Here’s a gizomodo link of someone who medically went through something very similar in terms of a bad bite and the medical care. But my sis was on four antibiotics (according to her memory) but no surgery. They were going to consider that if her swelling did not improve from the antibiotics: http://gizmodo.com/5931500/…

Yes he was an idiot. From what I’ve heard he was ill mannered, gruff and rough on the animals. I don’t know how he ended up a vet ...other than my guess it never was a vocation and he flunked out of another field of medicine. Not that I think veterinary science is a lesser field at all, but perhaps in his time it was…

The worst I personally ever got from a cat is an accidental fish hooking from my current baby. She was enjoying herself on my bare lap and was precariously balancing her heft on my thighs. She began to slip and she instinctively *grabbed* my thigh to hold on. I yowwwed and she anxiously tried to pull her curved claw…

I need to be careful, as I’m cat needy, and my kitty is equally human needy. At bedtime and during waking hours she pats my face with her paws (claws tucked in but they still can accidentally graze me) at bedtime and lick grooms my face, particularly eyebrows and forehead if I let her. It kinda hurts as cat tongues…

the toothbrush holder would work if it was two separate halves, top slotted over the bottom (from the widest point) and then you could just run it through the dishwasher. I had the same thought looking at it—a petri dish indeed.

Sometimes I’ll use plain old sugar and coconut oil and scrub my hands and feet, then rinse. It just feels really good as you’re doing it, and the skin is very soft afterwards. I’ll even do that on my face if it’s a little flaky— but very gently of course.

I truly love the smell of Aveda products...especially Shampure. At the same time I like to affectionately snark on it and say it makes one smell superior and oh so expenseeeeeve. I used to load up on samples at a Aveda product salon.

buuuut....this may be effective for the assholes who know this is an issue and double down on their manspreading....and getting the “score” of occupying a woman’s space.

I read this somewhere: A mom was about to fly with her kid, and made a point to introduce her child to the author who was sitting in front of the kid’s seat. Mom told her kid if she forgets her behavior and kicks—she is kicking this nice lady, and of course she doesn’t want to do THAT, does she? Kid shakes her head…

Kids can be irritating during travel, but they are being kids. It’s the parental no fucks given endorsement of certain behaviors that should be discouraged that makes me furious. You handled that well—sometimes being the scary stranger works well to intimidate children (by a no question authoritarian pose-not…

I’m not an asshole, but I am politely assertive, hold myself with a no fucks giving stance...and I am blunt if the person I’m interacting with or a circumstance requires it. I wasn’t that way in my 20’s and 30’s. It’s working surprisingly well in my dating life. I’m in my mid 40’s and find I have had a far better pool…

hmm. I use full fat greek yogurt for recipes that ask for sour cream. Might not have been all that bad, especially if it was farm fresh and they were really hungry.

I was at a dimly lit hipster loungey bar place in Austin where bowls of roasted “edamame” in the shell were everywhere. I never had edamame before (at least in the shell... I had the shelled soybeans before but didn’t know that’s what edamame was ) and popped two large ones in my mouth. Chew. chew. chew-chew.…

I actually OOOOOHed out loud. breahhoarrgghshudder

A friend’s marriage (now long over) had the garter and bouquet toss. The guys were oddly gung-ho about the garter and aggressively went after it with a good deal of physical jostling and bravado, and a lot of chest beating by the guy who caught it. However, when the single ladies were marched out for the bouquet, all…

If you like your coffee rich but can’t have dairy, try organic coconut milk (not the lowfat, get the whole, or coconut cream) and blend it...it has a nice frothy mouthfeel and from someone who likes her dairy, this is pretty good.

Yeah! Quietly Assertive would be more accurate.

People mistake lot of polite behavior as passive aggressive. PA is when one appears to be agreeable through active, vocal acceptance or infer agreement with a silent non argument/ non dissent, then punish the “offender” through angry words and or actions...from the over the top to the subtle or wordless, like silent…

I’d say his chosen name once, then leave it on the counter.

I followed him briefly on twitter and the focused, unrelenting venom he used against another comedian who was making a frustrated joke about LA and the entertainment industry in general....I just unfollowed. He seems to have an awareness of his petty jealousy and anger....I was about to say that he doesn’t seem to…