It looks super intriguing, so I'll probably hunt down a copy myself. :) You're most welcome, and thanks for providing a fun question to answer during a slow workday!

No spiders, to my knowledge, but does this look familiar? http://www.amazon.com/Nells-Quilt-Su…

It's easy to get along with a community when there isn't much of a community to get along with! Avery Island (the home of Tabasco) is basically the Tabasco plant, a gift shop, and some gardens that the Tabasco empire arranged artfully. A fun day's trip, but no real town to speak of.

Never mind. I'm just going to step away, as reading the comments on this article was a bad decision on my part and it's genuinely upsetting. I sincerely hope you have a good day.

"labelling anyone who grunts at the thought of having to sit next to you on an aeroplane with your body spilling over into their seat as a hater"

Sorry, you just outed yourself as a very rude person. Being worried that someone will call you out on your assholery because you chose to humiliate someone for something they…

Women athletes typically get more perks than an average woman student would, but since her rapist was a football player? Oh yeah, she definitely was a lesser priority for the uni.

The medical withdrawals are pushed on students, primarily to make the student no longer the university's problem. If they're not a student, and they're therefore no longer on campus, then they can't be a legal liability if something happens.

One of the creepiest things about this is that she was an athlete, therefore she was probably receiving better treatment/care from the university than your average student would have in that position. Sure, swimming isn't one of the marquee sports, but it comes with some additional campus privileges.