The US also defers you if you lived in England during the mad cow years, though I have no idea if this is a permanent deferrel or for a period of time.

Nope, all I'm asked about my personal sexual behavior as a straight woman is if I've ever exchanged sex for drugs or money. We are, however, asked if we've ever had sex with a bisexual man who has ever had sex with a man. This question pisses me off every time.

In most of the US, one or two cable providers hold a monopoly in any given area. Where I currently live, my choices for tv and internet are Time Warner's terrible service, AT&T's better but much more expensive service (which comes with even worse customer service as standard), satellite (which has its own set of…

I grew up watching the Philadelphia Mummers Parade every New Year's Day. It's been running since the 1800's.

Those were my exact thoughts about you! :)

Dangerous question. I have so many (roughly 30-50 in my "frequent reread" folder), that unless I prune severely, I risk a tl;dr situation and no one will look at any of them!

I haven't read most of those, but I can +1 both Secrets and Performance in a Leading Role. I've reread both multiple times.

I don't know enough about Iggy to speak to 90% of what you wrote, but the accent issue may not actually be an issue. Singing works differently than speaking, and there is some evidence that the generic pop/rock accent isn't actually a put on American accent, but just how English is easiest sung. Which is one of the…

Can we please institute a rule where no one is allowed to complain about the show copying from Warehouse 13 until such time it copies something from Warehouse 13 that didn't already exist in the Librarian movies years before W13 was a twinkle in Syfy's eye? We're only three episodes in, and they're already threatening…

I use Does The Dog Die? now.

My first thought was that this could be a huge boon to triad relationships. Admittedly, one parent wouldn't be donating nearly the same amount of genetic material as the other two, but I'm sure just that little bit would still mean the world to many people.

Biertan, Romania really didn't want any riffraff in their churchs, did they?

Nah, Delaware is totally close enough to count as having good cheesesteaks. Not that we went there often other than for tax free shopping, but it's what, 15 miles?

I grew up in the Philly suburbs, and make a point to get at least one cheesesteak per family visit because I miss them when I'm elsewhere. But I have never even eaten at those two places that tv tries to play up, whose names are currently escaping me. They look pretty bad, and what's with that weird way to order?

My best friend, who was born in west Texas, thinks nothing of her elderly mother or uncle who had a heart transplant last year driving themselves six hours to a doctor's appointment. Though in all fairness, it would still be a two to three hour drive to the nearest airport if they wanted to fly instead, so why not…

Yes! I lived in Morris County from the late nineties until a couple of years ago. Ten years before I moved in that was all undeveloped farmland, horses, and lakeside resorts.

Not VA, but I have heard stories otherwise. Anyone doing the legal 55mph on I-95 through Philadelphia when everyone else is doing 80-85 is a hazard to the vehicles around them, and I have heard of people being pulled over for it (via friend-of-a-friend method, so take with a gigantic grain of salt). If it's not true,…

Tor.com published a decent selfie horror short story a few months ago.

Yoke Nuprea, a padawan learner from Kaadara. Ugh, "Yoke"? Regenerating, after adding in my middle name, and I get...

Me three. I had to have memorized it 25 years ago, just because, and I had no problem reciting along with the Muppets just now.