Yep. Same experience. Sometimes I asked my husband to feed my son when we were in public, hoping people would think it was breast milk in a bottle or something and wouldn't keep throwing such monumental shade my way. I can't believe how crappy people treated me for formula feeding (like you, for my sanity. literally).

I love you. And in a related vein, there is a weird, burning hatred in central to southern Ohio for their brethren in Cleveland. I don't understand it, but as an Ohioan (southern-ish) by birth I have seen it a lot.

Ha! Headbutt. Kids suck, but I love them. My brother bit me when they brought me home from the hospital and introduced us. He was 4. It really set the tone for our relationship to this day (we're pushing 40 now).

I would be so happy to not have Facebook. As it is, I have to for my work, but I hate it like scorpion spit. Bizarrely, I resisted Twitter until it became compulsory for my work, but now I like it. It's like haiku and I can just post pics of Townes Van Zandt or whatnot all day.

She must have been about 2-3 kilos around that time, but maybe she didn't eat it all (we just found the cigarettes, chewed to the butt). Or maybe she vomited somewhere and I didn't see. At any rate, she was under the vet's care for 24 hours. When they discharged her they gave her a little baggie of liver treats and…

Thanks for the clarification. That makes this story even more rage-inducing.

The one in the photo is aseroe rubra. It's a stinkhorn too. Gross, lovely, weird.

Oddly, my dog ate 2 cigarettes when she was a puppy and she was pretty much okay. She had to go to the vet for monitoring. Really fast heartbeat and drooling. I think they kept her on an IV. She's a terrier/chihuahua, so pretty tiny as a puppy. The vet wasn't terribly worried. Maybe dogs react differently.

My dad's grandmother was into traditional medicine and whenever he's feeling unwell he goes tromping off into the woods and comes back with twigs and leaves and whatnot. I know he uses sassafras, slippery elm and red alder. He makes cough syrup and "liniment" and all manner of teas. I wish he'd share all this with me,…

Is this the case in Arizona? I thought they had that crazy "I demand your papers" law, intended to weed out illegal immigrants. When I was a kid, it was illegal for police to demand your ID, unless you were driving, but things have changed so much in post 9/11 America, I don't even know anymore.

LOVE this. It's like having Santa Claus wink at you, but way better.

Can I use that idea? I would love to suggest it for a fundraiser for my kid's school.

I said upthread that I would love to be able to give up my seat to a soldier in uniform, but I would love even more to see the VA properly funded, and to see veterans getting top-notch medical, social services, psychological and financial support. So I will take your advice and write to my congressmen and women (I'm…

I fly international business and domestic first a lot because of my partner's contract stipulations, and it is true that you get used to the space and comfort, and it can be a drag going back to the way I used to fly (and would still be flying, if it were on my own dime). I think what she did was lovely and selfless,…

I agree. In fairness I did point that out in my original statement. I was just responding to KK4Bama's musing about her experiences with the same age differential (as the girl in the story) when she was young. These guys were predatory, as illustrated by the non-consensual filming and disseminating of the film.…

I'm not generally this dense, but the point seems to be passing me by.

No. Early 20s.

I know! I married a guy who's nine years older than me and the math cracks me up, even 12 years into the marriage. When he was a senior, I was eight. Very silly, indeed.

I have conflicted feelings about this (EDITED TO SAY: Not about this case, for God's sake. These guys are sick predatory criminals. But about blanket condemning older guys who date teenagers, which sounds good on paper). When I was 16 I dated a 22 year old (he was in college, not a stunted person in any way, and we…

I know. I just had a moment of sleep deprivation and stupidity (don't comment when stupid, silly). But the replies I have made to the other commenters in this thread, explaining that I always forget that his mama is a Stark have been deleted, probably in the interest of not having blatant spoilers (I worded it much…