Not actually from the States but if it pleases you to label me as an American, go right ahead. The casual racism that I encountered during the 3 months I spent in Sydney far outstripped anything I saw during the 1.5 years I spent in Atlanta or anywhere else for that matter.

Sadly true. But this news has lead to a bottle of red wine being added to my evening's grocery list. As well as some sort of fancy cheese.

Grad student parties are the best! Until someone makes a claim that someone else demands a citation from primary lit for... and it goes downhill from there.
Not that this has ever happened to me in really life. Nope. Never.

I think it hits a different demographic, especially given how prevalent pharmaceutical advertising is during the 6PM news. Somewhere, there's a good thesis to be made about how this has influenced prescription practices.

I could agree with that. My brothers conditioned my parents to expect the worst and then be absolutely delighted when things turn out for the best.

Definitely not the case in my family. Couldn't you argue that younger siblings have the advantage of learning from their elder siblings' mistakes?

Race and nationality aren't the same thing. Ditto for race and ethnicity.

What the hell is wrong with you, NBC?!

Maybe this is why Mother Nature allowed so many poisonous/aggressive/otherwise deadly species to evolve on Australia. Ya know, to keep unintelligent people from breeding?

_"Perez has moved to New York, we learn, because he wants to surround himself with happy people and become happier himself."
_Right. Because when I think of happy people and a soothing environment, the first place I think of is NYC.

The US is one of very few countries that allows it, actually. It's banned in most of Europe.

One more example of Big Pharma trying to screw people over.
I'd elaborate further, but I would need someone to pour me large glasses of red wine and play with my hair to keep me from becoming unhinged.

One more example of Big Pharma trying to screw people over.
I'd elaborate further, but I would need someone to pour me large glasses of red wine and play with my hair to keep me from becoming unhinged.

One more example of Big Pharma trying to screw people over.
I'd elaborate further, but I would need someone to pour me large glasses of red wine and play with my hair to keep me from becoming unhinged.

One more example of Big Pharma trying to screw people over.
I'd elaborate further, but I would need someone to pour me large glasses of red wine and play with my hair to keep me from becoming unhinged.

That rug really tied the room together.

Yup. The typical Catalan diminutive is Laia, pronounced La-ee-a.

Kansas? Really?

I don't think she had one. We found her Immigration form from Ellis Island after she died and I'm pretty sure they dropped her maternal last name too, so Eulàlia Cibelles i Puyal became just Eulàlia Cibells.

Didn't even know about the Redwall character! ha!