My husband travels to Brazil a couple of times a year for work. The last time was in December and he came back sick. Not all of his symptoms quite matched the Zika virus, but I do wonder if that’s what he had. I’m glad he’s not a pregnant woman. :/

Same here. My mom, brother, his kids, me, and my son all swell up with giant welts. My dad wasn’t bothered by them, but he was a smoker. That is probably one of the few perks I can see in taking up smoking.

Amen. Another friend has four kids aged from 2 to 13. She’s very happy with the situation, and that’s awesome. I just can’t help thinking that that’s a long time to spend with small kids around.

If you’re in the Midwest, try Panchero’s. I like Chipotle and Qdoba, but my heart will always belong to Panchero’s.

Aw, man. Disappointing. I guess it saves me a trip and possible exposure to E. coli, though.

You are not old! You watched TRW when it actually *meant* something, when it was all love and friendship and sadness and Pedro!

Ugh, I had salmonella a couple of years ago. I never identified the source, but I think it might have been a Whole Foods cheese sample. There were a couple of days I actually “lost” because I was so sick. I did chuck about 10-15 lbs. so...yay?

I found out about Chipotle’s sofritos (tofu) option just before all of this began to happen. Chipotle isn’t terribly close to me, but there’s one within about a 20-30 minute drive. Is the sofritos worth the drive and risk of food poisoning?

There’s been a recent baby boom among my friends. Four of them aged between 36 and 39 have either had babies recently or are pregnant now. I’m also 39; I had my one and only child just shy of my 27th birthday. It’s awesome for all of them, as a couple of them have struggled with fertility issues for some time. I will…

I second this request.

I was just about to say that I haven’t found Jack Torrence in the 1921 photo yet. :D

I thank the sky gods that I didn’t come of age during this time. It seems like these fashions would favor a tall, slim girl with small/narrow features, particularly head and feet. I’m tall, but I have broad shoulders, an hourglass shape, and big hands, head and feet. Man, I’d have looked like a cartoon character.

Sure they do. Single people never get gifts from family or friends? Ever?

I wish that’s what it was really about.

Not if you elope they don’t. And even if you do receive wedding presents, it’s a one-time thing. Do you think married people receive new microwaves every year just because they’re married?

I don’t think that’s what the poster was saying at all. There is a myth that prevails that married couples are somehow rolling in money from government tax breaks. She maintains that while her life is a comfortable one, she’s certainly not raking in the bucks simply from being married. No one is ragging on anyone…

In middle school (circa 1989), a friend of mine had this phone and I fucking *loved* it. I was clearly a severely deprived kid as my parents had super basic models from about 1970:

Lavender people unite! *high five*

Word.

A childhood friend who is now sort of famous told me when we were both about seven that when nuns were bad, they had to sit on wooden benches full of splinters. Other nuns would then have to pick the splinters out of the bad nuns’ butts.