Yeah, to an extent fire suppression is what’s really getting us. Because we developed everywhere and feared fire, we started quashing natural fires that were important to the ecosystem/kept the fuel load down. We inadvertantly created far more dangerous conditions. Throw in the droughts and morons doing gender reveals…

I always think about that Warren interview where her husband says he was first attracted to her intellect or something and she says she was first attracted to his nice legs. Flaunt what you’ve got!

Regrettably, yes. I had a huge crown on a broken tooth (somehow saved without a root canal) that finally failed. I just had them pull the tooth and do the implant. I was told we could try a root canal but a) there wasn’t much tooth left from the break to work with so it wasn’t guaranteed to work and b) I was almost…

Sending healing thoughts your way! I also just had some heart concerns tied to potassium (body absorbing it too quickly = too much sodium re-entering the blood). Glad he’s in good hands and you have a team to help get things sorted out.

There was a wonderful (now defunct) site called "fear the dolphin" that was all hilarious conspiracies about our imminent demise at the... flappers of dolphins. I'm 100% sold. I don't like them and I don't trust them.

Agreed, it’s complicated to try and separate physical appearance vs physical health. I struggled with sports-related disordered eating enough that I gave up running competitively (didn’t love my appearance, loved my physical ability). I’ve continued to run for enjoyment and feel good about my body, but have also had…

Amen, I’ve had 35+ roommates in 10 years and twice had to do the “oh this is bad. Time to go and go NOW” move. Even then I wouldn’t give it up. I was alone for the first 2 months of pandemic and while there were things I loved (naaaaked always and clean, beautiful surfaces), I was so glad when my roommates came back.…

Ah same! My sister is my best friend, we made it less than a month. It ended in her trying to drag me out of her room while I clung to an armchair for dear life (honestly I deserved it). Moved less than a mile away and we spent almost every day together happily knowing we could return to our own homes, alone.

She's magnetic! The way she carries herself you can't take your eyes off her. She's marvelous in Macbeth and looks stunning in period costume.

I cut way back recently because pandemic was really giving me a “whelp there’s nothing else to do may as well have another” attitude. I took a couple months off completely and honestly now more than a drink or two and I feel sick, which is a great moderator. Set easy goals first, like don’t drink consecutive nights,…

Regrettably I read a book about cadavers and learned many states didn’t have laws in place against this sort of thing until they....were given a good reason *barf.* In California (I think) they caught a funeral employee...*waves hands*...in a hearse and could only charge her with misuse of company property.

Amen! I’ve been reading for a decade but only recently started commenting when I realized...the only things I’ve been reading recently are the comments. I can’t tell you the last time I read a whole article, or even started with the article. But I do love (the bulk of) the commenters <3

Hi neighbor! Honestly was always planning to vote for Ilhan but the unstoppable number of flyers we received from Melton Meaux sealed the deal. Literally forgot to check the mail for 1 day and there were 7 glossy MM flyers doomed for the recycling bin. GAH!

We are close in age! I keep discovering friends and peers were previously married (many of whom now have lovely partners). No one thinks differently of them or like they made a mistake, it's just part of their story (and they waited to share this info on their own terms, which everyone also understood). You are not…

If you aren’t prepared, trained or emotionally able to work with students from challenging backgrounds in a manner that is empathetic and constructive then yes...you should stop working in these districts. It’s deeply unfair and hurtful to your students, who I have no doubt sense your dislike for them. I worked as a…

Fingers crossed for you! I was always a mindfulness/meditation skeptic, but these days have me sold on the "one day at a time" mentality or yeah... thinking too hard about what might happen in the future will claim my last shred of sanity.

Same! We got the wooden spoon sparingly (and I WOULD say usually deservedly, and never hard, a whack or two on the butt that stung but didn’t last), but I was talking with my mom recently and she said she really regretted even that. She also said how much she regretted being a yeller but a) I don’t remember my…

100% this - a lot of folks I know didn’t just lose their job, their field was destroyed (artists, musicians, etc.) with no practical timeline for if and when jobs will start paying again. Many held a mix of W2 and 1099 positions, meaning they couldn't even claim their full income for unemployment (you could only claim…

It sounds like you’ve tried a lot of options but if I could recommend the Cambridge Women’s Center hotline? It's not a crisis line, just a friendly ear to talk with (there is a 15-20 min limit, but you do not have to be in Massachusetts). Just something to plug the hole when you need empathy and a shoulder (and while…

Ah while I lived in Boston I met a woman who lived on the opposite end of the orange line from me. After a delightful first date I needed to use the bathroom but didn’t want to ask to re-enter her apartment so I figured I’d use the orange line station bathroom...how bad could it be? Hahahaha. I entered the women’s…