Oh, don’t I know it, and that’s at least part of the reason I’ve been putting it off. To get my original bipolar diagnosis (during my first major, protracted depressive episode of adulthood), it took going to the ER after a couple of weeks of trying and failing to get into to see a doctor on my own, and getting put…

So why not go back on the meds? (I say this as a currently unmedicated person with Bipolar 2 + GAD, who has been stable but probably would be doing better back on them.)

I think the only times I’ve had to fax anything in the last 10 years was when I was job hunting (all those “I swear you’re the only people submitting me for this job” forms), just when I couldn’t afford any extra expenses. A cruel joke, methinks.

No way. I lived in Columbia for five years. Within city limits, everyone is reasonably slow and polite, to the point of being dangerous until I could adjust my learned-to-drive-in-northern-NJ reflexes. Once you leave town, it’s nothing but demolition derby. And average speeds on 77N between Columbia and Rock Hill NC…

Especially when it comes to turkey, which is, objectively speaking, one of the easiest meats to cook. Cook time <> difficulty, the actual prep time is less than 10 minutes and requires no cooking skills, and the margin of error is huge - being five minutes late pulling the bird out is literally nothing when you’re…

I love all pumpkin pie, but the secret to truly excellent pumpkin pie is to add a fair amount of rum. I feel like the haters have just never had that kind.

It would only work in one direction (work email -> locker), but better than nothing, I suppose.

I can assure you that it is extremely sucky to be a woman who is nearly 6’1” when you doesn’t have the figure or complexion of a model.

Nah. My personal To Do list is littered with re:s, and no one’s seeing it but me. It’s just efficient shorthand for “regarding” (for instance, my number 1 for today is, “call Mom re: meeting with landlord”).

I send myself files to and from my work email because my company has both access to those sorts of websites and my usb port locked down. I welcome alternate suggestions, since that means A) I can’t send myself anything I want to keep truly private, and B) I occasionally run into the company email filters or attachment…

Moderately obscure Jam lyrics will always get a +1 from me.

If they’re not born yet, they don’t have to breathe the fumes. Much safer that way.

11. Show up on time everyday. (This is one I’ve yet to master.)

Hard-hitting journalism.

A 42 is generally somewhere around an 11.

By not actually misusing it, as revealed by the rest of the thread. Next up: somebody complains about “irregardless” (which is a valid word found in dictionaries) and split infinitives (which are perfectly grammatical in English).

Gah, Granderson. I don’t know why my brain has his name on permanent (incorrect) autocorrect.

While I’m not going to say anything against Murphy being the MVP of the post-season (because I am not insane), Gunderson was arguably the MVP of the night. The score would have been a hell of a lot closer without his base stealing and fielding.

It’s all a question of motivation. I know vegetarians who are genuinely repulsed by meat, and others that do it for health reasons. Neither are likely to pick up a burger made out of this stuff. Neither will the anti-GMO / anti-science crowd, who are likely to find the whole idea gross.

The only people to whom “just go to bed earlier” sounds like great advice are people whose bodies are happy to go to bed early. I spent several years thinking I was an insomniac because I was going to bed at 10 or 11 in order to catch a 6:45am bus, and lying there awake for several hours. It turns out that I will fall…