Years ago, even before HIPAA, I was prescribed a common med for high blood pressure not for hbp but because it also helped with my particular case of Meniere’s-related vertigo. During the consult, the pharmacist simply stated that I should be aware of certain side effects in the event I was not taking it for hbp. She…

Truth, though entertainment directed at men tends to be seen as more valid. When a man reads a James Patterson novel on a plane, no one gives it a second thought, but a woman reading a romance novel elicits judgement and an eyeroll, even though both are similar flavors of entertainment.

His face generally looked fine during the WC matches but is apparently prone to breakouts.

Not to mention that I know plenty of men—the majority of men I encounter in life, as a matter of fact!—who manage not to hit on every walking uterus that catches their eye. Must be so difficult for them, poor dears.

Unfortunately easier said than done :(

I’ve had some very tense conversations lately with a very close guy friend because he always falls back on his favorite argument that men are biologically wired to be horndogs and that’s not going to change anytime soon. It’s freaking exhausting and some days I just can’t.

Same. I finally taught myself to swallow pills by taking a piece of very soft bread and pinching off tiny pieces squished into pill shape until I got used to the sensation.

We each had to rescue a wet book for my preservation class in library school but I don’t remember the freezer part coming up. Great tip!

I am more bothered by the no-show socks in that Las Vegas example.

These are some excellent fluffy tummies!

I also read somewhere recently that every plastic toothbrush ever made still exists, so that guilt is weighing heavily on my soul as well.

Bats are awesome. I even bought the special edition stamps with interesting bats a few years back.

The psychological manipulation and abuse perpetuated by this franchise is astounding. I already hated it just based on the misogynistic tropes it shoves at viewers, but then I read the recent book from the LA Times reporter who does recaps of the show and was disgusted at how the participants are treated. The whole…

I just read this book, Columbine by Dave Cullen, earlier this year and highly recommend it. Not a fun read but very enlightening, especially about the role of the media in establishing a narrative.

I am so sorry you are carrying that burden. People say the rudest shit, like when my alcoholic dad finally died, a “friend” had the audacity to say to me at the memorial service that I should have told him I loved him more often. WTF?

No, no, he only means the sanctity of white life.

Uncle Arthur!

The UK office of a company I once worked for was in Slough next to the railway station. The fact they set The Office in Slough could not have been more perfect.

Girl of the Limberlost was one of my grandmother’s favorite books, and I didn’t realize until recently how closely the plot matched her own life as the daughter of a hardworking mom and estranged father who married my grandfather, a dashing and well-off captain in the Army eight years her senior. It’s not a book many…

Nothing warms my heart like seeing former A’s doing well on other teams. *sob*