Barbara (maxdog), you are not alone.  Since starting on season 5, Derek has never had a partner who is obese and therefore with limited mobility, a sexagenarian,  or someone with meltdown problems.  He has, instead had thin actress/singers, hip hop performers, models, partners with previous dance experience, and an Oly...more

Should she have been fired n the first place?  Perhaps not.  Yes, she did the compassionate thing.  BUT she made a mistake:  the article says she knew the policy but chose to ignnore it.  She should have talked to her boss, explained what she wanted to do and then asked permission to do so.  The publi outcry came about...more

I could be wrong, ,but I thought Maks was talking about leavinng at the end of 2013, when his contract ends.  As for Derek's having won three MTB's in ten seasons, when did he ever have even ONE dud partner?  Tony had dud after dud or partners who were old enough that it was obvious they weren't going to make it to the...more

Now when people talk about a Clint Eastwood picture, they are, of course, talking about one directed by him. And they know that it will probably be a quality film with solid actors because he has become an auteur like Hitchcock and Woody Allen and because everyone wants to work with him.  He looks a little frail these ...more

Last year one  of my students brought me a box with five two-week old kittens that he had found abandoned near a river.  I was sure they wouldn't survive the night, as I had never taken care of kittens so young.  But with my housemates' help, we raised them and found good homes for all of them.  It was an interesting e...more

The cat on the far right appears to be a Scottish fold.  How did he get into this litter of kittens?

Oh, you're soooo right!  America:  land of the free-to-spend exorbitant-amounts-o ​ f-money-on-mortages- ​ for-huge-houses-that ​ -we-don't-need, as well as the latest and greatest of every gadget known to human kind.  Yup, much better to think big, especially when talking about debt....

Agreed! Dumb and dumber....

Ummm...I think you're missing the ;point.  Try reading these again  I'm about as indepenent as it gets, without being a hermit, and I love this idea!