A friend of mine who's Caucasian married a Vietnamese man and took his last name. She's told me before that people get very confused when they first meet her. An Asian-American woman with a non-Asian last name isn't that uncommon, given the rate of interracial marriage and adoption in the US. But a white woman named…

Said it before and I'll say it again: I'm the only one of me in the world and I'm keeping it that way. My most recent ex was the first person I ever seriously considered marrying and I made sure he knew I wasn't taking his very common last name. I might have been willing to use it as my middle name since I don't have…

My best friend from college got plastic surgery on her ears in high school. They stuck out quite a bit and it bothered her enough that she worked until she could afford the surgery on her own. Before I met her I was very opposed to elective plastic surgery, but her maturity and reasonable decision changed my mind.

Somehow, with my three roommates, it's always my turn to wash the dishes, clean the kitchen and bathrooms, and bring in the mail. You're not missing out.

I have roommates and I'm still weird.

I would if I had the time. I'm spread too thin as it is. But I did buy two boxes of cookies this year, which is 2 more than I bought last year, so there's that...

There's a box with my name on it arriving Tuesday. Cannot. Wait.

I'm 27 and a former Girl Scout, and the more I read, the more I want to be a Girl Scout again.

No problem! And yes, the names don't take away the awesomeness of both animals.

Not to get all persnickety on you but the term juvenile diabetes is inaccurate. It's now called Type I diabetes, in recognition of the fact that a person can develop Type I well into their 30s. Adult-onset diabetes is now called Type II, in recognition of the fact that a person can develop Type II starting in their…

Given my sister, the odds are pretty good she was bullshitting me. But that's good to know.

My oldest sister also had to have a full blood transfusion at birth. My mom said her blood type actually changed because of this. I really, really thought both my mom and my sister were shitting me until just now. Wow.

I'm almost certainly the only person with my name in the world. I am not changing that for anything or anyone. I've been known to yell at people for calling me Mrs. Even when I get married I won't be a Mrs.

Well, it's a start. Most of the abortion clinics in Virginia will almost certainly shut down anyway because of legislation requiring them to be essentially tiny hospitals. The retrofits are designed to be so prohibitively expensive that the majority of clinics are expected to shut down rather than attempt them. (For…

*sigh* They're only a few miles from me. If I didn't have to work today I'd have been there. Stupid job.

I had a hard time sleeping last night and found myself listening to the 4am NPR newscast and Judi Dench's story was covered (this might have been around 5am at the very beginning of Morning Edition - like I said, not a lot of sleep happened). I thought I dreamed it. :-(

Oh man. I like cheese and I like sex. Your friends are evil.

What kind of cheese? There are all kinds of things I'd do for a good goat cheese...

We need to get some alter boys with milk-filled whatever those are.

I was mostly just pointing out how much I love peanut butter. I had a roommate in college with severe food allergies and of course I modified my diet so as not to kill her, and of course I would do it again if I had to. But I really, really love peanut butter, so I'd have to think about it a lot first.