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Docs Again Warn Against TV For Kids Under 2
+1. More fodder for the sanctimommies- great, just what we all needed. I can think of nothing more disgusting than the way parents are already pitted against one another over things like breastfeeding.. but let's take a thing we already know needs moderation (like TV) and use it to make the divide wider.
I feel terribly bad for the people whose lives are so completely wrapped up in their kids' that the only way they can feel like they're doing The Right Thing is to make all other parents feel like shit for not doing the same. Not for now, though.. after their kids are high school/college age and are moving on with their lives, those parents are generally going to be bitter people to be around when they find they don't have anyone left to helicopter.
Photographer Looking For People To Do Their Jobs For Free
So, basically you're telling the person to do TFP but not offer the 'P'? How is it any better than asking the photographer to do a wedding without compensation for a photographer to hire a model on TFP but not offer any prints? I've run into people like that in my time, and they were pretty sleazy for the most part.
Back when digital prints weren't completely the norm yet (and it was still important for a model to have a physical portfolio), I had a clause in my commercial and non-commercial releases that said that if the work was 'TFP' then I had to be compensated with actual prints, or I was to be paid my full hourly studio rate. The concept of TFP is that it is expensive and time consuming to acquire (good, professional) prints otherwise, so the money that the model would have used to get said prints is offset by actually having the prints.
But by all means, photogs, keep offering that 10-cent CD when you say 'TFP', and keep yourself limited to co-eds and strippers.
END RANT.
Did FTC Spoil Its Own Surprise Announcement?
Or maybe those stupid Z-Coil spring shoes? I swear I follow the same rules when interacting with a Z-Coil person as I do those balance bracelet folks.
Russia Wants To Connect With Alaska Via Tunnel
Ewan MacGregor and Charlie Boorman could have used a tunnel right there back in 2004. :-)
We Lied, Your Watch Is Out Of Warranty: Now Give Us $106
Yeah, I'm not getting all the "who wears watches?" haterade.
I'm not quite 30, and I wear a Seiko 5 (a near-indestructible automatic watch, for those who want to know). Sure, you can pop into your pocket and get your phone out to check the time... but you can't really do that while riding a motorcycle or swimming. Nor can you use your phone to check heart rates, pulse or respiration accurately. Phones have stopwatches too, but believe me when I say that it is not only inconvenient to take the phone out and get to the app when you're using a steth or a doppler, it's very distracting to be watching a count down (or up) on a stop watch while counting a different number in your head. I used to wear a Casio Futurist before this Seiko and I had the same problem. Still love the Futurist, though. Casio does make great watches if you know what to avoid, but they have a bit of a shit reputation.
Upset At Being Sold A Lemon, Man Crashes It Into Six Cars At Dealership
Lol. +1
"YOU KILLED MY DOG, MISTER." :-(
This FedEx Notice Wants To Play A Guessing Game With You
My FedEx guy puts a blank notification on the package when I get a delivery, whether it's handed to me or left on my doorstep. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say it's so that they have the notification in case they need it at the door.... even though they don't use it.
Bags Of Nastiness Keep Showing Up Outside Philly Bed Bath & Beyond
That was also the opening plot of The Frighteners. ^_^
Two Women Arrested In Dead Baby Funeral Scam
"she thought it would be a good idea to get knocked up with twins"
Because we can choose that sort of thing. Also, sounds to me like you're the sort of person who would be equally upset if she opted to do abort a child she may not have been able to afford in the first place, but was a 'happy accident'. Let's see, from your posts I have gleaned you have two major opinions regarding women: "STOP TAKING MAH TAX MONEYS YOU LOSERS" or "DON'T BE KILLING BABBY FORMED". Sounds like the usual "stupid slut should keep her legs crossed" rhetoric to me!
Also, do tell, where is this magic switch that can change whether a woman has a singleton or multiples? Too late for me, but I think I know other people who would benefit from your arcane knowledge.
Signed,
A mother of twins.
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Speed Up Your Reading Ability
Did you hear about it on Roller Derby too? My Com-prension has inc-reased wonder-fully!