That’s just confirming their own biases when they believe that J.K. Rowling must by default be male, otherwise it’s fraud. She didn’t assume a completely different identity, that *is* her name and she’s entitled to abbreviate to just her initials if that’s what she wants to do.

Erm... they have heard of the Inquisition, haven’t they?

At least he didn’t compare her to a homosexual living in Nazi Germany, because that would have just been awkward, wouldn’t it?

“Solid understanding of the concept of ‘shade’ and what is and isn’t” needs to be added to all social media job postings ASAP.

Yep. I live in a city where rents and housing prices are rising much more rapidly than local incomes are keeping up with. We also have a HUGE traffic problem, so I am paying only slightly more to live where I do (15 minutes from work) than I would to live much farther out and be in the car for at least an hour each…

I’d feel obligated to shame her for it, if it was me. It doesn’t matter if “someone else would”. Most people wouldn’t, they’d go get their own map or photocopy the section they need, because that’s why libraries HAVE copy machines in the first place. Or just use a phone app, that’s what most people do now anyway.…

It’s an accepted variation. It’s combining two phrases, “hold down” (to occupy a place - several print slang dictionaries cite this usage dating back to the 19th century) and the military-originated “hold the fort”.

Too bad she won’t just stamp her foot and disappear when her tantrum’s over the way her fairy tale namesake did.

Aww! I hope mama kitty and the other babies are okay, wherever they’ve gone.

AWWWWWWWW. “Found” though... hmm. The kid probably should have left it alone and just watched for the mom. They don’t usually abandon their babies, they do have to go out and get themselves fed though.

A dollar now, definitely. A dollar in Revere’s time would have been closer to leaving him a twenty. The wording of the will explicitly states that the grandson in question is the eldest son of his family and strongly implies he is grown and out of house, while the younger children may or may not be self-sufficient…

Use the shoebox! Save everything to it, then go back and transcribe later.

The records themselves would be, what you’re paying for is the easy access Ancestry has provided by collecting them all together, digitizing them, and indexing them. Also most libraries have Ancestry subscriptions, so you can use the site for free that way.

The bequest of only a dollar to one grandchild doesn’t necessarily mean a family feud. In many cases when I’ve seen mentions of certain children or grandchildren only being granted a token remembrance in the will it was because they were already in possession of their inheritance in the form of land or a farm or what…

The new building will be completely erected by 2017 and will pump God’s love through the entire campus, reminding students that he rains his affection down upon them every time they glimpse its bulging tip thrusting towards the sky.

There are no “Jesus’s teachings on gay marriage” to violate, because Jesus never said sweet fuck all about it. These fucking born-again n00bs, I swear...

No one really gives a shit about trying to change her moral opinion. She’s welcome to be as wrong as she likes, as long as she does it on her own time and her own dime. But she is a public servant, and as such she needs to shut up and do her goddamn job as required by law, or gtfo and quit collecting a paycheck while…

Now I’m just extra angry ‘cause a world where a stupid, backwards-headed bitch like her is getting $80K to do nothing is an unjust one that I want to burn down.

I found some footage of Idris being “too street” to do actiony stuff in a suit with a gun... oh wait.

And we all know what he really means by that...