My parents ACTUALLY bought me a subscription, even though it cost eleventy billion dollars, as far as magazines go. I was a huge crafter so I loved all the impractical crafting project ideas, and I always read the advice column on the last page first. It was so disappointing that it only came out bimonthly and was…

In addition to lack of paparazzi, might also be worth mentioning that he's Iranian-Canadian—and everything I've learned from my in-laws-to-be says that culturally, Iranians dress to look their best at all times. (My fiance, for instance, is rarely without a collared shirt and wears dress shoes every day.)

I'm…

Love that Sulkowicz is getting support from Abramovic.

No, you're completely correct.

There is a custom (and/or expectation) to send a gift, yes, but technically etiquette (and Emily Post) says that a gift is never required for a wedding.

Replying in the hopes this breaks you out of the greys (but as I'm in the greys myself, don't think it will).

These photos kinda creeped me out. Something about the proximity coupled with Amal's body language.

I'm marrying into a Persian family and still SO BAD at tarof! My father-in-law wins every time.

My process didn't take that long, but only because, first, I have two female attendants, and, two, my women are both long-distance, so I went to the shop with a friend willing to be a model, found four options, and emailed pictures and descriptions out. Badda bing, badda boom.

There is nothing to be sorry about. Despite acting chops many celebrities are awful at lying and it's fucking adorable.

Yep. As I understand it (can't remember where I read it exactly), healthcare workers caring for Ebloa patients are taking their temps twice a day. She probably caught the infection pretty quickly.

Wow. They're like life-saving vigilantes! Of the sea!

When did South Africans develop Carribbean accents?

It's all heartwarming, but it was the offer to donate to the surfer's charity of choice that got me, for some reason.

I will say I'm not in the medical field (my partner is), I just read things about Ebola obsessively...but an NPR story from a couple of hours ago—in which the ID doctor they interview indicates she's concerned about healthcare workers getting infected in the relatively safe environment of a U.S. hospital (compared to…

We have a family friend who accidentally contracted Hep. C from a patient, and it immediately (for obvious reasons) ended his surgery career.

I'm confused—everything I've read, and the following passage in the article you link to, suggest that not everyone ("key members") knew?

I was just saying in another thread, I'm completely in awe of healthcare workers who volunteer or continue to care for patients with Ebola. I keep reading stories about nurses and doctors who continue to come to work, after seeing countless colleagues die, and it just brings me to tears. (Related: this week's…

The first case seems to have been a complete failure of the medical team communication: the nurse admitting Duncan noted that he had traveled to West Africa recently, but that information was (somehow) never communicated to the rest of the emergency room team.

That's really beautiful. I'm in awe of healthcare workers who continue to volunteer to care for patients when it's obviously such a huge hazard for them.

Also, let's (everyone) be clear about why there's a hazard: it's not that Ebola is leaping through all of their protective gear, and that we all need to immediately…