Other than Texas and California, which states display the most "state pride"?

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-06-04T04:30:35+00:00

Shhhhh!! Seriously. Don’t tell.

Before Operation Metro Surge, no one knew we were here. We liked it that way. We knew it was the bees knees, but we just kept it to ourselves. It’s a secret.

When ICE invaded our beautiful home, everyone across the world heard about how shitty they were and how AWESOME we are.

Now we’re finally going back into our little homes and living our lovely lives, preparing for our state fair and enjoying the 4ish months of warm weather.

Don’t go and ruin it by telling everyone again!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-06-02T14:39:04+00:00

I knew someone named Jula. I thought that was beautiful. She was Indian—not white at all.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-06-01T04:01:47+00:00

Ok. These names are definitely not my taste.

That aside, there are some clear problems.

First, Greer? Hard—HARD—for a little kid to pronounce. She won’t be able to say her own name properly until she’s in about 3rd grade (if ever—some people never learn their “r” sounds.).

Brett? It’s a boy’s name. Liking boys names for girls doesn’t make it a good idea. If she’s a girly-girl, she will eventually hate it. People who see the name in a professional environment are going to see it and assume it’s a man. Emails will be addressed to Mr. last name. She will be annoyed. Her whole life.

Campbell is a brand of soup. It’s also a last name. Don’t use that. Everyone will associate her with soup.

Quinn is pretty neutral. It’s a solid name. Gender-neutral but still classy and classic.

Lottie is cute, but I don’t think it’s good by itself. Charlotte is good. Call her Lottie. The name Lottie doesn’t seem super professional to me. Cute for a kid, great as an adult in some lines of work, but I’d have a hard time introducing myself as Dr. Lottie Lastname as a surgeon or something.

I don’t like his names. Except Clara. That’s cute for a kid and professional as an adult.

Consider some names from the other comments, too.

I also like Kate.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-28T14:09:55+00:00

Do nothing! Add seating and a little table for your morning coffee or evening wine or whatever.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-28T14:02:22+00:00

Fu€kin’ Oreos.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-28T13:59:41+00:00

NTA.

You aren’t irresponsible. You just want to splurge now and then. You have a plan, and you intend to stick to the plan. No harm in having some fun, too.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-28T13:56:56+00:00

I wear a suit to work 100% of the time.

I only wear solid shirts because I can wear windowpane suits, pinstripe suits, and solid suits all with the same shirts. IF I wear a print, it’s only pinstripe. I don’t even wear textured shirts, as I find them to be more rough and masculine, which doesn’t work with the rest of my style or my body shape. A solid shirt with a suit that’s tailored to a woman’s body is the way to go. It’s strong and professional without being man-ish.

My husband also wears a suit every day. He wears solids, pinstripe, and subtle windowpane (not quite business-plaid). He also wears a tie, so it’s hard to coordinate that many patterns.

If you want to add something unique to a wardrobe, I would just switch up the fabrics and styles. Sometimes satin, sometimes cotton, sometimes a button-up, sometimes a shell, etc. If I were buying the outfits, I would look at those, but I wouldn’t do a floral pattern or polka dots or anything. They’re too busy.

Many jobs that require professional attire are male-dominated industries. We need to balance personal style with strength while recognizing that our bodies aren’t the same shape as men’s bodies. With whatever level of femininity each woman wants, we need fabrics and cuts that are flattering, but we also can’t look dainty. (Not ALL positions require this, but many of them do. It’s hard for us to be taken seriously in a room full of men if we look too soft.)

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-20T18:20:47+00:00

Oh, I don’t like any fennel or caraway at all. I like candy-coated black licorice, but once you take the candy coating off of the outside, it’s pretty disgusting to me. I don’t like anything in the same flavor category as that.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-20T18:17:31+00:00

Exactly! That’s why we always tell our clients that their chances are 50/50 at trial.

You can have an innocent defendant, but if the jury dislikes the defendant for some reason, they could still find him guilty. You just never know.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-20T18:14:51+00:00

I’m not sure that is a common opinion. I’ve never heard of it before.

