Aww. I told my husband a long time ago that if something happened to me, that he should grieve as long as he needed to but he'd better remarry. He's the kind of guy that's happiest when he's partnered, and he shouldn't spend the rest of his life missing my decomposing ass.

Heh. I am pregnant right now, on purpose and everything! I can definitely vouch for the fact that not being pregnant is awesome. I mean, I'm glad it happened and it'll be worth it, but I'm looking forward to this babby being on the outside so I can get a Mirena again.

I had a subchorionic hematoma and was on pelvic rest for the last eight weeks. I'm now midway through week 12, the hematoma is gone, and the nausea is mostly gone. My poor husband is a saint.

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I think you need to speak with your supervising professors about this. They may not be able to do anything about the atmosphere at that school, but they sure as hell can avoid placing any more students there for student teaching/internships. I can certainly understand why you'd find it difficult to speak up, but…

He was on Star Trek Voyager, too! He fought 7 of 9 in some kind of gladiatorial ring battle. Did the eyebrow thing and the whole bit. It makes me giggle with delight when I catch that episode. Which I just looked up, and is called Tsunkatse.

I must confess I used to kind of write off all NFL cheerleaders as ditzy bitches until I got to know one. I had a KC Chiefs cheerleader for an aerobics instructor several years ago and she was really...normal. And super nice, approachable, all that stuff. She didn't even get annoyed when we could barely do the super…

Screw it, the picture won't work. Suffice it to say I have a black cat named Bear, and he's a pain in the ass but I love him anyway.

You know what scares me most about these questions? How on EARTH do they propose to protect this data once they've collected it? Will it be anonymized, or will my name be tied to it forever? Will it be stored on a server that is connected to the internet? Who will harden this server? If it's stored on paper, will the…

Dumpster diving is illegal if you have to break and enter to actually get to the dumpster. That includes dumpsters that are locked or in a secured area. It's perfectly legal to dig through a dumpster that isn't locked up, though. I'd be especially careful to make sure I wasn't on private property if I were inclined to…

DANGER ZONE!

I just explained this to my husband via IM and he replied "god sez mo jetskis." Uh.

Bear is a black ex-tomcat, a big oaf, and a total love. :) He's a big boy, too—I'd estimate him at 15 pounds and he is not overweight. We wanted to rename him but Bear just fit him perfectly.

First cat was Tron (RIP, after the character, it's also my favorite movie), currently have Beaker (after the Muppet...orange cat with squeaky voice, it fit) and Bear, who was named by the shelter but it just kind of fit.

He got me First Contact on Blu-ray for Christmas last year because he was all sentimental about it. I think it was the first movie we went to together. :) I'll keep him. There are worse things than being compared to the leader of a hive mind!

When we first started dating, Mr. Kins took me to see Star Trek: First Contact. He said I reminded him of the Borg Queen.

You are actually doing the kind of work that makes a difference. I am just an angry Kansan. Thank you for telling your story.

Awww, his frightened meows break my heart, but I am so glad he's okay.

@thesadtomato: I'm with you—I've never thought of this phrase in a sexual context until I saw this article. In fact, I used it when discussing our workplace lactation policy with our HR officer in reference to women I knew who had been forced to pump in the bathroom for lack of any other private place to pump. "I…

Fuck death. Fuck illness. Fuck putting pets to sleep. RIP, little buddy. Tron, 2001-10/3/2010