This has to do with accreditation. Courses have to have a certain number of hours per credit.

@Spy Car Campari tastes yucky since they stopped using cochineal. It’s given me a good excuse to try every other bitter thought - there are lots these days. I still miss old Campari though. I stopped drinking it after they changed the formula, but I recently read that one can still get the old version in Sweden and Mexico. I’m going to check that out!

I have a Vollrath that is great. Very sturdy and has lasted for many years, but it was pricey. To get you through, you could get a cheap model like a “Mr Induction” (someone gave me one of these). It works, but compared to a good commercial model it’s very disappointing.

To find what plants are native to your area, there are some links here, scroll down, on the Homegrown National Park site. If you haven’t read Doug Tallamy’s books you should! https://homegrownnationalpark.org/faq-2/what-insects-and-plants-by-doug-tallamy

For anyone who is interested in learning a bit more about Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities through good food, may I recommend the excellent book by Claudia Roden, The Book of Jewish Food.

This. They’re very easy to wintersow, but you need to do it soon. If you can’t find anyone local to give you seeds, you could buy from Prairie Moon Nursery or Fruition Seeds.

Right there with you!

Yeti Rambler with straw lid.

No EA here, but as I understand it a letter of continued interest should be sent immediately, to indicate enthusiasm. I would send it ASAP. If you have awards or scores you’re waiting on, you can always submit them through the portal.

Very sorry for your loss.

WTH! Only 180 dozen?! Hardly seems worth it! 😜 I dreamt of pierogi last night.

It’s just me. 😜

Yay! Yay! Yay! Thank you!!

I’m hungry. I’d like your mom’s 300 dz pierogi recipe, @fraidycat ! Really. Please?

How about channeling it into a stand up routine, even if it’s just for family and friends? That way he gets to exercise his comedy muscle without risking overstepping among people he’s not close to. The other risk with allowing free rein of caustic wit is that sometimes that person cannot NOT go for the zing and it gets really tiresome. I know, I’m related to some of these people. They’re terrifically funny sometimes, but other times they really aren’t. I think it’s not a bad idea to suggest that he share his wit only with people he knows will appreciate it. It could be like his secret super power that he wields wisely.

Thanks, Farrar. I assume they will all be very good, and will all highlight different things, but it seems excessive. I prefer the “two required and we won’t look at any others” approach to the optional thing. Hmm, maybe I do like being told what to do…

Yes, I was surprised. They’re very selective schools - one is an Ivy. Two of them accept up to six (!) letters of recommendation, two optional teacher and two optional “other,” but require only two teacher recommendations.

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered. I did a search but nothing turned up. If a college requires two teacher recommendations and allows four, should we submit four or would three suffice? I know generally things that are “optional,” like essays, should be considered required, but is this also the case with recommenders?

I thought this thread was going to be about actual guinea pigs and I was going to read something graphically disturbing about how the parents eat the first newborn. I’m relieved it’s only some mom angst, and assure you that your kids will most likely be just fine. Especially compared to the tragedy of those imagined guinea pigs!

https://matadornetwork.com/read/sauce-gravy-debate-italian-american/

Those blinking eyelids. 👁 👁

I’m sorry, Laura. I’ve always admired the way you honored your mother by caring for her so dutifully despite your complicated relationship. May you find peace.

Ooh, even creepier!

Yes, happy birthday, @Not_a_Number. I don’t think she told us what it is, but she did say it was creepy. And there are little pieces. My guess is https://www.skullsunlimited.com/pages/bonebox 😜 As for what to do, I’d say just pretend that the gift giver is anyone but your mother. How would you react then? I imagine graciously, so go with that.

I didn’t even consider that, you’re right. None of the textbook authors I know have written the type of books that require solutions manuals.