Nope, not quite. It used to be that diamonds were considered only appropriate for women over 40, who were too old to wear colored stones. The notion that a young woman should be gifted an older woman's stone would have scandalized the U population before the mid-19th century. Unless, of course, the diamonds were state…

My rescue cat who was a really good hunter is still nippy. Scaring him makes it worse. He is down to just putting teeth on skin and not actually biting. I am gently correcting him by removing myself from him or putting him off my lap when he does it. Some progress.

It is really simple. It is a paid job. Therefore the laws that apply to all other jobs apply to this job, even though only women do the job and those women are treated like shit elsewise.

So, if in a rap battle someone pulls a knife and says "after this in the alley Ima cut you." that should be ok, too, and left to the person being physically threatened to verbally beat up someone with a knife?

I hear you, but I think it carries more force (sadly) that the male moderator stepped in and call the guy out. And that the audience supported that.

Get that treated. There are treatments for exercise induced asthma. And it will make walking uphill easier, too.

This is the arrogance of what we in the disability community call TABbies — the temporarily able-bodied.

This is fine (and published elsewhere) if one is already physically fit. Not only the seriously overweight but some of us with disabilities or age sneaking up on us are doing well to **walk** these distances. And may be forbidden from the supposedly easy exercises.

Except that the turn-off is not just the mess but having to mother a supposedly grown man into doing his share. It does not matter what he wears or doesn't wear if he is enough of a child to need a mother to tell him to do his chores. And the question proves that is the situation — no "I'm sorry, that was supposed to…

Fourteen is not as grown up as one might want to think. Sigh. But this is terrible.

Sorry, but even good brushes don't work to paint raised pattern walls. They are a bear and only foam will really get the paint into the valleys without stippling.

A friend of a guy I was sleeping with in college just assumed that because I was with his friend, I was available to him, too. BF did not even see it. Creeped me out all the way round the block. Yuck. Had a lonnnggg talk with the BF after that about boundaries.

Despite all the whiny press, hit a few AA meetings or SOS (atheistic AA) and see what sticks. Heavy or problem drinkers can look at their intake and cut back and still be people and not go back down the rabbit hole. Alcoholics can't. And you cannot just will yourself or want yourself to not be alcoholic.

There are techniques that don't involve stimulants (other than coffee, which can help in a tiny way) that can start to tamp down the chaos. Don't give up just because stimulants are not a good idea (and possibly think about the addiction as self-medication).

I am not better than anyone when I use my utensils carefully — I am working at not being either awkward or vulgar (that is, talking with my mouth full, leaning on the table so hard it tips, and so on).

Which is for the benefit of those with whom I may be eating. My working class British grandparents beat etiquette…

And you do know that with anything in a bottle (booze, oil), an "empty" bottle will drain about another ounce if left upside down. If the cap is tight enough, just turn it upside down and open it that way.

Wear or don't, but if you wear regularly, make sure to pay attention to keeping your pelvic floor muscles really strong (deep kegels, to start). Age, loose cartilage, giving birth, and the sort of pressure from a persistent cough or very tight shapeware can cause your internal organs to try to run away from home. I am…

Watched the competition. I was really hoping they would make this decision because the women who was left out would have been eaten alive by international competition with the routine she presented. Just as I was asking myself out loud whether she actually had included places to stop and catch her breath, the…

Thank you.

When I am doing a long drive, I put a beach-type towel over my seat. Especially if I plan to eat or know I will be sweaty. They are easy to replace and easy to wash. And comfy.