Once, an 8-top of Christians left one of those “Here’s a Tip for You!” pamphlets on my table, in lieu of a cash tip. I was sort of used to this, so I didn’t remark much, just tossed it into the bus tub with the rest of the debris, and a glower.

I’m trying to figure out the “logic” here. Which I put in quotes, because there clearly is none. So you’re going to dine and dash on a $200+ meal but you still leave a pittance? Is that just to buy time as the sever will see some form of currency left with the check? In a weird way I find $3 so much more bizarre than…

Keith Villiardo's story achieves peak Canada.... it takes place at a Tim Horton`s drivethru, involves an eccentric yet harmless customer, and both the server and the customer act amazingly polite all things considered.

Yeah, that’s why I’m confused. And you’d hope a “high end steakhouse” wouldn’t be the kind to hold her responsible for a d&d (not that *any* restaurant should, but from what we’ve seen here in the past...)

I’m kind of struggling with the same issue with my daughter who, thank god, does not have leukemia but another medical problem that’s been causing her to miss a lot of school. It sounds like the same thing they’re telling me: if she can’t be physically present in school, she can’t get credit even if she does all the…

hey, rose can come to school whenever she can but keep your tuition and use it to hire a tutor to keep her as up to speed as possible.

Unfortunately I do think this is one of those rare instances where the Catholic Church/school are being reasonable. But I also totally get the family wanting *something* to feel normal for their kid and being pissed about having that choice taken away from them. What would be amazing if the school would say, hey, rose…

Well for one thing, the letter isn’t quoted in its entirety - but the bits that are quoted aren’t gobbledygook, they’re...normal words. For another, it references conversations that the school has had with parents: “...as we have discussed in the past.” That makes it sound like this is a familiar discussion. How do…

How irritatingly shrill and click-bait-y of you. This place could have continued taking her money and failing to educate her, but they decided she would be better served in a school that had curriculum designed for at-home students or partial attendance. Do you know how hard it is to educate? Widely different students…

just a nitpick, Battle Creek is nowhere near Detroit. It’s on the west-central part of the state, between Jackson and Kalamazoo.

Anything west of the Hudson River I just consider to be “Hoboken.” Battle Creek is in Hoboken.

In reading some other articles about this, it appears their reasoning for dumping her is the school is not equipped to handle home-bound students.

“We know Rose to be an intelligent and thoughtful child, and believe she would be well-suited to enroll in an academic setting more geared to homebound students, perhaps an online program as we have discussed in the past.”

While it sucks, this kid is better off in a public school system where the schools are required by law to accommodate her and her needs. She’s likely gonna have long-lasting cognitive repercussions from her treatment, and private schools aren’t required to adjust to her needs.

umm, I’m pretty sure that Battle Creek’s a 2-hour drive away from Detroit.

Really? You’ve never heard this? Remember the whole hobbit ‘outing’? Or any other ‘outing’ of a celebrity? Dude, this is common knowledge. You can’t do that. Also, I’m kind of vexed that I have to explain myself to a cis person. That a bunch of cis ppl are gonna try and tell me whats offensive to queers. Me saying its…

He was named after dad Robert, of OJ trial fame.

You mean bawling, right? ;)

Brandon and Brody are Bruce’s famous(ish) sons, from his second marriage. Burt and Cassandra are his children from his first marriage.

Look, if you look at the two biggest sexuality stories of the last decade — gay marriage and TG decloseting — they’re about men. Nobody really gives a shit about women getting married or women saying they’re men, and even adoption in gay families didn’t turn into a public issue until gay male couples started getting…