Here's mine, vainly attempting to beat the ghastly heat by becoming 2-dimensional.

Whose decision was it to put HL and Michaels in the same center? Terrible business choices.

I have a shower curtain and liner, and my shelter mutt spends the entirety of my showers sitting on the edge of the tub between the two curtains, alternately pacing and batting at me through the fabric. I hate it, but love it.

Your point is understood, but just setting a piece of cardboard in the gap (so that it can be "pushed aside" by a one-year-old)? Duct tape it! I'm not saying every parent needs a top of the line BabyScreen(TM), but put some freaking effort into making sure your child doesn't fall out a window. There are plenty of…

The boy crawled through the window of a second-story apartment after pushing aside a piece of cardboard that blocked an opening beside the apartment's air conditioning unit...

Well some of us are gluten-intolerant. Did you keep the receipts?

Some days, squeezing my nose pores is the highlight of my day. Such unadulterated satisfaction is rare in life.

Thanks for the response. I do believe that the US has a real problem with throwing pills at problems (real or imagined), and I'm not blind to the power Big Pharma has on our culture. It boggles my mind that we have commercials for anti-depressants during primetime television.

Oh, no, don't apologize! I appreciate the solidarity. I would be very curious to see what would happen to my libido if I was med-free, but unfortunately during the only opportunities I've had for that I was too preoccupied either scouring my apartment with a magnifying glass for non-existent insect infestations or…

Sounds plausible! I'll discuss that with my GP — thanks for the tip. :)

How fascinating! That makes sense, being analogous structures and all. I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip!

I posted this on the women's libido and monogamy article, but it got buried (curse you, grayness!). So here's another shot at it.

Okay, everyone. I need some help here. I've been on an SSRI (sertraline, generic for Zoloft) since I was 14, and trust me, it is the ONLY thing that works. I've tried various other anti-anxiety/anti-depression medications without success, as well as attempted to wean myself off any medication several times (all…

My dog thinks tree stumps will murder my whole family, apparently. She just has a sixth sense about these things!

I hear you. Same here. My mother looks great and is in fantastic shape for her age (she just ran a half marathon) and still has noticeably cellulite-y thighs and varicose veins. I'm on the same track. Knee-length shorts and skirts it is!

Ideally, your bf should know you well enough to be aware that you're an introvert and alone time is important. I am a textbook-classic introvert, and sometimes I need to go into the bedroom and close the door when my husband is watching TV or something similar. I always make sure to clarify that it's not because I'm…

This was exactly my first thought, too. Anyone can tell you that a good fit as far as work environment goes is almost, if not equally, crucial to employee success as competence in performing skills. It's also something that LW2's friend may be reluctant to bring up, since making observations on someone's personality…

Seconding the olive oil recommendation! It always works wonders for me, even the waterproof mascara that I normally have to pick off with my fingernails. And the fact that it's dirt cheap and all-natural doesn't hurt, either!

Ugh, seconded. I enjoyed the crap out of the series but had some serious issues with the writing — mostly the fact that Katniss is consistently unconscious for major plot points.

Right? It's not like I tried, multiple times, to wean myself off sertraline under doctor supervision, after which I would be fine for about a month, and then suddenly become so convinced that my apartment was crawling with bedbugs (in the absence of any physical evidence) that I couldn't even enter it without having…