Besides friends, I still insist that I receive a text from my parents (mid-fifties) and husband (29 years-old) letting me know that they got home safe from traveling (driving, flying, etc.). I just hate that feeling of not knowing...

I find it interesting to observe the difference in people’s habits concerning dressing for the weather. I think some people from climates much nicer than the two seasons we have in WI (the cold season and the muggy/hot season) are not used to checking the weather. I asked my students about this once and most of the…

Love this! One of my favorite parts of Lilo & Stitch :)

I have a companion parrot and I would agree with you 100% percent on the parrots as pets thing. In fact I persuade people not to keep parrots as pets.

As an actual Roman Historian, I feel compelled to weigh to say that basically everything on the Romans on the internet is at best specious and at worst entirely incorrect.

We had the same idea in our house after shutting Season 4 of weeds off! Our terminology is different: mil’ parker’ed

I have actually taught (twice) an introductory course on Public Speaking at a major research university in the midwest and honestly, there are so many issues with this speech (beyond misogyny and heteronormativity), that I find it appalling that this speech actually made it to the delivery in front of his class.…

My first surgery was at 3 month old (b. 1987) (3 months, 2 years, 10 years, 16 years, and 21 years - this last one sucked because I was two days out of surgery on the day of my 21st bday - go figure!).

I love that! I do think that a necklace though would draw even more unwanted attention.

I am also I giant wimp when it comes to needles :P flu shot, blood test, IV...plus the scar is hypertrophic (not quite keloid status, but still it does not blend in at all) :P

I too have a human zipper! After 5 open-heart surgeries, there is no covering up that type of scar. I applaud that you are so confident about it. I would love to say these types of things too, but once I have worked up the courage to not care about the scar (i.e. wear a normal neck line shirt that most girls wear), I…

I agree! To add to that train of thought that you only have to pay what you want to pay: my advice (if you want to/or are forced to have a more ‘traditional’ wedding): pick a date during the off-season. I found the prices were more reasonable and negotiating prices was easier.

It is the same with my husband (married 3 years, dated 8 years). He does most of the ‘man’ lawn care (major branch removal, mowing, weed whacking, digging holes in the ground for my new found obsession with tree - I weed garden beds, pot plants, fertilize, and water everything), laundry (because I hate doing laundry -…

This is of course no excuse to the insurance companies, but they are an incredibly inefficient when it comes to actually doing anything besides billing and collecting money. If you add to this idea, a doctor who potentially does not submit/late in submitting the required information/notes/authorization to the…

This story reminded me of a book that came out last year (Harvard University Press, 2013): “Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality” by E. Armstrong and L. Hamilton. It has an interesting take on one aspect of the utility of these college sororities.