I’m relatively heavily tattooed and I date preppy looking guys pretty much exclusively. I also don’t feel I’ve ever really been judged for them, though I do tend to keep them under wraps when meeting family the first few times.

HEYPORK is the brand I trust.

HEYPORK is the brand I trust.

It is just okay, in my experience. I hated it at first and cried A LOT. I’m accustomed to it now but I am not content with it and I don’t think I ever will be. I feel that people aren’t meant to live alone. I feel lonely on like a visceral level a lot of the time.

I’ve lived alone for a year and a half now - first in a rented place and now in a house I bought in a small town outside of a major centre - and I’m used to it but I don’t like it... I really enjoyed it for the first 6 weeks or so but then went through 2 or 3 months of inconsolable loneliness. I’m not inconsolably…

On the other hand - and not to diminish the issue at hand - my department laid off ALL of the childless women and the only man, keeping ONLY the mothers employed. Our staff was halved.

Noxema is my 2nd fave but aloe with lidocaine is THE BEST. It’s sticky when it builds up (2+ layers) but it’s worth it. Cool shower, aloe lidocaine, repeat.

Dang. I thought everyone felt like this when they got a sunburn??

And cowbell.

SHE’S PERFECT AND I LOVE HER. That is so dead-on!!!

Wednesday was my birthday too! Happy belated birthday!!

They are intractably adorable and affectionate as infants and adolescents. (Big ol’ assholes as adults but who cares, right?) A prof in my department runs a rescue for infant and adolescent raccoons (she hands them off to a more wild rehab joint when they get past “parenting” age) and I’ve volunteered there a few…

I used to know a fitness model that tore the ever-loving hell out of her shin meat from an ill-fated box jump and I REFUSE to entertain even the idea of doing one since seeing the picture of the carnage. SO MANY STITCHES.

We were both teaching assistants from rival university departments that happened to share a single coffee shop betwixt them. We met in line for coffee on the morning of my birthday when I heard a sigh behind me and turned to ask, “Tough day already?” Best. Birthday. Present. Ever. :)

My beau gave me his business card. We met in line for coffee and innocently business flirted for a couple of minutes; he figured that an email would mean business (we work at the same institution) but a call or a text message was more likely to be an expression of interest. He wanted the proverbial ball to be in my…

Same here - literally everything about it is a huge “no” for me. My current partner, who I hope will be my husband one day, has the same mindset but actually takes it a bit further in that he doesn’t even care to own pets. He wants to give 100% of his heart to his future wife and receive the same in return. He’s…

Same situation here. I have the beige one and the platforms are wooden and attached to the other pieces with metal screws.

Same situation here. I have the beige one and the platforms are wooden and attached to the other pieces with metal…

Hey now, I just bought this monstrosity in beige and it’s not HORRIBLE. Cat trees are unsightly and expensive. It’s something I live with now.

Hey now, I just bought this monstrosity in beige and it’s not HORRIBLE. Cat trees are unsightly and expensive. It’s…

If a feeling akin to wearing underwear composed entirely of angry bees is painless to you....?

If a feeling akin to wearing underwear composed entirely of angry bees is painless to you....?

I’m very sorry to hear that. Are you well taken care of by your primary physician now at least? :(

And sneaky!! Thank you :)