, even with all my time on allergy boards, i hadn't heard of it.

wow, a teacher who stocks lunches for kids whose parent's don't feed them? wow.

I didn't realize nuts are that prolific. I'm allergic to corn, and jesus, corn products are in everything! Maltodextrin, modified food starch, xantham gum - they're all corn derivatives that set me off. I basically have to cook everything from scratch with fresh produce, which isn't entirely bad, but is terribly…

Just a heads up - anaphylaxis isn't just airway swelling, it's also a dangerously low blood pressure drop. Anaphylaxis is defined by a whole body reaction to an allergen and is sometimes accompanied by vomiting and hives. I have a corn allergy and just because my airway isn't blocked doesn't mean I am not in…

i LOLd while imagining your kid. that MUST be highly entertaining. i hope i have a kid like that someday :)

+1

Wait, IQ is now based on standardized tests? When I was in school, I was measured to have a genius IQ based on tests that mostly involved problem solving.

They will have to pry my red docs from my cold, dead hands. Did you know they started making them in China instead of the UK? The new ones kind of suck

Either way, I wouldn't buy a dress that cost more than... $300. And it would have to be pretty damn special at that.

Regarding Raven... even though she lost weight, she's very curvy. I've found that it's hard, as a curvy girl, to dress youthfully without looking slutty. Any skin I reveal shows a lot of curves or cleavage.

Haha. So what do you do when we make up 98% of the company? We don't even have an accountant, we outsource that stuff so the 50+ engineers can be weird on our own ;)

For what it's worth, that's not actually more than my rent for a shoebox in the Bay Area. But it's only a few hundred short :)