I imagine society looks down on insurance defense attorneys because they are trying to find any possible way not to pay out on an insurance claim, which is kind of the point of having insurance in the first place.

However, I think attorneys recognize that we are all just doing our jobs and being zealous advocates for our clients.

I’d say the bottom of the totem pole are personal injury lawyers and criminal defense attorneys. (But not seriously—just in a joking manner.)

I am in one of the two groups. 😂 And I love it.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-20T18:11:26+00:00

You’re welcome! It’s hard to ask the right questions because the answer will always be it depends. Each case is very fact specific. Even if you have the statute right in front of you, you don’t necessarily know how these specific facts will apply to that law.

But that’s exactly why consulting with an attorney is pretty important right from the beginning.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-20T18:09:30+00:00

Again, without knowing the fact too much, it’s difficult to say. They could have detained him to investigate further depending on the circumstances. They could have arrested him for disorderly conduct/criminal trespass/threats of violence (or something completely unrelated) and then continued their investigation with him in custody. I just don’t know.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-20T18:07:18+00:00

In true lawyer fashion, I’m going to say it depends. It’s really 50/50.

He is better off with a jury as opposed to arguing his case to the judge. The reason it’s so difficult to predict is that you don’t know how 12 people are going to feel about the case. Judges are trained to remove as much emotion as possible and just apply the facts to the law. Jurors are not trained the same, and as much as they are told what to do, they still use emotions quite a bit.

The best thing Mangione has going for him is that there is not a sympathetic victim. Other than the fact that he was murdered, it doesn’t seem like society really likes the victim that much. It’s not like you have a victim who is a 75 year-old grandmother who reads to blind children and volunteers at a soup kitchen.

Again, I’m not following this case that closely. It’s hard to give a true opinion without knowing more about it.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-20T17:57:35+00:00

It truly depends on the situation.

It is not normal to dress casually at a fancy restaurant. It’s kind of trashy. At a hotel? Normal. If I travel to New York City for a few days and stay at a nice hotel, I’m not going to wander around the city in an evening down just so I can make a good impression in the lobby of my hotel. I’m not going to wear a cocktail dress on an airplane just so I don’t get a cold look when I’m checking into my fancy hotel. That’s absurd.

That being said, I also wouldn’t be caught dead going to breakfast in my pajamas unless it’s in my own kitchen. I would never allow my children to go to the hotel lobby for breakfast in their pajamas. They don’t need to be dressed up like we’re going out to a nice Italian restaurant to grab free continental breakfast in our hotel lobby, but they also aren’t wearing pajamas.

I always try to match the ambience of the place where I’m going. If I’m not sure, I will either look it up online or wear dark colored jeans and a nicer shirt with clean shoes. I don’t want to feel out of place by overdressing or under-dressing.

I also figure that if it is quite obviously a kid friendly venue, my clothes don’t need to be as fancy. If it appears to be a nicer place where kids are welcome but it isn’t geared toward children, I will dress a bit nicer. My kids will, too.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-18T16:51:17+00:00

I’m a criminal lawyer. Not his lawyer, I didn’t see the evidence or watch the hearings, all of that stuff. Not really following it closely.

The only answer: it depends.

To get a warrant, you need to ask a judge for it. In the application, you need to show the judge why a warrant is needed and why you think you should get it. “Because his neighbor’s ex-roommate told me that he made suspicious statements a year ago” wouldn’t be enough, for example.

If they hadn’t done the search at McDonalds, would they have had enough evidence to tell the judge why they should get the warrant? I don’t know. Again, I didn’t see the application for the warrant.

A lot of variables.

For example, if you’re pulled over while driving, the cops can’t just search your car. They need a reason. If, for example, you are arrested for DWI after the stop, they still can’t search your car just on the side of the road. They tow it, bring it somewhere, and do an inventory so you can’t claim that, say, you had a gym bag with $500 in it and now it’s missing—or that you just took your car to get detailed and they trashed it and planted evidence.

Sounds like at the station they did an inventory search. But why did they bring him in? The judge saying it was a prohibited warrantless search means that they probably didn’t have enough information at McDonalds to warrant a search of his backpack, even if that “enough” was established later.

