This comes across as an awful plot line on a Tyler Perry produced drama on BET or OWN…

When the time was needed for somebody to be on their best behavior, she chose poorly. :-/

Germany does the "13th month" thing?

I've jokingly said that holiday pay for Thanksgiving *and* Black Friday is my employer's Christmas bonus. :-)

A convent with none of the benefits.

Stability and prayer? No, just infighting and drama!

(insert joke about women joining the harems of the men who don't use porn)

I must admit, you're good for challenging my preconceived notions. :-)

Happy New Year! :-)

Merry Christmas! :-)

(Big hug)

Some of us miss you! But I understand if you want a break!

* Same feeling I had when Covid broke out. Global must-see-TV.*

I was on leave from work, so that was *definitely* the case for me with Covid. BBC, France 24, CNN. Always hungry for the next drip of news to develop during peak pandemic.

I'm still shocked at how a US spec car managed to survive life in Germany for so long. :-)

Has a replacement been selected yet, or are you discovering the wonders of German rural cycling?

The problem is that we're so desperate to look for a magical solution for underpeforming black students that all of the old tricks didn't work, so we have a new generation of activists and educational policy makers with no real world memory of the past who don't see the awkwardness of this idea.

The trick in the US, IIRC, is basically to refuse to issue visas until the country submits to taking back their citizen. I suspect the Germans aren't willing to do this, and have far less leverage in this regard.