Oh no honey, not '12 years out of fashion', no, think 'pre-vintage'. We would ALL be so lucky to be out of fashion, in perpetuity. True fashion ended sometime in the 60s, when everyone decided to wear what they want. Its no longer a hand down cycle of royalty, rich, regular folks, rags, where fashion really DID turn…

Having been broke most of my life, that's shaky advice. SOME things at the Dollar Store are ok, depending where you live. Most of the time, it's worth saving up a few dollars to get something real. There will be surprises, like the Betty Crocker $1 kitchen scissors that are great (until you snap the handles off) but…

Amen. I thought Washington, DC was expensive, before I moved to the Front Range. Boulder is just expensive in slightly different ways...

I searched out this article because the LH and Gawker video ads keep screwing up my system, and those drop down full screen shoe ads are awful.

"But if you're running a marathon—WITH CANCER—you can pretty much wear whatever you want. Crop tops, tutus, loafers decorated with poop emoji."

Unless MSG makes you sick, or you are allergic. Cutting out MSG cut out a lot of my partner's stomach problems. Similarly, there's "nothing wrong" with sugar substitute...except I can tell when I've been 'tricked' into consuming it, because I wind up with a migraine. The day I had a college teacher director tell me to…

So much jealousy. Can I come to your house for a weekend, and learn to knit history from wool? I once made a Revolutionary war wool vest (for a redcoat) from a French Revolution pattern....MacGyver!

I derive great pleasure from sorting and order, but mostly for OTHER people's things. I like my own things to be organized, but if I'm the only one who sees it....it's not the same as showing off what you've done for a friend's clutter. So I'm available as a freelance organizer/sorter, and would totally trade skills…

Adorable! That's how it started, super happy, super excited, often licky hugs. And since it's "bad" to jump up, we just ask her to wait (self control) and when WE are ready, we tell her "OK, be bad!" so that we have it on cue for when it's appropriate. She's a puppy, so she's not 100% on cue, but the same process was…

My cute little lab/collie mix does that, but only now that she's bigger! If she REALLY misses you, she waits til you hit the couch, jumps up into your lap, and climbs her forepaws to your shoulders, for cuddles and licks. She also frequently puts her head on our necks.

Bah humbug, harrumph, and rabble rabble! The 'system' actually works quite well for its intended purpose; making money for the people who run the system. There is an interesting experiment around here, where you pay a monthly fee to be part of a sort of health club, with as much access to doctors as you like, as long…

Yet, rents for my area for 2 adults are grossly underestimated. Unless those two adults are super thrifty, super lucky college students, $844/month is not gonna cover rent, much less utilities... I share a nice place with my partner, away from campus, and at $1260 it's a steal, when places 1/3rd the size are $1030…

My stupid no-bleed-all-the-time pills cost SIXTY FREAKING DOLLARS PER MONTH.

I don't confuse anyone for a wholesome domestic type - I made sure to put skulls on my last strawberry jam label so's to avoid any confusion

That museum has the BEST food. On my list any time I can get to town. I like looking at things from my heritage, but my family isn't nice, so I don't know any particulars...and am way too white bread to poke that beehive.

Sometimes, even mothers are horrible people. It happens. Sometimes, it's not even their fault.

Me and my DDs! You need to get a better therapist/clinic, one that will actually use the half rolls, towels, and headrests to accommodate your body. When I go, they fiddle the head rest up, put a bolster under my ankles, and everything seems to lay fine. Occasionally I will reach up myself while lying on the table and…

Public access is fantastic, and I'm surprised there's no nonprofit in the US that's "trickling down" older computers, etc, for low income or older students. Yet often even public universities require some sort of association to use the equipment there, and you are competing with paying students who are entitled to…

You assume "free/low cost resources online" and "the rise of tech" are not still a privilege of the rich. Poor people can't afford computers and internet, not without that whole crushing debt thing they're trying to avoid in the first place. I have first hand experience, from being unable to complete school projects,…

I 2nd mrdude16.