I should clarify (upon reread) that the songbook is at every table - there are not 30 piano players all playing different music. Because that would suck.

Oh, also - not sure how long you'll be there and if you'll have time, but the Charles River Bike Path walk is beautiful - it's a little less than 20 mi, all paved I believe, so certainly an "easy" but long walk, but it follows the path of the charles through Cambridge, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, all the way to the…

If you can venture out to Brookline, I *love* Brookline Booksmith on Coolidge Corner. One of my favorite independent bookstores ever.

I'm thinking about using Jez to find a roommate, haha.

Look into Care Credit, if it is a break. It's a no interest credit card (if you pay it back within a certain period of time). I used it when my dog needed an emergency vet visit to the tune of $1300.

I think therapy is a totally reasonable course of action here. He is NOT taking/sending pictures like a neurotypical person - it seems like an obsession for him, and it's not healthy. Taking nude pictures can be fine or even healthy, but taking them at work and texting them around (or really, taking nude pictures at…

My advice - not worth it to pay full sticker price for law school in the mid 50s unless it is in a place you REALLY want to practice in. Even then maybe not. More and more articles about ballooning law student debt would make me loath to take more money than absolutely necessary, unless it was for a top school where…

Can I just vent for a few moments? I'm doing some prep to do teaching work, and was teaching "sample lessons" with a group of other prospective teachers. We had an evaluator in the back whose feedback to the men and women was SO DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT that it legitimately made my head spin. There were 4 boys and 4…

This may help - it depends what kind of chocolate she ate. I would go to the e-vet and induce vomiting if you are still in the window where that is possible.

My friend who bought her prom dress in September didn't fit into it in May. Awkward times, yo.

I actually very much agree with kids not driving themselves to prom. There is a lot of alcohol often involved with many students at prom, and the fewer that need to get on the road (especially because most proms are not held at the school - ours was 1 hr away) the better. Limo drivers are at least sober, and also,…

I am completely shocked that someone who adheres more closely to societal standards of beauty achieves more success in society. Shocked, I tell you. Please, someone bring the the smelling salts.

Because the pill is one of the most used pharmaceuticals in the US, my guess is that even a very rare side effect is probably pretty commonly observed in day to day life if you live and interact with the Pill's target demographic - young women. So it could be that in most women, weight gain is attributable to…

Absolutely agree with this. Don't dictate the opinions for kids. Let them write about what they feel is an important issue. It makes the same point about democracy, but makes it seem much less that you are using your students as a political tool for your own opinion.

They went too far by having the students write what sounds like a close-to-form letter, with specific talking points with an opinion dictated by their teacher or administration.

They say they are. I am not conservative or evangelical but I don't think they are Christians, any more than I think Muslims are Christians. Just like Muslims believe a divine prophet came after Jesus (Mohammed) and set out the ways they ought to live their lives and clarified the whole Jesus thing, Mormons believe…

I actually think there's something to the theory that when you enter your "home" your body relaxes and becomes less prepared for athletic activity. I am pretty in shape, can easily walk/run a few miles without getting winded, but my stairs ALWAYS exhaust me, and I think it's because as soon as I open the door to my…

Yeah, Quiverfull is CRAZY and the Duggars are definitely proponents. But they actually started out their marriage using birth control before learning birth control can cause "abortion."

That's how the Duggars feel about contraception, guys. Not even kidding. Their thought is that since BC not only works by preventing ovulation and making your uterus somewhat difficult for a sperm to navigate to, but also by thinning your uterine walls so that in the event that both those things fail, the zygote is…

No, you're not at all wrong. Attorneys want someone they can sway with their arguments - someone that can hear something and will believe it. In that case, their job is to present the best ARGUMENT, which is something they can control and something that is not always based on facts.