The hubs and I go to a pizza pub pretty often for pizza and drinks. They frequently rotate in new beers but have had Original Sin (which is an inferior cider, IMO) on the menu for, seriously, 6-8 months. I'd love some variety or just AO, if it's on tap.

I see that as the next scene after this commercial:

What would happen if you didn't want to take the 7-day placebos (i.e., didn't want withdrawal bleeding)? Would you have to explain that to the insurance company as the reason why you needed your birth control pills more than once a month?

OH MY GOD have you ever had Vermont Creamery cultured butter? I had it once and have looked for it ever since. I may have to go to Whole Paycheck on a special trip to buy it.

This is what kills me about my parents and why my husband and I have to take deep breaths and count to 10: they are bootstrappers. As in, we were discussing poverty in Mississippi, and she said, well why don't the poor people just move and find a better job? Um, Mom, that would require them a) find a job in the new…

I can be stubborn but then I get into cycles at work where I work crazy hours and I CAN'T sleep. Ask my husband-I can sleep for, seriously, 16 hours straight when I can sleep, and am hesitant about having babies because I love sleep so much. And it's not that I regularly go without sleep-but every few months I'll…

Yep. I want to be like my PI someday. She's successfully balanced work, family commitments, and home life. I definitely don't want the stress of running a lab, but she's someone I look up to for guidance on the work/life balance. On the weekends, we sometimes get e-mails from her, but at reasonable hours. And…

I really don't have any advice about it. I do have a postdoc but I kind of lucked into it. When are you defending? If it's still a few months away, start looking for a job/postdoc now.

I got home really late last night (like, 10:30) and my husband was already in bed but was awake. I'm making a last push to get my dissertation done, and I sat down and made sure he knew that this was only a temporary condition. I fully plan to back off the craziness once I start my postdoc, which even if it requires…

Even though he's sort of 'meh' about getting a dog, he's made finding dog-friendly properties and scheduling around the dog (we haven't gotten it yet) a priority. That makes me smile.

NOPE. Two months left (PLEASE GOD) until my dissertation is due, and I'm still analyzing data from my last experiment. So I will be working my butt off on Monday. I did take a break today-didn't go into work (as I was there every day until 9-10 pm this week). I stayed home, cleaned the apartment, and then met the…

Every 2 days. I have thick, curly hair but it gets greasy if I wait too long-probably all the conditioner I put in it. If I work out on the first day after I shower (like in the morning after washing it the night before), I'll just rinse my hair and comb it. Especially the scalp, to get the sweat out-I don't know…

I've been doing WW and trying to avoid a lot of grease and/or oil. So this past week, I had to eat dinner at Waffle House and tonight, I had a burger and fries. Let's say both times, certain...intestinal events ensued, so clearly my body's not adapted for that anymore. Tonight was at a bar with one stall and the…

Eh, I think we'll just toss the microwave when we move-get a new one or use the one that comes with the house if it has one. It's definitely roaches/waterbugs (are they different??)-our building is infested with them and whenever one apartment gets sprayed they just move to the next one. We have them crawling in our…

Maybe some advice for clearing out a bug problem in your microwave? Not the part where you put food in, but, um, the wiring? It's making me throw up a little in my mouth just thinking about it now. I've noticed that the clock/timer has missing parts, but only sporadically. Then recently I saw a bug MOVE. Like,…

Yep, I have a similar issue. My problem is that I work in a lab, so I'm bent over, working on a cryostat or something, and my jeans fall down and show off too much of my lower back/above my ass. Or I have a pair of jeans that are too tight and stay up but I feel like my belly is in a corset all day. So I've been…

I heart that gif so much. As my hubs said, Emma Stone was probably the only good thing about Easy A.

Oh man, Popeye's biscuits...

Ugh, I'm trying to diet (on WW) but food is so good! It has made me eat more fruits and veggies but sometimes I just want a burger, man. The hubs and I are working out together and eating better because of it, though. We had a discussion tonight about how I'm never going to be a size 2 (he's not pressuring me to…

Holy crap, that's awful. I consider vaccines my soap box. I unfriended an acquaintance from high school on Facebook due to her anti-vaccine rants. But the trials you went through just to get a simple vaccination-many parents would've given up. I salute you and I do hope change happens in low-income and underserved…