Yup, that’s what my vet said!

Girl, been there done that. My partner wasn’t able to perform for about 18 months, and didn’t have any interest at all so there wasn’t even any one-sided off-getting. He had some compulsive behaviours around sex that he got therapy for, and then (I am still not sure how) we wound up actually surprising ourselves with…

Also if you get a pet that already has a chip, update it with your information! My parents got a rescue dog a few years ago that was already chipped but the info was (obviously) out of date. The vet suggested just reregistering it because they could put a second chip in, but it was unlikely to be found by anyone…

I promise it does not translate. I live with two cats, one of whom is SUPER needy, and basically I have to keep the bathroom door open if I want to continue to have a bathroom door, but I would never in a million years dream of not shutting the door in a public bathroom.

Nice! I had to get out the ball clamps before my bf saw reason. (Actual thing, not a sex toy, we joke about it a lot.)

My vagenda is tired. Can we get back to the manocide after the weekend?

Gross, but also accurate.

I believe you’re right about that, and England certainly does, but I’m wondering what we have in the pipeline to replace the people who will, inevitably, go to private insurance because of better pay.

I did say “some”. And I don’t know about the mortgage industry, but we didn’t nationalize the auto industry and Michigan ain’t in great shape, in terms of unemployment/underemployment. Obviously that didn’t get nationalized, but I’m leery of the fact that I’m not aware we have a huge modern precedent with…

I’ve had really good luck with Lane Bryant’s range since they went to the three-shapes fit. My bigger problem is that I’m 6'4", which can be really difficult to fit in women’s sizes and they do carry talls, so they’ve become my go-to for pants, but I’ll check MNG out.

Unfortunately, that model was created before the insurance companies got into the healthcare system and (separately) some salaries inflated to unreasonable levels. Whatever we do going forward, we are going to have to accommodate the fact that private insurance has previously existed, and that some people currently…

Disagree with part of that (and not, like, meanly). I think the reason very small sizes look good modeling clothing isn’t because the person wearing the clothing has some inherent advantage over a larger-sized person - they are not a blank slate where someone else is not - it’s that the clothes are designed for the…

As a hobby sewer, I completely agree with you here. I’ve never heard the “cheaper to produce” argument before this, but anyone who’s ever done clothing construction knows that it’s much harder to fit my full-busted hourglass short-waisted torso than it is to aim for a much more predictable aesthetic that will require…

Yeah, that’s the thing. I’ve followed Behind Closed Ovens from Jez to Wonkette to Thrillist, and you lose commenters (not sure about readers) every time, particularly now that Thrillist runs on an FB plug-in, and a lot of people don’t want to post under their real names or aren’t known by non-net-handles anyway. It…

Livejournal! I actually laughed aloud at this. It is a platform I love (have been on it since 2003) but it is a ghost of a ghost of a ghost of its former self and I don’t know how easy-to-adopt its owners have made it, honestly, given that they’re trying to be all the things so signing up for (or even signing in to)…

I hear you. I have a friend who was liking everything I posted on Twitter, and I only liked things I wanted to be able to find again so it was like “... you clearly have very different expectations how this service can be used and I am totally going to offend you with not liking everything you post.”

Cannot unsee.

I judge that tablescape entirely based on the fact of the geraniums. I hate geraniums second only to kalanchoe. Geraniums are the cockroach of the plant world. They’re ugly, they stink, and when you turn the lights on, they scuttle away.

Um, I’m nearly 40, I’m white, and I live in Seattle and *I* could figure out what she’s saying, despite not being paid to review music or a particular fan of Rihanna, let alone dancehall or reggaeton.

I have thyroid bumps! I had them biopsied a few years ago (I’m a smoker so, you know, I should quit that) and they’re fine. I think they may be growing a bit because I’m having a little more difficulty swallowing but that may also be the smoking, because I actually quit for two months and a lot of my cough went away,…