Last Word on Offense

When I was in high school, one of the Spanish teachers (I never took a class with her because she only taught Spanish 1 and 2, which I took in middle school) had a serious problem with perfume.  She said it irritated her and came about as close as possible to claiming an allergy (though I tend to think that would have been medically incorrect).  She forbade students from wearing perfume or cologne in her class, and she would launch minutes-long searches for perpetrators if she detected even a hint of scent.  On occasion, she would excuse herself from teaching duties because she was too traumatized by the smell of perfume.

To her, I say life is too hard.  A teacher can tell students in herclassroom to do practically whatever she wants, and even if it's well past her actual authority, they'll probably do it because she can make their lives miserable, at least in the short term.  But she can't go on the subway and start hassling people who wear perfume or yell at people in line at the grocery store because they are irritating her nose.  She has to deal, even if she is uncomfortable, and if she can't, then, well, life is too hard.  And you know what we tell people when life is too hard.

My position: if someone is wearing perfume around you and you have a sensitivity to perfume, you have to deal.  If someone sprays perfume in your face with full knowledge of your sensitivity, you have a lawsuit and potentially a criminal act.

Onto the links:

Remember the story I mentioned about Alex Collins, the high school football player from Florida who wanted to go to the University of Arkansas, except his mom wouldn't sign the letter of intent (meaning the letter of intent would not be binding under current NCAA rules)?  Well, there were two developments: 1) his dad (based on context I assume that the parents are no longer together) decided to sign the letter of intent instead, thus allowing Alex to attend the University of Arkansas, and 2) his mom has hired the Cochran firm to find a way to prevent this and make him go to the University of Miami.  (She says she just wants to make sure that all the rules were followed - presumably by her son and his dad - but why would she care about that except to reverse the decision?)

Here is my playlist of songs potentially to buy.  You are more than welcome to suggest additions.  You are not welcome to suggest subtractions... :)

Apparently voter fraud is real.

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