They can replay the stupid match later. Running a tiny warning in the corner of the TV screen is not nearly enough - see Joplin in May 2011, where, according to NOAA, warnings "lacked enhanced wording to accurately portray that immediate action was necessary to save lives with this tornado." People were slow to seek…

They can replay the stupid match later. Running a tiny warning in the corner of the TV screen is not nearly enough - see Joplin in May 2011, where, according to NOAA, warnings "lacked enhanced wording to accurately portray that immediate action was necessary to save lives with this tornado." People were slow to seek…

Ugh, been there, except it was a ruptured ovarian cyst bleeding into my abdomen.

I just negotiated my first tenure-track job... for $57k.

There are so many bad online dating stories, but honestly, I think it's an introvert's best friend. You can sit and read and analyze and compose the perfect message! This is how socially-awkward Neuroturtle met socially-awkward Ecofrog - a match made in awkward heaven.

I'm a fan of How the Immune System Works by Lauren Sompayrac. And seconding Kuby over Janeway for a textbook.

Yes, yes yes yes. There was an outbreak while I was in grad school. Half the campus got sick, and Student Health had no idea what to do about it. (Seriously, they were so at a loss that they were just handing out "sick kits" with Tylenol, cough drops, and chicken soup packets to anyone that came in with cough.) But…

Drinking Schlafly provides the extra tingle that comes from pissing off Phyllis Schlafly.

One of the lesser Mean Girls to DC's Queen Bee.

80% of cat bites become infected. (she says as she finishes her course of Augmentin.) If you let hand or face bites go too long, you can end up needing surgery to remove dead tissue from a deep infection.

Baltimore area is nice... Baltimore itself less so. It does have its high points, but it is most decidedly not clean. I honestly think that's why people like it... it's like DC's rebellious younger sister. DC went to GWU for law and has a high-powered job at Wolfram and Hart; Baltimore dropped out of art school…

Natty Boh isn't even brewed in Baltimore anymore, but for some reason it's still some local pride thing. I grew up in St. Louis in the pre-microbrew (i.e. all-Bud) era, and *I* think that shit is nasty. There's a reason it's so cheap. =P

I moved from St. Louis to Baltimore and nothing really changed... switched out meth for heroin, I guess.

My dad used to work in Kreev-kore.

Moose is gorgeous!

If that was true I'd be marrying one of the exes with the incredibly rich parents, or one of the exes with enormous penises. (one guy was in both catgories!) But alas, I defy nature and choose the awesome, smart, considerate, average-looks average-genitaled broke-family guy. Crazy to pick someone based on…

Because sororities aren't gendered at all!

Mirena was my BFF. The first period was hard, but after that I didn't bleed for four years. No acne, no pain. I did get ovarian cysts, which were annoying but (to me) totally worth it. And they run in my family anyway.

I like breathing. Turns out yoga and a sunny attitude don't really treat asthma.

Right? I've been on various asthma and allergy drugs for 28 of my 32 years of life. sometimes it's annoying, and it can get expensive, but I do rather enjoy breathing. As a kid/teenager the ER staff knew me on sight; I am very happy to swallow and inhale the new fancy drugs every day for the rest of my life rather…