erythritol is a sugar alcohol like sorbitol and xylitol, but unlike them, it does not cause diarrhea. it was discovered in the 19th century, so it is hardly a newfangled thing and has been used in food for at least 100 years. it also has a low glycemic index.

if you don’t know what something is, you could google it.

My pale European blend of paleness wife and I, a Sri Lankan guy, are thrilled every time we see an interracial couple in the media. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Cheerios commercial or an episode of Happy Endings or Sense8 or Firefly, it’s good to see some kind of reflection of us, even if it’s not a perfect reflection.

I share this with love: http://www.scarymommy.com/parents-one-perfect-child-preschool-age/

I too was once a POOPCUP, but now have daughters who are 3 and 6.

Omg that feels like...violating. that’s so bizarre.

Because it’s often too risky/unethical to test things on pregnant women and fetuses. It’s a problem science hasn’t figured out.

That was great! Here’s my unsolicited placenta story:

I posted this down in teh grays when I meant to post it here. Sorry for double post.

As a kid I was told “If something comes out of your body, don’t put it back in! Your body threw it out for a reason.” This was said to keep me from eating boogers, but it can be applied universally. “If it comes out of one end, don’t put it into another.”

I sat on a panel with Larry Niven, and praised him for a book he had not, in fact, written. Compete with the marble-sized intelligent part of my brain screaming in horror as it heard my lips say, “Are you sure that’s not one of yours?”

Don’t know if you saw my other comment, but I live in the Bay Area and there are constantly situations that come out of no where - a pedestrian suddenly decides to jaywalk against the light, stopping traffic, a car suddenly decides to double-park, stopping traffic. All situations where it was obvious you would have…

I believe the problem is that there has already been a lengthy civilized discussion about vaccines in the form of the many peer-reviewed studies done in the 2 centuries since Edward Jenner discovered vaccines in 1796. Jonas Salk saved hundreds of millions, maybe even billions, of people from Polio when he created a…

This isn’t about questioning your doctor, though, it’s questioning all the doctors in the whole world.

In my case, pitocin was required because my waters had been broken for 12 hours with no signs of labor. Water breaking means bacteria can enter the uterus and cause infection so there really is a legitimate reason to get shit going as fast as possible. The alternative was a c-section. And I had pitocin with my third…

I had a horrible birth experience with my first little dino. I was a single mom, on Medicaid, at a teaching hospital. I ended up with a C-section after 23 hours of labor because he was positioned wrong. I have always suspected a midwife would have read the signs, which are pretty fucking obvious and I would not have…

Having children is not rational. Never has been, never will be. They ruin your snatch, your bank account and your social life. Best decision I ever made.

Shit is scary but I’d rather bring a child into this world who could possibly end up doing some good than not. Shitty people who don’t care aren’t going to stop having children in this environment. We need a buffer group of children who will grow up to care about the world and the other people in it.

Yes, it’s scary. Yes, I worry about the world my kids are growing up in. Yes, I worry about them being able to breathe air and not die in a nuclear attack. But this is life. It’s been horrible - and wonderful - since the beginning of time. We just have to live.

My 13 year old daughter does special fx! She’s attending a camp for it next week and I’m really excited. She’s self-taught so far so it’ll be interesting to see how/if she changes technique with instruction. Here’s her latest:

She’s 19 and it’s kind of her job to push boundaries now. She’s still a kid, while also becoming an adult and this is a pretty normal boundary to push. I’m guessing she won’t be dressing like this in 10 years because this is how people learn.  

Every time I saw Ramsey Bolton I kept thinking “Barry!” (it makes sense if saw Misfits).