Sure. Anyone (barring certain disabilities, I suppose) “can” cook — in the same sense that anyone “can” speak Greek or “can” figure skate. Buy the right equipment, watch the right videos, practice and practice and practice, and anyone “can” cook (or speak Greek or figure skate).

Given her access to wealth and skilled plastic surgeons, Tiffany’s current face has always struck me as deeply unfortunate.

Not a rich guy, but I know one and he does have professionals do it for him. (He prefers waxing, fwiw.) 

I do think this is oversimplifying it a bit. Even a basic soup recipe might have you dice onions (what shape/size is “dice”? how do I turn this round onion into small chunks without hurting myself?), mince garlic (what shape/size is “mince”? How do I do that with just a dull knife?), chop carrots, and slice celery; “sa…

Absolutely, but a well-timed “Oh, bless” (in response to an overtly assholish/remarkably ignorant comment) can be so deliciously patronizing.

This. I can make a fine enough pot roast, but my Thai green curry is to die for.

Federal minimum wage in the USA is $7.25, but I can’t imagine a lot of sex workers here would be lining up to work for $17/hour. (2.35 x the minimum wage, just as $12 is 2.35x Mexico’s minimum wage.) That’s not “pretty damn good” wages, considering that sex work can be a pretty rough line of work.

It sounds like they tried to resolve it first neighbor-to-neighbor and then as a community (choosing to collectively punish, via a fine, those who are inconsiderate of their neighbors). If someone (or their pet) is so constantly loud that it interferes with reasonable enjoyment of your property — much less the ability…

I’ve always been surprised to what extent a narrator can make or break a book. :) (Lenny Harry’s narration of “Anansi Boys” turned a fun-but-middling read into a gorgeous listen. But Brad Pitt’s attempts at Spanish in “All The Pretty Horses”? Hahahahahaha.)

Only sorta — you do “worthiness interviews” to renew your Elite Mormon Status (being able to go into the LDS temple) or when you get leveled up to a higher rank of the (lay) priesthood. There are specific questions that must be asked and answered in each temple/priesthood interview relating to various types of sins…

I don’t see anyone trashing these universities — I think they’re just pointing out how ridiculous it is to pay a cool half-mil worth of crime money to get your dilettante child into an expensive and/or “exclusive” university when said kid could get the same experience (parties) going to any ol’ university.

Aw, I really liked her detective series. But I’m a fan of mysteries in general (and perhaps the audiobook was better than the pure novelization?).

That’s not only common, but expected. Mormon preteens/teens have one-on-one “interviews” alone in a room with their (untrained, layperson, neighbor-who-probably-lives-up-the-street) bishop, and one required part of the interview is specifically asking about any “unchaste” behavior. Some bishops ask if the kid has done…

*snicker*

Isn’t she the one who willingly posed for crew photos, knowing they’d be used to falsify her application?

I think Lori’s personal fortune is closer to the $10mil range, but Mossimo made a killing selling his clothes through Target.

Considering that her parents’ combined fortune is ~$90 million?

Re: “But how can a minor be a statutory rapist?”

Yeah. When the court introduces recorded audio evidence of Jeffs raping a twelve-year-old child bride (with help from another wife), it goes beyond “well, arranged marriages are different, y’know.”

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