Apparently that varies, then? I donate platelets every several weeks, and I've always been hooked up to two needles.

That was actually part of my problem, too. The 803 area code covers a good third of South Carolina or more, and was the only area code in SC until the mid-90s. Most people around here still only ever dial seven digits (a habit that has proved impossible for me to pick up since moving here five years ago - I have to…

Meet The Pediatricians Who Assist Anti-Vaxxers

The titles that they've decided to adapt to Netflix are all traditionally "street-level" superheroes (which is why they all work well together). Gritty is what they do. Clean, cheerful, and upbeat, or wacky alien adventures, would be as inappropriate for a Daredevil or Jessica Jones series as Synder's doing the…

I think (hope) you may need to brace yourself. DD has always been a street-level super. Like Spider-Man, he'll show up at a big fight if needed and called, but 95% of his crimefighting is devoted to improving things in Hells Kitchen just a little. His books have traditionally run on mobsters and thugs. Netflix has…

Huh. I never got that.

It took me a minute, but I think he was questioning getting dessert after breakfast. Personally, as someone who sometimes goes to Cracker Barrel for dinner specifically because I feel like breakfast food, I don't have a problem with it.

Homer: "Lisa, honey, are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?" Lisa: "No." Homer: "Ham?" Lisa: "No." Homer: "Pork chops?" Lisa: "Dad! Those all come from the same animal!" Homer: [chuckling] "Yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal."

Well, people like Cinderella's family do survive the stage version still. I think the named character bodycount is just the Wolf, the Baker's Wife, Jack's Mother, Rapunzel, and the Narrator (Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Film). So the list is mostly the same, they just softened most of the causes.

The first "Agony" is still there, fortunately. Actually, my whole theater cracked up, and the reviews I've read have consistently mentioned it, so I think it may count as the standout number in the movie.

The heck? We always just stayed up until midnight (and then got to bang on the pots and pans for noisemakers!). Kids enjoy the whole thing way more than adults do, anyhow. If the little kids fall asleep waiting, as can happen, you just wake them up 10 minutes before the countdown, then put them to bed immediately…

- The guy that called and argued with me for five minutes that we were, in fact, a doctor's office and not a pizzeria.

I've always been baffled by people complaining about overcrowding. Step outside of the major metropolises and the nation is practically empty. Almost any roadtrip will show you hour after hour of small towns, farmland, and empty fields and forests. You're only feeling crowded by your neighbors because you want to live…

Am I the only one who always spends the first 15 seconds of these videos shouting at my screen, "Get AWAY from the lit fireworks! They're about to explode! Why are you just standing there!?! MOVE IT! MOVE IT! MOVE IT!!!".

The movie is actually quite good on its own merits, however. I went back a rewatched a couple of episodes after genuinely enjoying Serenity in the theater, and still found it C-grade. Not bad, just... not anything gripping, either.

As a non-Christian who generally celebrates Christmas secularily with her mostly-agnostic family, I only have an issue with it when it's obviously meant as an insult. If asked for a preference, I'd probably go with Happy Holidays, but I'm entirely happy to receive and return a Merry Christmas from people who are just…

My best wild-ass-guess? At least some people over there are scared to offend their existing donor base by asking sexual behavior questions. No matter how generic or targeted a question may be worded, some people will take it as implied judgement about that behavior. Especially if they've been donating for years, a lot…

*covers eyes and ears* LA LA LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING LA LA LA

The problem is that you (and the FDA) are looking at the wrong thing. You're looking at the demographic, where what should be looked at is the behavior. If we assume the most pure of intentions on the the FDA's part (something I'm iffy about after decades of blood donation questionnaires) -

You don't have to get tested beforehand, but they do test your blood before using it.