Those are just Catholics, although even they don't believe that anymore.

When I got strep throat in Ireland I had to pay 100 euro cash for a throat culture and had to twist the doctor's arm to give me a script for an antibiotic (I've had strep a billion times, I know what it feels like). That's about 2x what I would have had to pay for the same service in the US, just to throw in some…

Cool story, Chet.

Behavior on private property is always subject to rules and obedience of them. If you really object to the backwards mindset, here's a revolutionary thought: don't go there. Don't give them your money. Stop driving a car or heating your house with oil. Abjure yourself of all petroleum-based products until the US…

Oh that's nice. I do like a story with influential women encouraging other women to take a risk and do something bold and daring. There's so much cutting down and backstabbing, its nice to see the opposite for a change.

Oh I had no idea that was Amy Adams (I had to look up who she played). Drop Dead Gorgeous is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. The last clip with the teenage beauty queens going berserk and ripping apart the shuttered pageant HQ is just brilliant.

What "individual rights" would those be, on private property, in a country that is not the United States?

Or like a hijab and an abaya, which are two different things. Neither one of them is a chador, and none of those three is a burqa.

When you're on their property? Yes it does.

Her profile says nothing about being a professor of robotics.

Her profile says nothing about being a professor of robotics.

Where is the churlishness coming from? She seems like an interesting lady who is doing some pretty neat stuff with her life.

Walk away from it. Seriously. If your friendship at this point is delivering more pain than enjoyment, fade out. What's to be gained by being miserable?

You sound like fun.

Last year (I think) it was Heart singing "Stairway to Heaven" and Robert Plant looked like he was going to dissolve into a stream of electrons. So amazing to see two foundational English male rockers blown away by hearing intense women sing their words.

I'd lay good money on someone — probably correctly — thinking they'd be fired if they moved the dog without permission.

I don't disagree, my friend. By the way I've always loved your nym.

Why would you think that? I watched two FAs (on United, as it happens) threaten to have a guy thrown off the plane and security called because he was trying to reach his seatbelt which was stuck under the seat. FA #1 repeatedly yelled at him to buckle his belt, while FA #2 repeatedly yelled at him to sit down when…

Don't be too sure, I got hardcore attitude from an FA on Virgin Atlantic when I asked if I could move to an empty seat one row up from me once the plane was in the air. It turned out to be a "premium" seat (i.e. 2 more inches of legroom or some BS like that — literally one row kittycorner up from me) and she gave me…

No, she did not. She was in economy, and wanted to move to an exit row in the same cabin.

No, they're not. The never had that X+$100 to begin with. The revenue to them is exactly the same either way.