You’re welcome. Any time. (I grew up in HIV/AIDS activism. When you cut your teeth in an existential crisis, the lessons seem to stick.) Feel free to share.

I am still sick (just sinuses now, plus whatever my stupid stomach/esophagus/GERD/Hiatus Hernia/Vagus nerve/possible heart condition or maybe asthma or just anxiety, if you believe the asshole substitute doctor covering for my doc on maternity leave) so activism has been online only. I do PTSD work so I’ve been taking…

I don’t know — you do have one of the wonderful usernames though! Thanks!

Sorry, he will look so much better when I get his face on and his wig finished. I know, I’m sorry to make him face the world naked faced and in his wig cap and without eyes. He’s actually a handsome face when he’s not naked.

I personally love dance workout videos. (Go-to is an Industrial Dance video that focuses on core strength.) I can put it on in the living room and dance there, takes no equipment other than pushing back the furniture and putting on my dancing shoes.

1) that’s Wicca only; not all traditions follow that rule.

Honestly? I get my best GYN advice by booking a Planned Parenthood appointment, using my insurance there (which helps them because private pay supports them) and following their referrals. Rocky Mountain PP is GREAT about knowing who is isn’t an asshole and who works well with them (and therefore tends to be great…

Yes. If I were making that, I would have scooped the neckline about 2 inches at the bottom of the curve. Just as an FYI - depending on the fabric, they may have to use something else to face it — probably a matching silk bias or stretch lace— because there wont be enough fabric to make a new facing from what’s cut…

Star for support, not because... oh my god. I’m so sorry. That’s deep into cult territory.

Oh god. There’s someone else with my name (first and last) who has this bad habit of using my (have had since Gmail was in private beta) gmail address. Who got me stuck with getting her Beach Body shit. I would hate them even if they were just MLM nonsense, but they’re sucktastic about removing people from their…

I have learned to use the knitting machine. I can definitely do stockinette until my arms fall off. I have casting on mastered. I know what bad tension looks like. Casting off is still not looking great, but I have a sewing machine and am planning on mostly doing cut and sew work, so I can just zigzag the castoff end.…

Those are beautiful!

Gold thread trick from the 18th century — beeswax, the good stuff you get from a candle maker. (It should be golden yellow, and smell intensely of honey, not the pale yellow stuff that Dritz sells.) Run the thread over the wax a couple times, then stitch with it. When you’re done, iron between two towels, no steam. It…

Thanks! Beef is one of the foods I can eat right now (if I make it into vegetable soup), spouse likes chuck and steak, and I prefer to grind my own hamburger anyway, when that’s a possible edible food. He doesn’t care if we eat the same thing over and over again (I’m the one who gets bored with repetitive food, but I…

Okay, have one. Take it out of the pack, sit it on the counter, and get the rest of out of the house. Enjoy it. Then flush the rest or hand them to the closest homeless person. It’s a matter of being okay with falling off the wagon, but being prepared to get back on the wagon right now, not when you finish the pack.…

... I really don’t know about your last para, but I’m the royal blue beating heart of a violet-blue state, so my primary exposure to Dem party politics is within an extremely active county party and with an active state party. The state lege is split control (Rs have the senate, Ds have the house), we have a majority…

Oh, I feel you and will feel no sadness at all if some hacker ever builds a targeted malware that takes out everyone and thing involved with MLM. (Or the SEC descends or whatever.) I have watched Smother fall for every fucking pyramid on the planet, from Amway to candles to sex toys to nutritional poison (yes, a…

Got a referral code you’re willing to share? That sounds like a good idea for us.

You can stay off the smokes. Really. You’re past the worst now. I know you want them back, but you can hold out.

I wish. I either have a hiatus hernia or something else that’s making my digestive system evil. (Also causing a bunch of other systems alerts that aren’t comfortable.) I have about 6 foods I can tolerate right now, and two of them are soup. I have to eat tiny meals really slowly and food is both boring and a stressor.…