For me it's sometimes slow and sometimes utterly insane (ER vet). Heh, I posted this a while ago and now I'm work and feeling kind of resentful. I'm not getting holiday pay and I've worked literally every holiday in 2013 without extra pay or a thank you, and got a ton of shit for wanting New Year's day off for an…

A lot of people don't have access to pools/lessons/whatevers. I used to be really surprised by it, but I'm not anymore.

Skinny jeans with tall boots is basically my favorite outfit (ok, second to dress with tall boots). You will peel them off my cold dead ass. I never wear them without the boots though. I feel like without boots they highlight every flaw in my legs and when I put the boots on all of a sudden it's all fabulous.

LOL..... so I'm confused why Megyn Kelly keeps getting referred to as the "reasonable" Fox News pundit when shit like this comes out of her mouth.

I had a classmate who was deaf and she said that in deaf culture, that's exactly how "fat" is used. IIRC, she said that since there's fewer words in sign language and signing takes longer than talking, there's no room to mince words. She'd use "fat" to identify someone as a completely neutral descriptor, and people…

When I was trying to find work with a BS in chemistry, it was just laughable. It didn't take me long to start looking for another degree I could get that would actually be worth something.

The bachelor's has kind of become the new high school diploma as far as being a pre-requisite for obtaining a job that doesn't mean much. This is the problem with the idea that everyone should have a college education - if everyone does it, it's not worth that much, but now it's required.

That's a lot to deal with. Good luck with everything.

I've been accused of poor attitude before, and yes, it wouldn't surprise me if the holiday party thing was kind of a straw that broke the camel's back for them, considering how much they were pressuring you to go. But they were probably going to let you go eventually regardless over one incident or another.

Sarcasm comes across poorly in the written form already, and some people have such poor sarcasmometers that it can be necessary to elaborate.

I had a Jewish girl (during a Birthright Israel trip no less) tell me I can't be Jewish because all Jews have curly hair. I told her to look around.

It's not racist to ask someone where they're from. It's racist to ask someone where they're "really" from after they say "Cleveland."

Yes, he was married at some point; the last shot of 127 hours is the real Aron Ralston with his wife and kid, and I think he mentions the wife in the afterword of the book IIRC. Clearly already not together. I was kind of obsessed with his story and this thing makes me sad.

My favorite are the people who say it's selfish to not have kids and then say "who'll take care of you when you're old?"

I found a pdf (that's how I roll), and a lot of is stuff that a personal trainer (strength and conditioning coach guy) was having me do for my spine, and there's a great explanation in there about how to actually stand up straight, which no one ever explains beyond "stand up straight! Not like that!" Thanks for the…

Hmm that's written by a Crossfit guy, so automatically controversial. Crossfit destroyed my knees but I really miss it so I don't even know how to feel about it. The book looks interesting though, I'll look for it.

Replying to old post... do you have to take a class on Alexander technique or is just reading a book helpful? I'm interested in it but really don't want to pay godknowswhat amount of money.

That looks like something that's really easy to screw up form on. I've gotten really gun shy about such things after destroying my knees with poor squat form (although apparently the cure is good squat form). But the comments make me want to try it!

My money is going to Starbucks. I should buy stock in that company instead.