@SunnyBunnyDays: That could be so. Among the myriad family issues I have, my utterly unfit mother is probably what made me so disconnected from the female gender. It's not that I hate or don't get along with women; it's just that it's so exhausting to try to fit in with my XX friends as they are less familiar to me. I…

@bbug: Darnit! Eh, at least I still have some Amontillado left over to drown my disappointment in.

Camel Tame was so neat in underscoring that men don't get any crotch-shape shame and mocking the ridiculousness of the camel toe shit women have to deal with (also, VPLs are not fucking embarrassing, world. I have underwear that is not stuck in my ass, deal!). Ironically, a big visible bulge is better than a teeny…

I used to carry my dogs and puppies on the right-hand side and now I carry my cats on the left-hand side. Also used to carry my monkey around my neck with his teeny arms around my head, fingers clutching my hair. Which gender am I?

@Jovan Securis Orator: Not in the book but yes, in some of the adaptations they were alien.

@nctrns: Also, Doctor Who and (albeit terrestrial) Day of the Triffids.

@jedifarfy: Nom nom on which one? Oh wait, it doesn't matter.

She's also got his hairstyle.

@electric barbarella is a pretty hate machine: Are they similar to these: [www.shefinds.com] ?

@La-fille-aux-yeux-d-or: My fellow Slavs strike me as the people who wouldn't think of actually coming up with something like that. But Scandinavians are above-averagely great-bodied (bodies of different types but in great shape from the active style), enjoy showing it, and most importantly are at the cutting edge of…

@Tributary: Some stores have special machines which can stretch leather. I don't know about the States but I've seen them around Europe. Maybe some fancier cobblers might have them too?

@electric barbarella is a pretty hate machine: "Girls here would sooner die than not wear tiny, tiny mini skirts even in the dead of winter."

@Excusado: That's what the physical therapist who is saving my back to treat my migraine/vertigo said that as well. I'm thinking of wearing one of those hot patches on the nape of my neck once it drops below -10 here.

@ChimneySwift: My personal place is at the intersection of "I have only this life to live and I won't let people steal the short joy I can derive before I die just so they can make me give them my salary", "so many people have lived and thought they were right before they turned to dust and were mocked by the next…

@b33g33: HBO revels in incest, light and heavy. Carnivale, Rome, now SoIaF.

@kikilikesthecinema: USm and UK either. UK does have their Lillets but I had a hell of a time locating them around London pharmacies. Most of Eastern Europe is firmly on the OBs and so is Scandinavia.

@Grim Reaper of the Forest: Oh, Tampax leaks like a mofo. I can't use anything but O.B.

@ChimneySwift: Brava.

@SmaženýSýr: Not only COTD but you need a star.

Hi, another big fan here - I got all your work after I was first introduced to Palimpsest here. GeneralBattuta asked the very same craft question I wanted to ask, so I'll go with the question that jumps at me after having reread your books in quick succession over the past couple of weeks.