I definitely change my pain scale based on who is asking. I don't even know I'm doing it. When I had cancer every single appointment started with asking what my level of pain was. One day I was at home and my mouth felt like fire ants were crawling in it and vicodin couldn't even touch the pain. I told my parents it…

A lot of people post that they have to delete half their profile now thanks to timeline. I just see idiots who put too much online in the first place and that wasn't facebook's fault.

Oh man, over on GOMI (getoffmyinternets) they were just discussing his wife's blog on the GOMI forum. She apparently stopped blogging once it appeared he had political ambitions and didn't want to taint his campaign. Looks like she could have kept it up because he made himself look like a fool all on his own.

Lies! The Disney channel movie "Wish Upon a Star" is clearly her best work.

Aldi or Costco. It's usually closer to $2.50 in St. Louis but sometimes I'll find a special to knock it down to $2.

It's a perfect technique unless you come across one with secret filling. Then it's a dangerous game.

I make mine with a Costco sized bottle of Vodka (around a 2L) and 8 vanilla pods. However your body reacts to vodka is how you can expect to feel after one of my batches. But you'll smell amazing!

Every time I read about cheating and heart attacks I think back to the story my mom told me of her youth. My grandpa was getting it on with his mistress (thanks mom for sharing that) and had some chest pains (not a heart attack, just an ongoing issue) and was so shocked he fell out of bed and broke his leg. He then…

My great great grandpa was one of the sons in his family to not die farming. He *only* lost his arm and his son had to quit school and work in a cigar shop (died in his 50s of lung cancer) to support his 14 siblings (or 11 by the end with illness) while his wife had all the kids sleep in 2 rooms so she could make the…

I really miss math but have no clue how to start studying it again since I'm not sure how far my knowledge has lapsed. At times I can easily tutor my high school brother and at other times I have to read the chapter to know what the hell I'm supposed to be doing but I pick it up fairly quickly.

The Golden Ratio was pretty much my greatest interest when I was 15. I have so many regrets about not sticking with math as a major but everyone told me how dumb I was to want to do it that I sort of took it all to mean I was too dumb to do it.

I went back to school, got a job, and missed 2 entire seasons. Now that I'm back at home again I should probably make it my mission to catch up and then start on the original L&O's 9 or 10 seasons they have available.

Come to St. Louis. We have the best.

I hate to sound like I love Paula but back when I was sick and on bedrest I watched a lot of Food Network.

My mom isn't an as-seen-on-TV kind of hoarder but she has some serious issues that I think could lead her there. Over the holidays the family sat around her living room watching Hoarders and my mom accused the therapist of just being there to steal the family's stuff only seconds before the person on the TV said the…

Usually yes. You might have to enter a keyword for the image but you can just drag and drop one from your computer and it's usually good about finding the image or similarly colored ones. I found a picture of a street and google's image search didn't find that image but found several other photos taken along the same…

I typically agree with your advice. I do have one friend though who lives in the Midwest and only cruises because she somehow thinks those trips are safer than actually entering a country. Her card sees great use and a book would be too much for her.

One big thing to consider is if you need a passport book or a passport card. If you're the kind of person who doesn't travel often but has a cruise with an international stop like Jamaica, a passport card is cheaper and will work for you. If you plan on doing cruising and flying to destinations then just pay a little…

Yup, easiest way is to find a location that takes photos. The cheapest photo place I've seen was Costco or a DIY method but you don't really save much if time is an issue.

Sorry, you've got to apply in person if this is your first passport. Your best bet to cut down on leaving the house would be to take the photo at home but there are strict requirements for that. Some application places allow you to take a photo on-site and you can search for that when looking for locations via the…