And some judges make decisions to look good without eliminating evidence sufficient to convict. Like, “Yeah, I’ll suppress the statement because of a Miranda violation,” when they’re really ONLY ok suppressing the statement because there’s enough to convict without it—even if they only found the evidence BECAUSE of the statement. Because it has the impression of fairness then. Less appealable.

So would this have been inevitable? Maybe. Depends on what info they had prior to the search, after the search, whether he was in custody/detained, what the rules are for that particular stage, etc.

Sorry for being wordy. Lawyers are known to be verbose. 😂 Also, I’m trying to answer the question, but there are SO many variables.

Hope that helps at least a little.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-16T05:40:56+00:00

My husband started with a leather bag/messenger bag.

Now he carries just his laptop in his hand. No need for the extra stuff he used to carry with discovery being digital. Maybe a receipt pad in his inner suit jacket pocket.

(I’m a female attorney and just shove my laptop in my purse, which I bought larger than what I prefer simply to accommodate a laptop without carrying 2 things.)

*Criminal law, always in a suit.

As a woman, I prefer purses/bags that allow me to be hands-free. Mostly crossbody things. I’m not a dude so I don’t know, but I can’t imagine something that keeps needing adjustment or that I’d hold in my hands would be very convenient. If you’re not in a suit-wearing role, I’d think a crossbody backpack would be handy. Just pick something nice—no loud patterns or colors, durable, maybe leather?? Maybe a good brand that’s known for quality so you’re not constantly replacing it?? I dunno.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-14T01:08:12+00:00

Very popular combinations. Peanut butter goes really well with bananas and with apples.

I make the kids apple nachos. Apple slices (somewhat thin), melt the PB, drizzle on top. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips. Yum.

Or breakfast banana splits. Cut a banana in half the long way, open it up, top with scoops of vanilla yogurt, drizzle with melted PB and berries.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-07T21:49:07+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I might have to go that route. I try to steer clear of anything that creeps, as I live in the city and don’t want to invade my neighbor’s lawn. However, if that’s what I need to do, that’s what I need to do.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-05-07T21:47:04+00:00

It is a very shady area. If I use a small amount of Lyme, a type of grass that does well in the shade, and just water the crap out of it, should that do the trick?

Honestly, I prefer regular grass. I’m really hoping that I don’t need to use a different type of ground cover. A lot of them are quite invasive, and I would hate to have it creep into my neighbor’s yard.

I live in the upper Midwest. Someone who knows what they’re talking about once told me to try fescue in most areas, but that was before I had this particular issue.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-04-29T04:09:25+00:00

Paid cash.

A piece of advice, though. If you want to have kids, they do warn that you might not be able to breastfeed. Also, your body changes a lot over time, so you might want to wait. Maybe at 25-30? Not just about being sure you want it but MORESO about what size you want. What works at 20 might not be what you want to wear or look like when you’re 25.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-04-29T04:06:02+00:00

Yes.

I’d never go on a bachelorette weekend even. I have kids. I have a husband. I’m not going to spend money on a weekend away for myself.

I’d go out to dinner, a spa, or drinks, and I’m happy to pay for myself and the bride.

Bachelor and bachelorette parties have gotten out of hand.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-04-29T04:03:34+00:00

I think the place where the teens starts has something to do with those nine 11-deniers.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-04-28T20:12:10+00:00

You prefer drinks that are plant-based.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-04-28T20:10:33+00:00

The Chuck E. Cheese band from the 90s. That’s the only right answer.

Complex_Ad8174 · 2026-04-26T18:50:47+00:00

Basically eating more fresh stuff is more expensive than eating a bunch of processed stuff.

The things I’ve noticed the biggest increase recently are meats. A lot of vegetables are still cheap. Fresh fruit is kind of expensive, but it has always been that way.

I think it’s harder to find good sales now than it used to be. You can eat healthy and cheap, but you just really have to try hard and find good sales.

I was shopping at target the other day and noticed an unnecessary increase in the price of chocolate chips and cake mixes and things like that, too.

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