Only effective desensitizer for me was to take my meds in situ. If you are curious about this, read up on propranolol for PTSD.

I believe this, because horses who have rolled in snow are the cleanest horses ever. Even Icelandic horses, who have thick winter coats that would put the plushiest rugs to shame.

I take my meds as needed. Nothing else has done much for me.

NOITOMORP no worky

I started with C and it's still my mother tongue.

What's wrong with Festivus? You don't enjoy the Airing of the Grievances, or the Feats of Strength?

No.

How do you check for your name on the sites?

i shaved my legs and pits a few times when i was thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. i wasn't very clueful about it and looked like i'd been leeched. gave up when i was sixteen, never looked back, never even tempted to try again.

totally ridiculous, totally over-the-top. i LOVE LOVE LOVE lady gaga.

i've got a mere 12-pounder, and brined, but i also insist on stuffing the bird (frankly i make the world's best stuffing, and i like stuffing more than turkey anyway :) what are the stuffing-relevant changes you make to the recipe? seems like most folks are willing to just do away with what i'd consider an integral…

through trial and error, i have found that what works for me is some frozen vanilla yogurt with blackberries and bananas on it. or water with electrolytes. it depends.

we share a single washer and dryer in a household of seven. whomever puts a load in the washer then puts information on the laundry whiteboard: requested dryer settings are indicated with magnets on pre-filled-out spots that mimic our dryer's settings, special requests go in another section, and there's a bit where…

Netiquette. It not "being September all year round."

i like feet BECAUSE they are utilitarian. it sucks when you hurt your foot — i've broken a couple toes, i know it.

howzabout just walking around [the workplace, the block, whatever]?

the guardian just reported a palliative-care nurse's collection of the top 5 regrets of the dying. #1 (esp for men) was "working too much". maybe it won't kill you, but it may not be much of a life either.