We have a double-decker fashion bus in Portland (of course). And a terrarium truck and a hair salon truck in a food pod, and recently even a tattoo truck.

Nope, they’re the ones that told me no the first time...then the second time when I moved to a different state and thought I’d have a better chance.

Yep! That’s the place I heard it from most often. I tried to inquire about IUDs at two different PP’s in two different states over the years and both balked at the suggestion. When I got health insurance and saw a primary care doctor and inquired about it, she did the same though.

Yeah, the implant was offered to me as an alternative, but that freaks me out more than an IUD.

I don’t get it. I’ve had multiple doctors and nurses strongly advise that an IUD is a terrible choice for women who haven’t had kids, to the point where they’re just refusing to even entertain the idea of giving me one. And yet this is a great, viable option for teens? Have I just asked the wrong medical professionals?

Here in Portland people feel superior by shopping at New Seasons. I don’t frequent it or Whole Foods enough to make a genuine comparison, but considering I once paid $7 for ONE head of read cabbage from New Seasons, I’m pretty sure they’re price-gouging the same way.

Yogurt is pretty much the only dairy that doesn’t freak me out. Which it should because you’re right in how you characterized it. But I love it. I love Greek yogurt with berries and granola and honey and it makes me feel fancy when I eat it in the mornings.

I was there a couple of weeks ago and most people were wearing some type of waterproof shoes and pants. Half the week I spent in Iceland it was rainy. It only really poured at Gullfoss (so I only looked at that for .3 seconds before running back to the car) but it was kind of a constant drizzle all the other rainy…

I was just in Iceland a couple of weeks ago. I lost 7 pounds and the trip’s theme was Hunger.

I turned subtitles on. I thought it was because my window air-con is stupid loud, but maybe not if you’re having the same issues!

I came from Indiana and every time I think of that state and my hometown I die a little inside. I’m making my first trip back in years for a friend’s wedding, and I’m dreading every moment. I’m in Portland now and the thought of leaving this awesome city and this incredibly beautiful state in one of the best months to…

But...there’s no scientific evidence of Satan...so...?

I don’t have kids and have never wanted them and don’t feel anything when I look at a baby, so this question is clearly not addressed to me.

That’s where I am too! So sorry about the bad luck on your wedding day. Who would have thought 100+ degrees in June in frickin’ Portland?

Gross! Are you in the PNW? That’s what’s happening this weekend here and I’ve had to cancel backpacking plans because of this heatwave.

I wouldn’t give People Who Eat Darkness the privilege of being called any other genre but True Crime. It’s a good read, I dug it, but it’s True Crime nonetheless, which always runs exploitative to me.

The movie for Blindness scarred me for life. I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to read the book.

I just started Station Eleven today, I’m 24 pages in, and I’m already obsessed. I’ve been sneaking it in while restarting my shitty computer over and over again at work.

Holy shit this book. It left me with so many emotions.

Agreed!