That's what I told her, but now she's waffling.

There's nothing to waffle about it. It's a medical issue that's not their business.

Jesse,

thirded. this is what I told my student when she was interviewing. There is absolutely no reason for them to know unless/until she is hired. It is none of their business and helps fight discrimination.

I started this morning by making a literal "get offa my lawn" call to the private school around the corner. Three times a day, groups of kids walk from there to the part across the street, and cut directly across our lawn (we're right on the corner).

I'm officially a curmudgeon.

Amy, clearly you need to buy yourself a cane so you can shake it.

As for Palin and Thatcher, it's probably worth noting that rumor has it Thatcher's completely addled by dementia. She would likely have no idea who Palin was, and the whole occasion would just be stressful and unpleasant for her.

Surely so. I'd find the experience stressful and unpleasant, and I'm in full possession of my faculties.

Garden hose with a sprayer is a MUCH better investment.

Amy, you need either a white picket fence, or a bullhorn. Maybe both.

I could lean on my cane while spraying them with the garden hose!

God Caught Backing Multiple GOP Candidates for President

After a thorough investigation, Daily Intel has discovered that God is separately backing at least three different contenders for the Republican presidential nomination. Over the course of the past few months and even years, God has sent signs and direct messages to each of these candidates encouraging them to run, presumably without telling them that he supports other candidates as well.

Heh.

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God hasn't been universally generous with his support. He went out of his way to let Mike Huckabee know that he shouldn't run for president, lest he take his focus off the much more important task of producing a series of conservative American history DVDs. And though God arranged for Sarah Palin to be chosen as John McCain's running mate in 2008, there's nothing to indicate that he backs her potential candidacy in 2012. Nevertheless, the fact that God has privately encouraged the candidacies of three different Republicans may cause voters to question whether, in reality, he really even has any preference at all.

God could not be reached for comment by press time, because, a spokesman says, he was helping a baseball player hit a game-winning home run, giving an old churchgoing lady the winning lottery numbers, making sure that a plane made it through the turbulence okay, helping someone survive a heart attack, and also, just for fun, creating a new animal that's like a cross between a leopard and an alligator.