I'm watching last week's Top Chef. For the show, the contestants cook for a large gay wedding reception. Several couples get married at a service officiated by Padma....do you think she really got her officiant license for this or was it all just for tv? I know there was a "blind" about her so I can see it either way. I'm leaning toward her performing the ceremony was all for tv and she really has no "power invested to her by the state of CA"....
So I don't know about CA, but in Washington State if the two people being married believe the officiant has the right to marry them, then the marriage is valid and legal.
I'm watching last week's Top Chef. For the show, the contestants cook for a large gay wedding reception. Several couples get married at a service officiated by Padma....do you think she really got her officiant license for this or was it all just for tv? I know there was a "blind" about her so I can see it either way. I'm leaning toward her performing the ceremony was all for tv and she really has no "power invested to her by the state of CA"....
Wouldn't surprise me. She seemed so fake that whole episode. With her BFF Chrissy on there, too, I just kept thinking about the 'blind' and her only being nice around people higher on the food chain than her.
She's closer GDI. I'll bring you to the cape but I'm not driving 3 hours out of my way to take you to NYC. I would have already been drinking champagne by the time it took me to get you. And champs is a priority.
True or False: heroin is a huge problem in the cape?
I watched an HBO documentary that said heroin was the most easily accessible drug in the cape? Any locals agree? It was truly a heartbreaking story.
Absolutely accurate and absolutely heartbreaking. I grew up there and we recently moved away. I worked in the ER at the hospital (and know the doctor they interviewed!) and it was bad. We had so many patients seeking detox they had to create an entirely separate part of the ER because they were keeping beds full and sometimes had to stay in the ER for days before a detox bed opened up. I saw many young people die of overdoses at work. Pretty much everyone who lives there is connected to the epidemic in some way. The hospital has the highest rate of babies born addicted (either to heroin or methadone/Suboxone) in the entire state. One of the volunteer jobs at the hospital is to hold babies in the nursery because as they detox one of the only things that calms them is being held tightly. When I was a social worker there I have several kids who were born addicted and most of my parents were or had been involved in drugs and that was the reason they lost custody of their children. Almost all of the crime there now is drug related. Gang activity has grown greatly over the years. It wasn't bad while I was growing up but my sister is 5 years younger than me and when she was in high school she had classmates go to rehab for heroin so it has been a growing issue for years. And we went to a private school which most people would think, based purely on common stereotypes, that drug abuse would not be a thing affecting kids there.
True. I think Heroin is a huge problem all over the country.
Yup.
Meth is big out here in the sticks though. There are actually signs up around all these farms that say "____ County Meth Watch"
I don't live on the cape, but close, and DH grew up around here. He has a shocking number of people he grew up with who are pill poppers and have moved to heroin. It's almost all people who stated with Percocet or other opioids for a legit reason and got addicted...and heroin is cheaper. It's so so sad. We watched that documentary, too.
TTC since July 2014. CP March 2015. IVF #1 March 2016, 5R, 3M, 2F with ICSI. Transferred 2 on day 3. CP. Surprise BFP and then CP August 2016 (prep cycle for IVF). IVF #2: zero eggs retrieved IVF #3: 6R, 5M, 5F, 3 (2 8A and 1 11A) transferred, one "B" graded embryo frozen on day 5. BFP (at home 7dp3dt, confirmed 14dp3dt with 1552 beta) and U/S at 5w5d, 2 sacs and 2 yolks!
Hi All! Just catching up after being away most of the weekend. Can I just say I love how busy GKU has been the past few weeks? I love that I have to "catch up" on threads again.
Meth is big out here in the sticks though. There are actually signs up around all these farms that say "____ County Meth Watch"
I don't live on the cape, but close, and DH grew up around here. He has a shocking number of people he grew up with who are pill poppers and have moved to heroin. It's almost all people who stated with Percocet or other opioids for a legit reason and got addicted...and heroin is cheaper. It's so so sad. We watched that documentary, too.
When I worked in the ER on the Cape I had several patients who were very open about their addiction. One guy said he moved to heroin because he needed so much Oxy it was costing him $600 A DAY to get high.
TTC since July 2014. CP March 2015. IVF #1 March 2016, 5R, 3M, 2F with ICSI. Transferred 2 on day 3. CP. Surprise BFP and then CP August 2016 (prep cycle for IVF). IVF #2: zero eggs retrieved IVF #3: 6R, 5M, 5F, 3 (2 8A and 1 11A) transferred, one "B" graded embryo frozen on day 5. BFP (at home 7dp3dt, confirmed 14dp3dt with 1552 beta) and U/S at 5w5d, 2 sacs and 2 yolks!
I live in a high meth area. When I was an RA the police brought in pictures of mobile meth labs so we would know if we saw one. One of our good friends is a cop and a lot of times when we are out people will come up to him and let him know where labs are.
TheEleventhHour I cannot imagine having to see babies withdrawing! How ever, I think could hold those babies so tight. Oh. That just breaks my heart for them.
It is awful. I worked with a foster mother who would only take babies withdrawing. She was amazing with them and such a blessing to have as part of the (mostly broken) foster care system there.
Post by thelittleredm on Jan 11, 2016 13:28:02 GMT -5
peaseblossom55, I'm glad to hear your appointment went well!
All the tissues and blankets for people who aren't feeling well
I'm so exhausted today and I have no idea why. I just want to curl up and go back to bed for a few hours! It's making it difficult to look happy and be upbeat -.-
Wouldn't surprise me. She seemed so fake that whole episode. With her BFF Chrissy on there, too, I just kept thinking about the 'blind' and her only being nice around people higher on the food chain than her.
exactly!! Chrissy skeeves me out, there's something about her I don't like. Even on that Lip Sync show.
Are there any blinds or stories about Chrissy not being cool? I don't watch her on her talk show or anything, but I liked her openness about her body imperfections and her fertility struggles.
exactly!! Chrissy skeeves me out, there's something about her I don't like. Even on that Lip Sync show.
Are there any blinds or stories about Chrissy not being cool? I don't watch her on her talk show or anything, but I liked her openness about her body imperfections and her fertility struggles.
I agree. I really like Chrissy- her Twitter is hilarious. It seems very honest and I love her sense of humor, and I like when she talked about her fertility struggles as well.
Post by TheEleventhHour on Jan 11, 2016 13:45:24 GMT -5
Our phone bill was $25 extra for the last billing cycle and it took me FOREVER to figure out why. I didn't even find it on our bill I just remembered my mom used her cell out of the country. Verizon does not make it easy to navigate your bill online. Geez.
I am writing an article for my company newsletter about types of paper (I work for a direct mail marketing company). I need to just get it done, but it's so boring. As you can imagine, I keep getting distracted.
Yay I found one of my favorite sweaters at the bottom of my closet! Seriously, this place is out of hand...
I'm off for a week starting Thursday and my #1 goal during that time off is to clean out my closet! I cannot find anything. It has gotten so bad. I have so much perfectly good stuff I never touch that needs to be donated.
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