Yeah, I like your distinction between doing everything and doing nothing.

DC is a special case and the mayor cannot deploy the National Guard.  Pence ultimately was the one to deploy it this time, but normally it would have been the President.

It’s really not common for a ventilator to be used in egg retrievals. It’s usually a propofol based anesthetic which allows patients to maintain their own airway. One option might be to allow women to choose to do their egg retrieval without anesthetic (with a benzo and IV fentanyl) if there is a shortage of nurse…

That isn’t always true. Source: just had a debit card stolen, the thief ran the transactions as credit since they didn’t have the pin. They then called and were able to convince BoA they were me via good old identity theft and got the original dispute closed. BoA told me it could be up to 45 days to get my $2300 back s…

I just asked for an ATM only card from BoA after a debit card we have never once used anywhere but a BoA ATM got compromised and they told me that was not possible to be associated with a checking account. It’s so freaking annoying how much they lie.

People have told me that my local food bank will take excess home grown produce but I wasn’t able to make it there this year to talk to them about what kind of volume would be enough that they could use. In your experience, is home grown produce something that food banks will give away, and is that something you would…

Yes, my aunt and uncle also had the bussing around thing happen on the river cruise.

Seriously. He’s dealing with pain I can only imagine, and if it’s helpful for him to forgive the person who caused that pain, I’m sure as hell not going to tell him he can’t do that. She doesn’t deserve his forgiveness, but forgiveness is grace anyway, never really deserved.  Doesn’t mean it can’t be offered if that’s…

Seriously. If you suffer from a disease (infertility), you owe adoption to society. If you don’t suffer from this disease, you don’t owe society anything. It’s a really gross attitude.

I also get hives from running! Supposedly these are not caused by an allergy to your own sweat but rather by exercise itself. For me they are worse in cold weather and I’ve never gotten them from treadmill running. It’s incredibly rare, but they can progress to exercise-induced anaphylaxis. If you do get them, doing…

My husband needed a neurologist a few months ago and the wait in our area is pretty insanely long.  If I had seen this then, I might have been a little tempted.  Fortunately, he found one on zocdoc so I don’t have to sham sign up for a weird dating site to get him medical treatment.

My mother-in-law usually gives gifts that she found around her house. Since she is somewhat a hoarder, some of these gifts are pretty old. This year she gave my husband and me a ziploc snack bag containing two slightly smushed Ferrero Rochers.

If this is the whole story, why do women disproportionately stay home with children instead of men?

This hasn’t changed with the new tax rules. Contributions to a Traditional 401K are considered untaxable income. They are not included in the income reported in box 1 of your W2 so you don’t have to take them as a deduction.

Yeah. If you have, say $4k post taxes available to you to contribute for retirement, your choices aren’t between contributing $4k to a roth 401k or $4k to a traditional 401K. Your choices are between contributing $4k to the Roth and $5K to the Trad, assuming a 25% tax bracket. If tax rates are unchanged, there is no…

Have you tried body glide? I don’t have issues in the boob area, but get some friction burns between my butt cheeks and on my feet and find that it works pretty well, even on a super sweaty person. I also find deodorant on the sweaty areas works decently for shorter runs, but Body Glide is definitely better. Lest I…

Wait, changing every 2 hours? Mine recommend changing every 6 hours on the packaging and I certainly go overnight without even thinking about it.

I’m a Maryland resident who has never voted Republican and there is zero chance I would vote for Manning. If I thought there was a chance of her winning, I’d vote for whoever I thought could beat her.

Hormonal IUDs are actually considered safe for at least some women with a history of DVT so you don’t even have to do copper if you don’t want to risk the periods from hell.

You definitely don’t need more sugar initially for apple cider. We use champagne yeast, let it go until it stops bubbling (6-8 weeks normally), and then use a little priming sugar before bottling. That cider will be very dry and does not need to be chilled for storage. If you want sweeter cider, stop it sooner, and be…