I don’t want anyone in my office to have to go through chemotherapy for everyone to stay home when they’re sick!

My work has a very generous sick leave policy, and November-March it is SO SLOW AND BORING around here. And yet, I have coworkers who come to work sick. You have 3 months of sick leave saved up! Stay the fuck home!

Can I be the wacky neighbor who’s always entering without knocking and yet it’s not at all creepy or weird?

Jimmy Iovine is a music-medical professional, and he says that yes, you must have a penis if your friends are going to you for music recommendations. I’m sorry you had to find out this way.

I also really liked the commercial right up until the end. Other than a passing reference to getting a mixed tape from a boyfriend, it was all about those women having a good time with music. And then they had to make it the “boyfriend service” which is weird and creepy.

it is wonderful! I highly recommend finding a boy to introduce you to music. It doesn’t have to be a boyfriend- it could be a friend who is a boy, or even a family member! A penis is all that’s required to find music!

I agree. I think maybe the “woe is me” act is a little premature, though. Have they announced that any of these hotel brands are going to be eliminated? Just because two hotel companies merge doesn’t mean every W is going to become a Holiday Inn Express.

I didn’t say anything about daycare licensing, because I don’t think that’s the issue. I think this article- especially the headline- imply that women who don’t stay home and watch their babies 24/7 are playing Russian Roulette with the life of their child. I believe that we should provide more paid parental leave,…

I see your point, but I still think there’s a big difference between “any place but home killed my baby” (as implied by the title of this Jezebel article) and “a negligent caregiver potentially killed my baby.” I think the distinction is important for all the people who put infants in care either by choice or by…

I disagree with your QED. I think the implication is that if he died of SIDS because of negligence, he’d still be alive if he had been in the care of adults who knew what they were doing- if that’s the mother, or properly trained daycare workers, or grandparents, or whatever.

I have a much-dreaded meeting with a bunch of assholes starting in an hour, and “douchebag event horizon” sums up the mood around the office.

Don’t I know it. The best I can do is to yell weakly at my research assistants to do their sampling right the first time, goddamn it, so we can turn this boat around and go home.

That’s the benefit (?) of seasickness over other kinds of motion sickness- you puke over the side of the boat and the smell and visual are instantly gone.

I’m not sure what the biological reason for scopolamine resistance is, but it definitely became less effective over time (I was using it 2-4 days/month). When I complained to my doctor, she basically said that it happens and you can’t exactly up your dosage, so tough luck.

I have spent a lot of time at sea for my job, and I also get really sea sick. I used to swear by the scopolamine, but the problem is that on a small boat, the worst thing you can do if you’re feeling sick is go below decks (where the toilet is, in a tiny stinky room with no windows). The dry mouth from the scopolamine…

Wheat Thins and string cheese. Avoid things that are acidic, like tomatoes, because they’re even worse coming up. Personally, I also like to avoid colored foods (like the red gatorade) because I feel extra grossed out when I puke up artificial colors.

My boyfriend had a lot of female friends before we started dating, because he’s the kind of prime friend material, regardless of gender. I wouldn’t dream of telling him he had to stop being close with them once we started dating- and I’d be pretty pissed off if he pitched some sort of fit about my male friends and…

I’m the same way! Seriously, you and super-hot-single-girl went to my favorite restaurant??!! You asshole, I’ve been craving Vietnamese for ages!

We had birthday parties every year from 5-10. Your 10th birthday was the big one, and after that you were on your own.*

I’d still be doing the CSA if we still lived in an apartment, since it was way better than the store (I also detest grocery shopping with the whole of my being), but the garden is better. Our CSA had a leave/take bin, which we started using a lot in the second half of the season (leave the cauliflower, take an extra…