Agreed on all points, except the soil. I have returned to my home of SC after living in ME, and the marine clay in Portland was a heck of lot more fertile than the sand around here! The red clay of the upstate isn't much better.

I am the southern-born and raised daughter of two Buffalo, NY parents, and I think you are correct. Very interesting!

It isn't evolution, strictly speaking, of course, but rather the sort of thing where celebrities and rich people have better looking kids on average because at least one parent is very good looking. I wonder, too, if the easier life for whites down South a century of more ago meant that a wife was selected more for…

Check with your doctor. Way back when I started, I did the same thing, and suffered a long time. When I mentioned it to my doc after months of half a life, a new script made all the difference!

It is a rebuttable presumption in most, if not all, states.

Post-partum is rough even w/o depression. I hope the meds are helping. Be as kind as you can to yourself! You'll be in a better state soon.

Some members of society look down, but a surprising number have been there, or just understand. You gotta life your life the best way you know how!

All the time. I try to scale back to the minimum I can give w/o being embarrassed, but still, my feelings get hurt. Like, if it's the thought that counts, precious little went into the gifts I get.

Sexual abuse and no family support. Have you gotten some help dealing with that?

All afternoon? Have you been screened for depression?

Definitelty a neutral manicure! Sounds like you are in a fairly conservative office. Also, a bright or dark manicure suggests you take the time to maintain it, or worse, you don't. Personally, I'd do buffed nails.....

Well, actually, plenty of the sheer kind have plenty of stretch. Just look for a fair amount of spandex/Lycra/elastane. The kind with none are a nightmare....

It's like when the dog barks at the mailman and he goes away. Instant reward! No matter how much the stupid articles try to paint it otherwise, stress eating is instant reward. It is very hard to break. I have been trying nicotine lozenges. Reasonable seeming Internet info suggests that nicotine alone is no worse than…

My mom never had a an engagement ring, and she and my dad celebrated 60 years last June. I have a garnet and my husband and I celebrated 22 years last March.

Yes, this.

Beat me to it!

Hey, Claxton and Collin Street Bakery fruitcakes a really good. Made with real fruit, not jujubes, and tons of pecans. Of course, if you don't like raisins or pecans, you won't like these, but sliced thinly, they are quite nice.

Children of alcoholics are three times more likely to become alcoholics, but that equates to about thirty percent.

I like the fact that in Germany, they refer to both genders' nouns when talking about riders or customers or whatever. It is cumbersome at first, but it underscores the fact that both are included. How hard is it to say "hers or his," really? It's not like we are hand-lettering it!

Yeah, I'm here in famously hot Cola...but there is not cold water coming from the tap after what's in the air-conditioned pipes runs through. I shower in water with no heated water added in the summer—and don't miss it.