sometimes the cat chooses you.

Especially in Soviet Russia.

Who made the call for HRH George?

It just goes to show - dogs love you even when you don't treat them well. Cats, NSM.

My royal name? Grand Empress Poinsetta del Fuego (do I have to fight Aims for this one?).

I didn't try the Carlos Danger name but I did see a tweet this morning that said (more or less), "If Weiner wins the election, I'm not signing up for automatic mayoral updates."

I'm reading this [link] and I'm confused by this Stanton lady. It sounds like she argued both for and against civil rights causes, but by virtue of having lobbied for any, puts herself ahead of many of her peers (depression of low bar). How destructive were her arguments against?

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dogs love you even when you don't treat them well

Except for dogs that don't. Maybe all cats are immune to feline Stockholm Syndrome, but there are plenty of dogs in that number also.

So, Beau had an appointment at the dentist and I want to know what you all think:

We have been going to the dentist for almost a year. Beau started there in September and I in December. I have had a few treatments there: cleaning, light fillings on the sides of 2-3 teeth and a crown (in May). Beau needs a crown and has needed one since September, but they are waiting for the tooth to drop (?).

When he was in the dental chair, he was talked to at least 5 times about the cost of the crown procedure (three times by the assistant and two more times by the dentist himself). He has to sign a form saying he understood the cost.

I did not have this level of discussion with the staff at ALL back in May. I think it seems rather excessive to have such a discussion, but I'm wondering what might be behind it:

a) Beau's theory is that the practice probably got some notice by the CA insurance or dental commission about properly informing patients of fees before procedures. Beau thinks this might be related to patient complaints - but I see no evidence of that based on limited yelp, facebook, and related info.

b) 5x for the price discussion seems really over the top. Their treatment of me and costs has been rather opaque in the 6 months I have been there. So this is a 180 in terms of my experience.

Any explanation for this that you experienced individuals can cook up?

[link]

After the American Civil War, both Stanton and Anthony broke with their abolitionist backgrounds and lobbied strongly against ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the US Constitution, which granted African American men the right to vote... Eventually, Stanton's oppositional rhetoric took on racial overtones.

I'm reading this [link] and I'm confused by this Stanton lady. It sounds like she argued both for and against civil rights causes, but by virtue of having lobbied for any, puts herself ahead of many of her peers (depression of low bar). How destructive were her arguments against?

The only thing I know is that she argued against giving black men the right to vote, on the grounds that the vote shouldn't be extended to any other group before it was extended to women. She was on the losing side of that one, but I don't know how much influence her opinions had.

To white land-owning women, yeah?

le nub, I'm not in CA, so I don't know if there is a law change. I just know that at my dentist, if they discover something more needs to be done than what I came in for, I get informed, I get to review the related costs, and then I have to sign off on my agreement before they start that work.

Going through that process 5 times? A bit excessive unless little things changed between each notice.

To white land-owning women, yeah?

White women, at any rate. Preferably educated ones. I think the land-owning thing was a separate issue, since in a bunch of states, women weren't allowed to own land under most circumstances. (I think that they could inherit it from a man, but couldn't buy it themselves, or something like that.)