Yeah, I have yet to meet a person who uses baking soda and acv and my immediate reaction not being an internal, 'yeeeeah, I can tell.'

Dr. Bronners, coconut milk, olive oil. Been using it on my hair exclusively for at least 3 years. Hair is the best it's ever been. Only downside is 3+ days of dandruff after getting it cut because they use shampoo with SLS at the salon.

For some of us, goth never went away. We just got older.

Here you is! They had a really comfy heel height, and kind of fit our theme of relaxed fall outdoor shindig. I also wore a green crinoline and some black jewelry, so it picked up the colors nicely. And I've worn them many times since!

Co-management actually means compromise, you know. There's no magic bullet that's going to make you always win and your partner always lose money arguments, except the one where you break up.

I played all 3 ME games with the same female shepard, and I tried to think about what a future space marine would actually be like. For me that meant a somewhat racially ambiguous character - dark skin, shaved head, blue eyes, sole survivor backstory. I remember once reading an article here that said something like 1…

I've had my Paragard for 6 years, and while I'm happy to evangelize for it, I have to be honest; it's made my periods way, way worse. Like sixteen-year-old Torchy laying bare stomached on the tile floor whimpering worse. Every. Goddamn. Month. The people who get no periods after they install them must make some kind…

I assumed the meaning of this headline was, "why do men give off more body heat than women?" Because seriously sleeping next to my husband is like being in bed with a furnace and I do not know why.

Here's my super sciencey, definitely 100 percent legit theory on this topic, and it involves evolutionary biology, so brace yourselves.*

Yes. Maintenance is absolutely the right word. It's far too common to imagine marriage as an alchemical process, where you put in <5 years of dating, 'unconditional' 'love' and, I don't know, semiannual blowjobs and footrubs and it magically creates this immortal, sustaining paradigm that's going to support you both…

Alternatively, you can do dried flower bouquets at $25 a pop.

Yeah, professional I will interact with only over the phone and exactly once when I pick up their stuff is one thing. If I show up at a place in a wedding dress, I imagine they'll catch on.

Florists actually do provide services for events other than weddings... and they do mark up for a wedding.

"Hi, my name is Torchy. I'd like five nosegays, a bouquet, eight corsages, and ten centerpieces on June 3rd. Hydrangea and baby's breath."

I know it's a tropical drink, but I've always thought a Painkiller makes a most excellent holiday cocktail. The fruit flavors, plus the richness of the coconut cream and spice from the rum and nutmeg, suggest fruitcake in the best way.

Torchy's Painkiller

2 parts dark rum (traditionally it's always supposed to be…

I loved my dress. It was long and strapless when I bought it, so I hacked off the bottom and made sleeves from the extra material. Got my short dress and was able to dance without Escaped Boob Fear!

just about every study I know has found that wild and frequent fluctuations in weight are more associated with negative health outcomes than being overweight.

I am a Little Person, significantly under five feet, and I don't always notice minor fluctuations in my weight based on clothing fit. that's doubly true in bridal attire, which is, even on the budget end, often extremely well constructed with significant structural elements like basques and corsets. Many bridal salons…

okay, that's amazing.

I am so sorry you are going through this. Hang on, and I know you will recover your health and find love.