I'm not aware of any precedence justifying forcing parents to pay for a child's college education. That's ridiculous. My parents took out parent loans to help each of their kids go to college, and we are all grateful, because they sure didn't HAVE to, they wanted to do so. If that was my kid, I wouldn't want to help her pay for college either. I hope that this is just thrown out of court, as it should be, and I also hope that this action follows that girl around her entire life, because being that frivolously and maliciously litigious should have lifelong consequences, like no company ever wanting to hire you.

They also told me that the source information was proprietary to the supplier so that they couldn't tell me exactly where it's from, just that it's not from China. I'd be okay with it being from China, at least then orangutans wouldn't have been murdered for it.

@scottalanmiller said:

I used Panda a little a decade ago. Was never that impressed.

But I liked how it said "Pahndah anteevirus"

@scottalanmiller Are you posting while you're driving?! I disapprove!

@Dashrender What a gorgeous bird!

I bet both of those would be great sweetened with honey, but then again, I LOVE honey in just about anything! I don't like fresh papaya, not sure why. I bought a fresh one for Oreo once, and it made me gaggy as I was cutting it up, and every time I took some out of the freezer to put in his food, it made me gag again.

@Joyfano I don't think they would still be fresh by the time they made it to you. Do you know how long it takes for packages to get from NY to there?

I emailed Silk to ask them if the vitamin A palmitate in their almond milk is sourced from Borneo or Sumatra (specifically named them), and they responded that it wasn't from China. Ummm... yeah thanks. I responded explaining that I hadn't asked if it was from China, and that Borneo and Sumatra are actually in Indonesia. If I was responding to a customer inquiry and I didn't know where a place they mentioned was located, I would have looked it up.

The girls have eaten about a dozen of these cookies today. I probably should have cut them off earlier, but it's been a long time since they had freshly baked cookies, and they are enjoying the cookies so much that I didn't have the heart, lol.

I looked it up, the Ned Beatty thing was definitely in The Blair Thumb. Not as funny as Thumb Wars.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Blair-Thumb-Megan-Cavanagh/dp/B00005TNF1/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

It might have been The Blair Thumb. I'm not sure which one that was in. @scottalanmiller ?

Does anyone else do the Thumb Wars "Ned Beatty" bit every time they say Bob Beatty? Just me?

Ah, okay. I was not aware, since I haven't tried to post anything to it.

@Bob-Beatty

This should be added to the Feature Requests thread. Good idea.

Thank goodness this happened with people around to save those children!

@ajstringham said:

@Dominica said:

I'm Dominica and I'm awesome. That's all you need to know.

Well, I wouldn't go that far...now @minion-queen on the other hand...:P

You are such an a$$-kisser. Teacher's pet, teacher's pet!

1. Firefly, Doctor Who Series 1 (and beyond), Coupling, Downton Abbey, and lots more.
2. The Cosby Show - this was the one show that my family sat down and watched together every Thursday night while I was growing up. When Scott and I recently re-watched it, we realized that viewing it as a parent is an entirely new experience, and so much funnier.
3. Last of the Mohicans. I watched this with my high school boyfriend, and I was crying so hard at the end that I was mortified for him to see me that way, but I couldn't help it. I'm talking SOBBING. Over a movie. sigh
4. I HATE Dumb & Dumber. Ugh.
5. Frozen is the last new movie I saw in a theatre. It was awesome.

This video actually helped to remind me that when L#1 doesn't feel like sitting at her desk and doing the schoolwork that I want her to do, letting her get up and play with her toys is just fine, especially at this age. If I try to push the desk work too much, we both end up frustrated and annoyed with each other. If we have a day where all we do is calendar time and a reading lesson, more often than not, the next day she is eager to sit and complete every worksheet and subject I have prepared, often wanting to do far more than I have available. She and I are discovering how we "do school" together.

I'm Dominica and I'm awesome. That's all you need to know.

It's not that difficult to get MW to do what you want, though. You just need to get used to it.