A lot of the savory jello dishes were made with special savory jello flavors that are no longer made, like celery and tomato.

I always thought that a happy hour was a good preventative against drinking too much, since you've got to go home at some point for dinner. But then I live in a place where there's a bar on every corner, and most people live close to work, so you're gonna go to the bar by your house.

Yup, another reason to wear leggings with them.

As an otherwise fairly thin person who has an enormous butt, I can relate. Leggings are just about the best thing that's happened to me. Note: I wear them with skirts or tunics, not as pants. But they enable me to wear skirts and not sit like a lady.

Alzheimer's does weird things with grief; I lost my grandmother to it recently and though my grandfather is still technically alive, I mourned him long ago.

My immersion blender is that way. I get excited to make something because I get to use the Spinning Blades of Doom.

This is taking it a bit far, but some dogs really do like clothes. My Lhasa gets super excited about his t-shirts, and loves his collar. In fact he thought my partner's bowtie was a new collar for him. Bowties are cool.

As another thin gal with a big ass, I kind of understand why she wears leggings all the time. Pants are impossible. I wear leggings all the time too. I just put a skirt or tunic over mine because I have like a job and shit.

Best gift: Immersion blender from my awesome aunt, who actually pays attention to what people want/like

As an anthropologist I've always wanted to do one where they tell you how much Neanderthal you are, but I understand how this would be weird for the non-odd among us.

Just drink your Old Fashioned's the correct way, with brandy.

Well, if it serves as any encouragement, I've just re-written half my thesis (150/300 pages) in a week's time. So you can definitely do it!

Ugh. I am not so sure that I can write any more of my discussion chapter tonight. Just tired of it. Re-looked at one of my committee member's edits, felt like an idiot. I'm going to work on references and formatting, for I do not feel adequate to discuss big topics right now.

The first thing to do, if you haven't already, is ask why, specifically, she suggested the change in topic. Very politely and respectfully, of course.

As someone currently procrastinating on editing her final, final thesis draft, maybe I can offer some advice. I've been working full time this semester (ok, taking some time off to finish my post-defense edits before the deadline, but otherwise...).

I'm forehead-deep in thesis edits right now and I think I'm finally in the zone (rewarding myself with internet after finishing a major section). My MS thesis was already approaching dissertation length, and my committee's edits pushed over the border: it is now officially a thesistation. (This is not all that unusual…

Because of my introversion they apparently think I should drink white wine. Bah. Reds are far more suited to introverted brooding. And sweet whites are not wine.

My first gray hairs showed up at 16/17. I'm now in my late 20's and they make up a not-insignificant percentage of the hairs on my head. Since I otherwise still look relatively young and fit, I haven't bothered trying to cover them. That may change as other signs of aging come in, we'll see.

We have a sorta urban farmish thing going on (okay a small amount of livestock and a serious garden) and sometimes a critter has to be offed for some reason or another. Case in point: the sparrow that recently got caught in the chicken wire and ripped its leg off. My male SO just couldn't do it, but for me it was just…

But "making" my own food is still a hell of a lot easier than making my own clothes - I stick a few plants/seeds in the ground, water and photosynthesis does most of the work for me. No one but me cares how my tomato plants turned out this year. How I dress, on the other hand, is more critically judged.