My mother always recommended putting your rings in your mouth when you're washing your hands. I have never followed this advice, because it seemed to me to have a teeny (HUGE) flaw.

True. I knitted teeny hats for my nieces when they were born but they didn't last long. Still, I have lots of time right now while I gestate (7 weeks, fingers crossed).

Sure. I mean, the physical work is hard enough, but a child, or a parent with dementia, will scream, tell you they hate you, get up in the middle of the night and try to move back to their old house or go back to war*, fall down and break a hip, break your heart and fray your nerves every second in every way…

Up to you, of course. But I'd read your blog; I think a lot of people would. Pain and struggle and recovery are universals, they bring people together. Good luck.

We mustn't dwell! No, not today!

Your posts in this thread have been really beautiful and articulate. I don't know if you've ever considered writing about your life, but I'd really encourage you to - I think you have a talent for it.

I think that some people do exaggerate how much "work" having a dog is, but I don't think any power on this earth could exaggerate how much "work" caring for a physically dependent elderly individual is, especially if they suffer from some degree of dementia. I mean, caring for a child is already pretty relentless,…

Install unbaby.me; that should hide specifically child-related stuff.

Holy shit, I am digging that horned helmet in the worst way. Did you knit that? Do you have a pattern?

Heh.
I'm preg right now for the second time after a miscarriage, and if all goes well I am planning to FB very minimally (no ultrasound pic, no daily shots of baby) not just because I don't want to end up on STFU Parents, but because it feels insensitive to me knowing how many women I know who have had issues with…

You can install unbaby.me, or whatever its new name is, although you will likely have a few slip through or miss a few other things, because it isn't perfect.

I live in Brixton, and one of the things I love about the show is that both Sarah and Felix have spot-on Sarf Lahndan accents that really sound like they grew up here.

Also, Alison and Felix is a combination lethal in its awesomeness.

HOT.

Oh God, yes. Allison bopping to her workout video undid me completely. The only thing better is Allison cleaning Felix's place, or Allison dry-swallowing her pills and Felix being all "Hey!... Sharesies?"

I forget that they're all played by Tatiana all the freakin' time. I don't even know how that's possible. That said, the show also does a flawless job of putting multiple clones in the same shot together.

I don't know enough to talk in detail about firearms policies, but I don't think it is. Apparently the Norwegian police force are routinely unarmed, as are those in the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. Which means it's certainly not impossible. UK police officers, when polled, also overwhelmingly say that they…

Yeah, see, this is what gets me about the whole "the police thought the guy had a knife, they had no choice" argument.

Well, I think we're at "agree to disagree" then. I'm not saying she displayed the wisdom of Solomon here, but I certainly understand the factors which went into her thought process. I think you, also, are looking at this from a hindsight position in which you know that a) she got arrested b) her child did apparently…

I doubt that's the way she would be thinking about it, though. There's no point in TAKING this big risk if you don't do everything you can to get the job and not have to take it again. She and her kids are also homeless, which puts them at risk all by itself, albeit in a more chronic and less acute way. She was…