Purple turtlenecks.
A while back I decided I had to branch out... now I have some new blue turtlenecks. sigh

That red-purple-pink pair on the bottom left are on my feet at this very moment. Sooooooo soooffftt

Yup. You can pry my adolescent Anne McCaffrey collection from my cold dead arms.

If you live in Baltimore or roundabouts, consider The Book Thing.
All the books are free and you can take as many as you want... so don't go inside. Drop your books and run!

We'll start in St. Charles and work our way to rural BF Nowhere. Step One: we need a drunk bus!

I like them for a glass or two, but they're so sweet it's a hangover in a bottle.

I like them for a glass or two, but they're so sweet it's a hangover in a bottle.

Oh god, that's why reds make my face hurt!
You have changed my world.

Mmm, Catawba. I applaud your cause and will raise many a glass to support it. =)

Fortunately, yes. =) Herpes doesn't specifically live in your hypothalamus. It mostly hangs out in the peripheral nervous system, and can actually sense your stress hormone levels... that's why you have outbreaks when you're stressed. The signal to release stress hormones comes from the hypothalamus. The brain fog…

All the more reason for the people around them to get vaccinated. Protect your elderly, folks, by not giving them the flu!

Pharmaceutical companies develop pharmaceuticals... because they are pharmaceutical companies. They do not do basic research. Research happens at university labs that are mostly funded by the NIH.

If you're not up for purchasing an entire outdoor winter wardrobe:
Wear All The Layers under that coat.
Good boots, with extra socks. Wool if you have them.
Mittens! Gloves are okay but your fingers will be warmer in mittens.
A hat with ear flaps. I don't care how stupid I look, that thing is a lifesaver!
A scarf long…

There's one confirmed dietary link that applies in some cases (definitely not all!) and that is gluten. There's a high rate of gluten sensitivity among people with autism, and removing it has shown some utility in reducing symptoms in some of them. Other than that, I'm not aware of any dietary links... not to say…

There are a jillion causes of autism. It's a heterogenous spectrum of disorders - some people have the genes, some people's moms had the flu during pregnancy, some people had older fathers, some had other things, some have two or three things off the known list but not others, some have things we don't even know about…

There are a jillion causes of autism. It's a heterogenous spectrum of disorders - some people have the genes, some people's moms had the flu during pregnancy, some people had older fathers, some had other things, some have two or three things off the known list but not others, some have things we don't even know about…

I work in prevention research. Call your congress critters and hassle them about getting more funding to the NIH. We're terribly underfunded. It's not that we're not trying - it's that people would honestly rather let a playboy model fill their minds will bullshit than listen to someone who actually know what they're…

omg where did you get this gif I NEED MORE

February represent! Mine's the 3rd.
I managed to avoid the split Christmas/birthday though, because my parents were divorced. Neither wanted the other to win Christmas.
...ending up in therapy was totally worth it.

February represent! Mine's the 3rd.
I managed to avoid the split Christmas/birthday though, because my parents were divorced. Neither wanted the other to win Christmas.
...ending up in therapy was totally worth it.