Besides, they don't even WEAR shoes!

My sister quit over a year and a half ago, after 40 years of smoking. I am so incredibly proud and happy for her. I'm proud of you, too.

Your screen name is appropriate for a Breaking Bad fan who doesn't realize they are one yet. You really should watch it.

The Smoothie King near my sometime workplace has a sign informing you that you can request your smoothie without added sugar — which, of course, is exactly what I do. I don't understand why sugar needs to be added to a fruit smoothie. Fruit is SWEET for crying out loud.

After reading about stunts like this, I'm happier than ever that I am old and went through most of my dating years before the internets.

It's funny, I buy Orioles girlie tees, but I love my Ed Reed jersey at football time. Feels more seasonally appropriate somehow.

Feh. I saw this ad before and was struck with the glaring absence of the team that won the actual Super Bowl this year. What's up with that? (muttering "Baltimore gets no respect...")

I must now follow Caissie.

Pics or it didn't happen!

The truly shocking thing about that spectacle was the total lack of talent, imagination and class.

Racism aside, I got this treatment lately when I tried to enter an upscale boutique in a tourist town, dressed in my photography/hiking gear, when the store was closing in ten minutes. I got a snide remark from the sales associate about the store closing in ten minutes as she declined to open the door for me and let…

Oh, forgot to add... However, I have never expressed this aversion out loud. Writing it here is the closest I've ever come to that. I certainly never would have told any of my friends while they were pregnant, or let it affect my feelings for them.

I have a little bit of this as well — a slight aversion, and I have no idea why. I also have never found the idea of carrying a pregnancy to term appealing in the least. I'm quite happy that I had a hysterectomy a couple of months ago (due to a crapload of big fibroids) and I will never have to ponder the possibility…

The pack of black dogs just got me, they were so playful. It brought to mind how full the shelters are of larger black dogs — apparently they are the hardest to find homes for. We had a big black husky mix from a shelter who was a beautiful, sweet, regal dog — he died last summer (he was probably 16 or 17 because we'd…

Because homeless people want head scratches and playtime too?

I'm so glad! PM me anytime if you need to talk. This can be hard, emotional stuff.

I'm about to turn 48, and like you, I was born to "older" parents. My dad passed away when I was 25, and it sucked. I had little fear of losing him before it happened — it just blindsided me. I struggled with that loss (and bouts of depression) throughout the rest of my 20s, but counseling helped.

I have totally had dreams where I am slaying vampires with Buffy. Pure awesomeness!

My version of the test stress dream may be familiar to anyone who has worked in broadcasting. I'm at a radio station, where I am the DJ on the air, and one of two things happens: 1) I get lost going to the bathroom or locked out of the studio and realize the song has ended and there is dead air, or 2) all of the music…

Ooh, those are my worst. In my version my husband is nonchalantly just messing around with some other woman like nothing is amiss and I'm freaking out. I wake up in a panic. Only happens maybe once or twice a year, but it's awful.