Well, I used to be pretty fit. five foot zero, endurance runner, climber, biker, horse rider, Mountain runner. Spot of paddling for the times that other sports didn't fit the weather/schedule.... And you know...my body never looked like this. It was fabulous in that it was a fit, healthy body (I have taken my Olympic,…

"See this bikini? Yes, it's bloody awful, isn't it? And you know what? I look absolutely bloody amazing in it...."

agree completely. She's lovely looking, very athletic build, looks very fit and healthy. I am kind of knocked sideways by anyone snarking at this lady being less than fabulous.

Pretty much. I was young and stupid. Very stupid. I had a vial of it we made from coffee grounds as an organic chem test...

Like dying.... seriously, never do this. I did it once as a stupid young undergrad. I felt like my heart was going to rip out of my ribs.

You know why? Becuase it's EASY to make a frock that hangs well on a woman with a BMI of 19... but really, really difficult to make a frock that looks amazing on a slightly larger lady. Now by that I don't mean that skinny is "better" than larger, what I mean is that the mechanics of designing, draping etc on a more…

Also... I just got all "moralistic" about this and my other half reminded me of all the great compounds I made.. So I reconsidered.... I had a fun 6 mo working up utterly great, minimally addictive, and very nice compounds....just checked in with 5 of 6 of them and they all had a fun time.

Snorting absolutely pure caffeine is... ahem... interesting. Not that I've (ahem....) done that....

I came here to say this (PhD in it..) but you have said it...really very well.

OH FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR DEITY OF CHOICE:

Yeah, basically no. I say this as a white person. I have had a fair few people treat me like shite because I'm (arrrgh!) a woman, but believe me..I work in a big, multinational, multiethic team, who are all highly educated, incredibly smart, medically qualified etc.

YES YES. I love Nina Simone, she is one of my absolute heroines, and I think that Zoe Saldana, as stunning as she is, is not the right choice. Simone was dark, and Saldana is not. She just doesn't look like her. She'd need a lot of makeup/prosthetics to do so. Simone's power was her utterly stunning voice. Let's not…

I'm uneasy. This isn't the right way to go about this.... If someone is accused, then accuse them, and let then defend themselves. If this is an FYI, these guys are best avoided, then this needs to be done in a more widespread way - ALL people affected need to know.

See this is what makes my hubby to be a bit insecure. He look at dudes like this and syas..umm... so you ..uh..they all have six packs? Bless him.

They do (fellow Swedish resident here) and god god, regardless of gender we need to be stamping boko haram into the dust... boys, girls, they both need education.

Yes exactly. They are a bunch of muderous shits. they tend to kill the boys (awful, awful case) but they seem to think there's more money/publicity in enslaving the girls.

Bloody brilliant. Actually one of my SFi (swedish for immigrants) class showed me this the other day.

She's found her niche. It's not my niche (my niche is being smart, personable, great at the interface of science and business) but hey... it's her niche. She earns money, no one's exploiting her... I don't see the problem.

Eat moderately, with variety. Drink moderately. Don't smoke. Eat your greens. Get moving and excercise.

Keep contact, keep her close. Egypt will get there. just like Iran - it has a young population, and with youth comes change. But it's not going to be an easy road. The whole fallout from Morsi's downfall is carrying on. Their current political system is like picking between the nicer dressed of two gangsters. Neither…