I am someone who is naturally talkative and energetic, and it gets worse if I am anxious, so a drink makes me less talkative and energetic. Generally, if I am going to events where I can’t be myself, whether it’s talkative or not, I ask myself if I really *have* to go to them. I am privileged to not have many that I…

Plus ça change....

Lots of people from lots of demographics seem to be watching it at my gym—firefighters and cops, both male and female, for example.

I am trying to remember if they did something like this to Jane Pauley, via Deborah Norville?

I think perhaps I am awakened (ha!) by snoring hubster or restless dogsters or noisy returning partiers, as the need to go seems to match up with the 90 minute sleep intervals, and then I must go--but I really do go quite a lot. When I try to ignore it and go back to sleep, especially 90 minutes or so before I want to…

I am okay on all but the waking up in the night, b/c peeing. I probably wake to pee at least twice and often three times. When I try to restrict fluids later in the day, I seem to wake up with a headache. What to do?

I have my down ones in pillow protectors, which get washed frequently, but I put the pillows in the dryer for 20 minutes or so each week, which ought to shake out a lot of the bad stuff, no? I wash the down ones maybe twice a year.

I recently read Quiet by Susan Cain, and am pretty sure that I am a highly sensitive/highly reactive person. fMRIs establish that this is a real, physical thing. I perceive things at much lower stimulus levels than perhaps 80% of the population. This can be a good thing in many situations. If I leave a job because it…

The New Yorker (and others) commented that the singing and dancing were not supposed to be all wow—more naturalistic than MGM

It’s not clear that any blacks have made it up the LONG waiting list for membership. It’s an execrable place, but I am told that several prominent blacks about town have declined to apply.

Lindsey Graham is awesome, in my book. I do not agree with his politics, but hey, he’s been standing *alone* among GOPers, speaking loudly against Trump!!

I’m not sure that McMaster is way worse. I have been on the opposite side of him on so many neighborhood landlord issues (he lost at the SC Supremes, in a suit backed by the neighborhood association of which I am an officer, for example). McMaster can actually work well with the legislature and isn’t all voodoo…

It’s okay to do as much or as little makeup as you like, of course. Eyeliner can be easy if you don’t feel the need to do a cat-eye from the start. I like to smudge pencil along my lashline (either Stila Smudgestick or Smashbox Always Sharp are soft enough to smudge, but set up nicely.) Trace over the line with a thin…

Goodwill does a lot of repurposing fibers, I am told, so old fabric stuff is used. Plastic hangers—thrift stores want them. Old comforters, towels, sheets—animal shelters. Goodwill wants CDs and DVDs.

Do you live near a Sephora?

Hmmm, sounds like you aren’t maybe applying on the apples? My oval face has apples that are about nostril height when I’m not smiling. Many MUAs suggest that that is kind of low. I am more of an “atop the cheekbones” person which gives a visual lift....I also have a lot of natural color in my actual apples, and down…

I never could get the guard to work properly and ended up shaving my digits too many times--gave away the mandoline. I just use a sharp knife and deal with uneven slices....

Overkill on a lot of these. For example, pet food dishes—if it’s wet food, every feeding, but dry kibble? Who cares if there are germs on a lot of these things? There are germs everywhere. Some can make you really sick IF YOU INGEST THEM, but are fine if left in place. You don’t have to replace vacuum filters or bags…

Ew squared

Yes—perhaps because of the promise he made to Ivanka not to marry anyone younger than her?