This happened to me recently at Marea (which is also one of my favorite restaurants and also: not cheap.) The guy was a older and little awkward, and I then spent the next 20-30 minutes totally nervous that his date was going to stand him up. She didn't.

Before my most recent first date I went home to change, only to realize I'd left my make-up bag at work. But no worries! Sephora got my back (and it was only two blocks from where we were meeting). I thought I would feel weird going in and putting on a full face of make-up vs my usual of testing out a few eye…

I was wondering this as well. I'm also in NYC and never eat at traditional "fast food" restaurants, but regularly go to Hale and Hearty and occasionally Chipotle.

Haha! LOVE this! Mine also love the laser pointers.

Killing cockroaches is the one useful thing that my kitties do. I prefer when they eat vs leaving it as a present for me... in my bed. ::shudder::

The current recommendations for managing depression in pregnant women is NOT to discontinue medication (more data is emerging so we are started to have better info on the safety profiles of different medications; overall risk of the SSRIs appears to be low). The known negative effects of a depressed mama has to be…

If I'm ever burgled by tiny mouse-sized thieves or a serial killer covered in feathers my attack kitties will be ALL OVER IT.

Ha, this was my exact train of thought. "Really, only four for God? Oh wait, they aren't athletes."

I would not give up my liberal arts degree for the world — even though I went back for a second degree (and third) in nursing. People ask me if I regret that I didn't do nursing as my original undergrad degree. No, no I do not. Not one single teeny tiny bit. Working as a RN/NP was/is great but the school part…

Citation? People all over the world actually DO engage in cutting and other self-harm behaviors. Sadly, it has not been studied as extensively in non-western countries, but the small studies that have been done indicate that this is not just a Western phenomenon. Also, different cultures express and cope with…

I'm polishing my cane

Yes. Mine has actually head-butted my phone out of my hand when I was trying to take a picture.

LOVE the pufftail. Love it. My kitty Chloe is so expressive with her tail — which she likes to flick in your face when she's stomping on your lap. We call that one "sassy tail". She also gets regular pufftail.

YES. ::shudder::

Very well-deserved!!

I'm glad you're taking care of yourself and that you are in a better mental and emotional place.

I'm so glad that this professor of sociology has decided that he is also an expert in psychiatry. Maybe he can help me out at work by giving my patients some nice "buck up, buttercup!" speeches.

Ha! Love it. Observing c-sections in nursing school did seem like something straight out of Alien — you cut a woman open, reach in, and pull out a screaming creature covered in slime.

Bwahahahaha. Fantastic.

I don't know the details in this case, but sending someone to rehab is different than an involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. Usually court-ordered rehab is related to either child custody problems or to other legal charges (like a DUI or drug possession charge). There are laws and processes in place for…