Oh yeah, no worries, this teacher was THE WORST at telling jokes, and he would repeat jokes so often that it became super annoying. One joke that I probably heard 20 times (not an exaggeration, I must've somehow always been in the vicinity when he told it) had to do with a set of twins at the school and the dumb twin…

I <3 Wendy Davis. I will make sure my 91-year-old grandfather, who lives in Fort Worth, will campaign for you and promote your worthiness among his fellow WWII vets and among his synagogue. I don't actually know where his allegiances lie, but from now on it will undoubtedly be with Wendy Davis!!

Ugh, Brown. Stop being so you.

I'm pretty sure you're missing Amidala's ship from TPM, though it looks like you have her ship from AotC. I know they're not popular, but it's still sci-fi. Also, no Doctor Who?

Fun Fact: I went to middle school with Danielle, the middle sister, and almost high school, but then I moved to another state. We were in the science academy together (yeah, we were nerds).

Truthfully, contracts are pretty boring :/ it's the same thing over and over again, and rarely do I see something in a contract that I haven't seen elsewhere. Except for NBC-family. They're crazy and exciting and exhausting at first because they're just so insane. Then they just become exhausting because everybody…

These people signed up for this project, they were not forced to, so yes, they have to agree to what the producers want. Agreements like these are not usually used for background, but instead for speaking non-castmembers. It can be fictionalized because it's a television program and cameras aren't usually there when…

Actually, there frequently are writers on reality shows. They write the voice overs and do the storyline from the footage collected. It's then handed off to the editors to piece it together.

As a follow up to that 33-page contract, the talent paid way more for his lawyer to negotiate than he got paid for the demo, like double what the talent got. Fun fun.

Another way this is written is "all media, worldwide, in perpetuity," though it is very frequent to see "throughout the universe."

As someone who drafts these contracts for reality shows a la Housewives, I don't see what the issue is. Of course footage may be exploited throughout the universe at any time, in perpetuity. That's extremely standard in all television AND film—not just reality TV. All that means is that they can air the show forever…

Does it make anyone uncomfortable that one of the families depends on foster care as a source of income? I would hope that the money goes strictly toward the care of the children rather than to their own expenses. Obviously, "toward the care of the children" includes housing costs, food—all necessary expenses—but the…

Are you saying that...children's culture was appropriated? The nerve! Do you know how many child friends I have?!

My fiance is transferring to the University of Vienna. He's a chem grad student and his building is in the 9th district. His professor, with whom he researches, is heading up some sort of catalytic chemistry department or institute at Vienna, and he asked my fiance to go with him.

Where is Kaernten (sorry no umlaut on my computer)? I'll be looking for an apartment in districts 1-10. Is that a good idea? Are there any districts you'd suggest or that you'd recommend against? I'm looking for a one bedroom with a good amount of space (not huge or anything, just not one that will cause…

THIS IS SO AWESOME! I'm moving to Vienna next summer from NYC, so I'm very happy to see this article!

If I didn't understand or know true love (essentially if I were ignorant to love), I would totally be okay with this, given the right circumstances (like we didn't hate each other). But since I know what true love is, I would never, ever want to be in an arranged marriage or marry someone with whom I wasn't in love.…

Oh cool! Science! I learn something new everyday! And yes, fresh pineapple is the BEST.

I get it. Everything is faster now. Step aside, gramps. We grow up faster, we hook up faster, we grow crops faster, we learn how to fly helicopters faster JUST LIKE in The Matrix, and by the time you finish reading this, being 5 years old is going to be more like being 15 — that's how fucking fast the world is now!…

I was born in 1989, and of course I know what Watergate is. I think you're thinking of kids born in the 90's. My boyfriend is a grad student and TA's a few chem classes and every semester he asks his kids if they know who Monica Lewinsky is. Last year it was 50/50.