A bear named Teddy, he was totally nothing fancy but I kept him with my every minute. He was my older brother’s and he gave the bear to me when I came home from the hospital. Still my favorite brother, too.

I really enjoyed Kevin Baker’s NYC trilogy, each one a different time period and focus- Dreamland is early 20th century and revolves around women in factories, Paradise Alley is civil war era and focuses on immigrants and economic divides, Strivers Row is WWII and around race. They stand alone so you don’t have to…

Mirena

IUDs can cause periods to stop, which I’ve personally appreciated. You still ovualte your body just doesn’t prepare for fertilization. I freaked out when it stopped because how do you know it’s the IUD and not pregnancy? Watch for other signs of preganancy- extreme fatigue, tender breasts, nausea- but generally assume…

I agree. It’s good to be aware that 25 out of the 33 representative seats up that year are Democrat seats so the fight will mean helping keep those seats out of Republican hands along with turning the others.

Take a day to just walk around Barcelona, it’s amazing. The Miro musem there is great.

I saw this on Bitch Media a little while ago and it may give you some ideas-

Take them up on the offer. You’re not a freeloader if you’re paying on your own volition and paying loans down and have a plan (condo) in mind.

I can’t decide if it would be better to have people protest the inauguration by turning their backs during the parade/march thing or to have nobody show up at all.

Do you have a garden hose? Turn it on high and knock the wasp nest down. Or ask the landlord to do it. This has worked for me every time, no swarming or anything, they move elsewhere.

Hitchhiking alone in England and accepting a ride where I had to sit in the camper part of a truck with the door locked behind me, no windows.