Thank you, and many thanks to whomever un-grayed me.

Oh, it’s not unwelcome at all! I’m grateful for your reply. We took him to the ER the day I arrived, and they ran a number of tests. We have a meeting with a Dr. in a few days, I assume to go over results? Hoping there is something concrete—as in somewhat fixable—at least in the short term.

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well.

Welp, it was a New Year’s Eve, in a small town, long ago. I was nineteen. A friend of mine invited me to a party at her family’s house. There was a great deal of red wine, and also a mystery punch. I had a fair amount of both, I believe. After a certain point, I proposed marriage to one of my friend’s brothers. Then I…

where did you read “proud” in this post?  It’s just -- honest.  Also, you seem like a troll.

“Orange Guard” is safe around pets and humans, deadly to ants.  If you spray their whole trail, they will stop coming.  The ground cinnamon will also deter them, but not permanently.  I use both in the summer in LA.  

That is an awesome sweater!

Thank you for this.  The “silly string” sequence alone sickened me.  I am a puppeteer, and I grew up with the Muppet Show/Sesame Street.  I can take “adult” jokes with muppet-style puppets, (done well, as in Avenue Q) but just the trailers for this were embarassing.