Maybe it’s because I live in NYC, but I’m pretty sure most people in the neighborhoods I’ve lived in only have indoor cats, and I assume that any cats I see outside are feral/strays. There are too many people on the street and enough grassy areas for a cat to enjoy anyway. Letting your own cat go outside in New York…

I’m guessing they would have to provide them, if only because leaving it up to the study participants could potentially skew/screw up the results (what if someone forgets to buy enough avocados or buys an avocado that’s not a Hass avocado).

Yeah, I did some Googling a few months ago to see if people under 50 could get the vaccine, even if their insurance wouldn’t cover it, and the answers I found were basically that doctors don’t give the vaccine to younger people because there isn’t really research showing its effectiveness and side effects. =/ 

Same here. I respect honey bees because we need them to pollinate things, but because they can sting you, they, along with all the other things that can sting you, scare the crap out of me. Is it rational? Not really? Do I make a fool out of myself when I run away from a tiny animal? Probably. Will I still run away…

This. Let people have the chance to decide if they want to spend their money to see Louis CK or not. If too many decide not to, then that’s the consequences of of trying to make a comeback before you’ve truly redeemed yourself.

Yeah, I think I heard that the vaccine may still help somewhat, even after you’ve had shingles, so I’m definitely going to try to get that as soon as I turn 50 (meanwhile I have another like 23 years of trying not to get shingles while I’m ineligible for the vaccine). And my parents and I have actually kept the fact…

While I don’t want him to get all the money from a big venue performance, this may be the best solution if he’s so determined to get back to his career. I went to a comedy show last night at a small venue where half the performers were women, and the hosts are all women, and would definitely consider not going back…

I read the script and didn’t think it was great. but my family has tickets for December, so I’m hoping it’s the kind of situation where good acting and scenery make up for mediocre writing/plot.

It definitely can be. Most of the time, the people most at risk are those over the age of 50 (and I think risk increases as you get older) and people who are immuno-compromised. However, if you’ve had chicken pox and go through a particularly stressful time, it’s not a guarantee, but it may flare up. I got it last…

I got shingles last year, and I think the only reason it wasn’t more painful is because I started taking anti-virals the day after the rash showed up. However, before the rash did show up, I just felt random stomach pain on the right side of my body (which is where the rash ended up being) and spent 2 days worrying…

No, you can get it on other parts of your face. I think that happened to both of my grandmothers. And it can be especially dangerous if it gets too close to your eyes. I got shingles last year, and luckily only got the rash on the right side of my stomach and lower back.

If only the government wasn’t trying to stop any sort of epidemiological research on gun violence from happening. 

Does this mean he’s cool with abortion if the fetus is female?

Congrats on the presentation! I found out I’m going to a conference for work this week, but I’m not presenting, so a bit less exciting.

Today I went to the park and read and chilled out for awhile. Then I went grocery shopping. Tomorrow, I might go to a Stop Kavanaugh rally, then do some cooking for the week.

I went to public health school, and one of the things we learned is that a lot of things that are enjoyable bring you closer to death. That did not stop my classmates and I from going to the bar after class on Fridays. Honestly, I think we’ve got to be honest with ourselves and acknowledge that trying to get people to…

Also, her son is a good, red-blooded American boy who likes mayo, but of course her daughter who is majoring in gender studies hates it. 

Oh, that was so nice of you! Last year, some friends and I found a baby pigeon sitting on the ground near an apartment, very much out of its nest. We took him to a bird rescue organization, and he had a bunch of broken bones. One of my friends is pretty sure the landlord or super of the apartment we found him at may…

One of her cousins called out people on Twitter for politicizing Mollie’s death and said something along the lines of how her family is not so ignorant that they would lump an entire group of people in with Mollie’s killer. Like, they are in mourning and at least one family member is begging people not to use this as…

I guess this was back before Instagram was a huge thing and when people still sometimes carried around cameras with them instead of just using their phones, but when I went on a backpacking trip to Big Bend in college, this is pretty much exactly what we did. Leave no trace and took a ton of pictures because the park…