This. My grandfather showed signs for close to a decade before anyone really understood that he had Alzheimers. Even at his worst he knew enough to ask the leading questions to get him the answers he needed to function in conversation. If you weren't close to the situation, you wouldn't get it.

As the daughter of a woman with Alzheimer's disease, I can tell you that in the first four or five years that I could see that she was affected, not everyone else could. Even those that knew her pretty well could not or would not see it, especially in short lived situations. She had always been sharp as a tack, and…

On a sort of related-ish note, this is my favorite Yelp review of an awesome little local restaurant, that admittedly, seems to keep odd hours and only accepts cash (but is delicious):

I know, I laugh/cried at that. Dude, if you are copping to having a "nemesis" in print (especially one as innocuous as droll internet advice columnist Dan Savage, of all people), with no trace of irony, you need to take stock of your life immediately.

Tina Fey (via Matt Lauer) really nailed this one:
"I'm always amazed at what women will do because they're afraid of being rude,"

Nope, you weren't.

ToyTalk has said parents can opt to receive daily or weekly e-mails that allow them to access the audio files of their child's conversations with Hello Barbie.

Ya know, I totally think that it's just more enticing for women who don't usually wear makeup to take this field trip. It's simply an exciting look into what makeup is for many women on a daily basis that is intensely unfamiliar for some. I learned how to do my own makeup when I turned 20 through makeup counters at…

Pap: Well, I mean you're famous…

OK, the transcript I have is correct. Alissa adds: "It makes it harder to screen clients, which compromises safety. Clients are now criminals. So they are less likely and willing to give out information."

I've also done some cognitive neuropsychology coursework as part of my PhD work (in cognitive psychology), including attending case conferences when a person with a TBI spoke with us, so I might have picked up on a lot more from the interview about the cognitive deficits that she mentioned. I might have added an…

This series is cool, and I really enjoy finding the variation in beauty ideals from one place to another. That said, I also think it would be neat to compare how women do their own makeup with how the "pros" (salespeople) think they ought to.

Upcoming rich person here: once my husband finishes his residency and fellowships, our plan is to start fostering girls like these for as long as possible in order to give them a safe and loving home. Since the money from fostering won't be significant to us, we also plan on setting up accounts for every child we…

One of the things that happens when people make your life about issue "X" is that you find yourself talking about it more than you really want to because it's this rut you keep finding yourself in. This is a particular problem when you have problems concentrating. I don't know how her injuries affect her communication…

She eventually responded to one of my comments on that article with .jpgs of her ultrasound, asking for my opinion

I'm not a sex worker or a financial advisor, but as a young woman whose parents never really talked to me about financial planning, and who had just started having to teach myself these things, I hope this fellow young woman is reaching out to financial advisors to discuss things like vanguard funds, investing, and…

That's fair.

I feel sort of bummy if I go out and don't wear makeup. Not that I look ugly, just that my face doesn't match my clothes/hair/wherever it is I'm going. That being said, I pretty much always do my make up the same. The only difference is that I might do slightly more eye shadow than usual or a cat eye if I'm trying to…

I don't see how her being 'troubled' would have lessened his responsibility in letting his fucking tires go bald and continuing to drive his car around with people in it.

Will we ever get an update on the story about the girl with the ultrasound photos claiming she was pregnant and no one would believe her?