True. I can’t imagine this is the first time she’s expressed her racist viewpoint. Teachers cannot be expected to be saints, but as a society we need to figure out what sort of things are important. A teacher who okay with the assault of teenager seems like a bigger risk than one who has a sense of humor about her…

Letting go sucks, this is true. You kind of have to think of it as pet sitting for a person you haven’t met yet rather than trying to find a home. And there is nearly always another critter waiting for that foster spot you have opened up, which helps too.

True, herbivore shit is way nicer to manage than the carnivore type. I’m always surprised that there aren’t more house rabbits based on that alone. I guess it’s only because people with house rabbits get even more side-eye than us crazy cat ladies.

Have you looked into fostering? You do have to send them along to a new home at some point but costs are subsidized. Or there are permanent foster situations for senior dogs that can’t otherwise find homes (though those are rare). Or check if there is a blood donor program you can participate in with your dog, they…

Retired Racing Greyhound! Adopting a greyhound is a little like joining a cult, so be prepared. But a dog that thinks a 20 minute sprint is a weeks worth of exercise is a joy to live with.

Goat manure isn’t that bad, goats have pretty efficient digestion so it’s mostly dry pellets similar to rabbit manure. Cow, however, is soft, stinky and awful. Not sure about sheep, I’d guess they’d be closer to goat than cow. (Weird things you learn as a vet tech in training)

I think you can probably get a life jacket for a goat. Especially a miniature goat.

My understanding is they preferentially eat poison ivy. They tend to like the woody plants and vines over soft grasses. Also good for kudzu and clearing brush. I’d love to get some in to lean up the “greenspace” next door but my homeowner’s association isn’t that progressive (or regressive).

Do we know if she was getting any medical care? She might not have known how far along she was — even before any questions about mental health.

You need food dispensing toys. The food dispensing part keeps the cat interested, the activity burns calories and since it takes energy to get food it cuts down on snacking.

If she’d only been large, loud, brash and threatening without the “femme” trappings, she wouldn’t be the icon she is. It was like being an impeccable femmy pig gave her permission to be loud and assertive.

She taught young girls (and boys) that it’s okay for a girl to be loud, large, brash, and even threatening. She goes after what she wants openly, without apology, and with her own power. More than that she’s admired and loved for it. None of that gets in the way of her wearing high heels, sparkles, make-up and…

If I wasn’t allowed to read books for a whole week I would actually be crazy, no need for a fake therapist to convince me. I’d be muttering about the wall paper and crocheting escape ropes from the bedding.

They’ve had a long time to convince themselves and the girls that no one remembers anything, and so nothing bad happened. Because it’s the memory of the trauma that makes it a crime, so if the traumatized could just get with the program and forget, there wouldn’t be a crime at all.

I think you make a good point. In many ways Jim Bob and Michelle are the worst villans here. Their crime in choosing to maintain a good public image instead of assuring the molestation could not continue is both illegal and immoral. They don’t have the excuse of being too young to make moral (or rational) decisions.

My initial thought was that if a man goes to a doctor and ends up getting an abortion then clearly there has been some heinous fuckery involved and he should have the right to sue.

Make sure your eye of newt is fresh! Otherwise you end up with a 32 year old in a fedora with a manifesto calling you ‘m’lady’.

Recursive programing is one of the weirder programming concepts (right up there with self modifying code and anything involving pointers). My prof taught it by walking us through a simple recursive sort like it was a magic trick.

So do the people who were assaulted after the first set of evidence was ignored have grounds to sue? I’m guessing not, but I can’t imagine any other crime where just ignoring collected evidence would be considered okay.

Pregnancy may be contagious, but you can be immunized by exposure to whiny toddlers. This is why all workplaces should have built in day care.