O_O

I did this testing: https://www.23andme.com/ It's down to $99 now so very accessible, relatively speaking.

I'm so sorry about your grandpa and your grandma. *hugs*

I'm not sure of the details, but I got the impression that the book was his own initiative; he wanted to remember his life. It was really sad but he was also a really happy guy most of the time.

I'm sorry about your dad. Mine has been having cognitive problems lately too and it's so scary to watch him age and slow down, even though I know it's an inevitable part of life.

I volunteered at a long-term care facility for dementia patients a few years ago. One of the clients was this sweet, cheerful man who couldn't remember the past several years of his life (memory loss often rolls backwards so people go back in time). He wrote the important parts in a book and would read it every…

upon arrival had to take Grampie shopping because he didnt pack. His suitcase was with them, but empty, because on every trip they've ever taken Grammie had packed for him.

Banana ice cream! My fav :)

I'm thinking about investing in a serger for this reason. I've altered a few shirts with a borrowed one and it was a revelation! I'd also like to make one of those custom dress forms out of duct tape; I think it would really help with alterations.

Kind of disappointing that a nutritional anthropologist/epidemiologist would refer so condescendingly to vegetarianism as a "silly diet".

Ugh! Nauseated vs. nauseous is one of my pet peeves. Everyone around me uses the latter.

Nevermind 3 days; you can have your eyelashes dyed black and it lasts about 3 weeks. I tried it once; it was nice to get darker lashes without clumpy-assed mascara. But that's a lot of upkeep and expense. If I could do it myself at home though I'd be all over it.

I hate mascara...it's so itchy (even the "hypoallergenic" stuff). If I don't wear the waterproof kind it bleeds under my eyes during the day (especially during the summer), but if I wear the waterproof kind I can't ever get it off, it smudges under my eyes overnight and forever, and it makes my eyelashes fall out…

This is kind of a snooze. I think it'd be more fun to drop my panties to the original.

Yeah...really eerie to watch it now in hindsight. So sad :(

Gawd, your coworkers sound like a pack of dicks.

That is so fucked up.

Ha :) Good point...

I fully agree.

I don't think that sounds ridiculous at all. And I don't think you're nuts, fwiw. Some of these meds can end up being problems, so a healthy fearful respect is a good thing to feel.