My main worry is burdening an only child with ageing parents some day. Seems unfair. But at the same time, being able to devote myself to only one child also seems pretty great. My original plan was to have 2 kids 5 years apart as a good compromise, but as I've learned in a very tough way, life doesn't go as planned.

My first child was still born last year and I’m turning 32 in a few months. I worry I’ll only have enough left in me biologically for one more pregnancy/child. From everything I see having 2 is so much more taxing than 1 and I’m not getting any younger, but is having an only child a bad idea? No one’s kidding when…

It’s a tricky thing - my mother has a tanning bed at her salon, and the majority of her clients are tanning for their mental health and/or skin conditions (I think it helps with both psoriasis and eczema). Given the choice I think I would certainly tan on occasion to help my skin. Everyone has a cancer switch and some…

Jack White’s version of Jolene is pretty good if you like crunchy guitars. It’s the only reason my husband knows the song - the only thing his parents listened to were reggae and Fine Young Cannibals, he had to discover everything else on his own and old country got skipped :(

Hollywood Hair Barbie - came with a stencil and a spray that changed her hair color. What an outfit!

Came here just to mention getting my fingers in those springs. One of those “what happens when I do this” moments of early childhood...

It is indeed weird that The Martian is a comedy, and Better Call Saul isn’t, though both made me laugh lots.

This is more about what what I’m talking about: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/10/1…

It certainly helped - but you can’t easily crack them bones open without cooking them first. And to be fair - that’s just what we know for now. Evolutionary science is a tricky beast - but measuring bioavailability of nutrients from cooked vs. raw foods can be pretty straightforward.

I learned the other day that I’ve been confusing Dave Coulier and Jeff Daniels when I said to my husband “It’s nice to see Dave Coulier getting roles in movies like The Martian”. He laughed at me for a very long time.

Not to mention there’s actual data out there that raw veganism can often lead to many deficiencies in micro and some macro nutrients that folks need. Humans cooking food is what lead to us getting smarter because it can increase the availability of certain important nutrients.

If you look in to other news releases they mention that they will be looking into the victimization of Aboriginal men as well, which is indeed higher than that of white men in this country - however you are wrong in saying that it’s higher than Aboriginal women - they are disproportionately affected at a much higher…

My mother always chose to do a weekly check-in Sunday morning at 8am and got mad at me when I told her I unplug my phone so my roommate and I could sleep in. I think she’s why I hate talking on the phone.

Does anyone else feel like the Wyatts need to turn something down, and another something up to be more compelling? Like, more crazy maniac and less menacing creep? Or something?

How Do You Sleep? by John Lennon

My baby was stillborn on his due date. This is one of the few scenarios I can imagine being a worse ordeal. And now what does she get? Any bereavement leave? I'm just fortunate that I live in Canada and was still entitled to maternity leave for recovery. Oh man, my heart hurts for this woman.

My family always told me my freckles looked like a cow shit through a screen door. Angel kisses sound not too bad? Maybe a little creepy. I get that.

I had to google it because thinking you know what it is isn’t the same as *knowing* what it is and now I’m thankful the images that showed up were small. Isn’t there a way to google something without those handful of images showing up? Is this a dumb question?

Not to mention it’s compostable since it’s made from cellulose (you Americans do have municipal composting, yes?).

I’m in the grey so there’s no point in posting the picture, but doesn’t anyone else remember Hollywood Hair Barbie with the spray and the stencil and it looking nothing like in the commercials? I think there was a doll that had a sort of crimping iron that made hearts in her hair too. Let’s just bring it alllll back…