YOU GUYS!!! As an approved but not starred commenter (boooooo, seriously Jez? Since 2007??) I would like to thank all of the starred commenters who promote us non-starred peeps on a daily basis and especially in the OTs. This includes BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: chritter is a nocturnal feminist catfish, StuckOnRepeat-Bell,…

Before I became a jaded atheist, I volunteered with my Methodist church at weekly homeless breakfasts, and we were constantly collecting toiletries. If I were you, I would straight up call a shelter asking where/when you can drop toiletries (aka your tampons) off. Trust me, they will be grateful.

It's time for my open thread PSA that I will post every weekend this time of year:

Shelters. Shelters and churches.

I know nothing more than it referring to a ginger's red pubic hair. It, along with anything referring to crotch, makes me giggle.

Oh my god, that sounds horrible (the auto-immune triggering part)!! I am fairly old to have contracted mono (29), and I think somehow it contributed me to having a super intense case that I got over fairly quickly. I was hospitalized for 3 days due to intense swelling in my throat (could not speak/swallow) and severe…

Huzzuh! Your drinking cured your hiccups and your hiccups cured your potential hangover!!

Good luck, congratulations, and thanks for being an awesome person!

After that one night that he stopped texting, why did you start texting him again? I don't mean to sound accusatory AT ALL; I'm genuinely curious. Was it out of guilt? Or do you want him in your life as a friend?

I found a picture of my mom's father from back around 1920 when he was a young Lithuanian boy with long hair. He died when my mom was a baby, so I never knew him. My sister is literally the spitting image of him as a child. We have no pictures of him as an adult, and I'm guessing puberty changed the similarities…

I agree with all the drinking suggestions. I drink a glass of water, swallowing 10 or more times in a row, WITHOUT pausing for air!

I have always just been a regular pill girl. Last december I re-started the pill and swore up and down it made me gain 10 lbs. Turns out, I really was just overindulging. I like it, it's made my periods shorter and lighter, but none of the miracle boob-grower or skin-clearer-upper. I take tri-ness a, the generic…

Aw, thanks! Every Saturday of mine involves chugging red wine and watching trash TV, but the running and fundraising I'm pretty damn proud of!

Congrats! I have a love/hate relationship with running. Most of the time I hate it, but my run was so good today I'm thinking "hmmm...maybe I can train for a 10 miler or half..." (I've never done more than a 10k).

You guys!!! Today I ran a 5k in 30:32! I didn't train at all because I've had mono since August, so I'm SUPER happy with my time!! I also beat my fundraising goal of $500 (!!!!) for my org, a pro-choice NARAL affilliate! Now I'm chugging red wine and hanging out with my mom watching basketball wives. All in all, a…

I was just about to ask if you've done the hand mirror thing. What I find even more helpful to viewing that area (including my bum if something feels off) is taking my magnifying mirror that is on a stand (that I use for tweezing. because I'm a bearded lady :( ) and propping it on the toilet lid while putting one foot…

As golddiggersof2033, michelleleo and kit-kath_Ruiz have pointed out, Jez is so 2000-late. Flightless Bird, American Mouth is the song that closed prom in the Twilight movie (not to be confused with 15 Step for the credits). I'm slightly mortified that I know this, but I watched the movie on a $3 bootleg and the…

THANK YOU for pointing this out!!! Im mortified that I know this, but 1) it introduced me to Iron & Wine and 2) ...it's old news?

Feticide?!?!?!?!!

I had symptoms for 2 weeks before I got my "official" diagnosis (extreme fatigue, fevers, and facial swelling, which confused my doctor and delayed my diagnosis. She was convinced it was an allergy due to the swelling). She prescribed me low-dose steroids, but after that, things got worse - my glands and tonsils…