Not sure whether your students are HS or college students, but here are some things I might do:

Another possibility is that couchsurfing website (couchsurfing.com?)... You might find an arrangement to hold you over for a short while.

There may be other shared housing arrangements available—even some where you can work for a reduction in rent. In my area, one of the best places to find these shared houses is at the local co-op market. Also, can you apply for section 8 or other subsidized housing?

First thing I thought of here was D'Orothea from Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" (1976).

Thanks for your advice—based on the three responses, I think I'll probably skip this project for the time being!

Thanks for your advice! It is a cool suit, but I'd probably screw it up :/

Thanks for the advice!! I will probably leave this project for a time when I am more skilled, but thanks for the tips!

Hey, does anyone here know how difficult it is to alter a swimsuit—to make it a size or two smaller? Is this do-able, or is it too difficult to do without ruining the basic proportions/fit?

I second Maleficent's suggestion to ask questions about family/weekends/holidays/local events. Once you get a few replies, you'll have more solid info about them to draw on for later conversations. That's always worked for me. I also always try to notice what people are carrying or reading, so I can ask about that.

As I said in another thread, if I saw anything like the Joe Gage trilogy (ie. El Paso Wrecking Co.) with hetero sex, I'd be into it. It is innovative, realistic, and the actors look happy. Aaand... it was made in the 70s. So the people look like regular folks to me, which is a plus.

I saw the Joe Gage trilogy (which is mostly gay, but not 100%), and I was amazed at how *good* it is. I mean, just enough storyline, innovative staging, realistic looking sex, and actors that look like they are digging it. I've never seen anything else quite like it, but I'd like to see that style in hetero stuff.

Palomar series by Gilbert Hernandez

You know, I have a feeling that men under-report this phenomenon, so we end up thinking it's unusual—and I don't think it is. There are plenty of times when my guy doesn't come, and he's cool with that because he's having fun anyway. We always get there at some point! It takes a lot of pressure off me, too, which…

If you happen to be on the edge of the financial district (Sutter and Kearney?) stop in at Bread and Cocoa for something... I mean, if you dig tea, bread, and chocolate. Then, (nonspecifically) there should be some pretty great burritos in the city too, and it's also always worth stopping in for Chinese. I've really…

I know the owner! Great business.

Yikes! I'm glad Lisa's grandmother was cool, and maybe helped her mom be a bit more tolerant. On occasion, I've had to explain to some of my own childhood friends that I didn't keep them away from my house/apt. (ie. not invite them over) because my mom had a problem with *them,* but because she was working really…

Hi—thanks for your reply! I've been away from the site for a couple days, so you might have lost the thread of this conversation, but I wanted to reply anyway. I work in the margins of academia and public history (museums), and also peripherally in fine art/graphics. I know academia has headhunters for…

For real! My mom taught me basic plumbing and electrical work, and some basic car repairs, and I later became a carpenter. I was also good at sports. Apparently my dad (deceased) was terrible at putting things together (extra parts left over) and barely sporty (golf). I mean, I know I would have had some excellent…

Agreed. I feel like the tone of the original (Slate) article comes from the fact that there is still so much vitriol towards single mothers. So much so that some parents won't even allow their children to associate with "those" kids. Things are supposedly getting more tolerant (ha!) but this continues to be an area…

Sure, cool!