I am going to assume that this is one of those fake fireplaces, where the "fire" is on a small HD television. At least, I hope that's the case here.

Tell the student that, as is the case with much of the English language, "it just does" is the only explanation that anyone has.

This is why names of people accused of sex crimes should not be released until they are at least indicted. If you "trust the process," then let the process run to a certain point before painting someone with a scarlet letter.

What else was the kid supposed to do, alone in New York City with no money?

In theory, HOAs can be wonderful things: they keep a neighborhood looking nice. Imagine paying $800,000 for a home only to have someone move in across the street that never cuts their grass, and allows their yard to become a suburban junkyard. Your property value would plummet.
The problem, and the danger, is when HOAs become run by a bunch of control freaks that are bored and have nothing better to do than ride around looking for "infractions." That's when they become like something out of a George Orwell novel.

Is this what the law actually says, or is this how someone is interpretting it?

If you are referring The Passion, it was not antisemitic. It simply told what happened, in regards to the process by which Jesus was crucified, according to the New Testament. The supposed "antisemitism" drew huge crowds in the muslim world, but many came away disappointed at what they saw.
If anything, the film was "anti-Roman" in its content.

I knew a guy who had this happen to him, except that it was a lobster. He was already intoxicated and he was in one of those restaurants where they bring the lobster out for you to approve before they cook it. He decided to take a closer look, and (apparently, the claw was loose) that lobster pinched his ear lobe with one of his claws. They tell me it took several servers to pull that thing off of him.

To be completely fair, Websters (and other dictionary publishers) are always updating the definition of words as society changes the way those words are used.
One example of this is the word "liable." When I was a kid, using it in place of "likely" was considered incorrect. However, enough people kept using it that way that it became the norm, and now dictionary com lists "likely or apt" as a third definition of the word "liable."
If society as a whole quit using the term "facism" in the traditional way, the dictionaries are going to follow suit.

Basically, yes. A lot of embezzlement cases are uncovered when the thief goes on vacation, and someone else is doing their job for them. They have access to whatever the thief was doing and can sometimes catch on to whatever was happening.

That's not BBQ, that is grilling a steak. A nice looking steak, for certain, but grilling a steak is not a Bar-be-que.

Better safe than sorry.

Question: is it unsafe to eat, or would it just taste nasty?

I bet it made his whole week!

I am most impressed that someone took the time and care to place each pea where it needs to go.

Stick, definitely.

It's just another example of how male and female brains are wired differently. For whatever reason, men respond to it positively, and women don't. That's one reason why so many men don't see it as a problem: they assume that since they would like it and would take it as a compliment, that the woman they are catcalling would do the same.

Incorrect. The greatest sports quote in history is "They don't think it be like it is, but it do," by the immortal Oscar Gamble.

I would love to take a trip around the Mediteranean to visit spots like this one, if it ever becomes safe to do so.

A cat's teleportation skills become more evident when you are trying to give them a pill or put them in a carrier to take them somewhere.

Am I reading this right, that the teacher (not the principal) made the decision about only one sharpener? If so, she needs to chill out.