Lemon cake is fab - I like chocolate but I get tired of all sweets being choc/van related. Particularly lately I'm annoyed there is so little in the way of citrus flavors for ice cream in my local stores - I guess I will have to make some lime gelato myself.

Same. Anytime a guy on a first date starts in with "you have such beautiful hair...." Bleh! Big turnoff. However, I did some temp work for a company that makes wigs for cancer patients - their enthusiasm for my reddish-gold color was quite funny...

I've run into the "married but" a couple times dating, but I'm cautious by nature so always found out before I was too into it (and of course immediately ended it, I absolutely loathe married people who cheat). But I had an even stranger experience with a guy I met a few years ago, at a social club's monthly dance,…

I had to log in just to tell you how witty you are ;)

I am so sorry for you. My mother died two years ago, and a few weeks ago an older woman friend of mine who treated me like one of her daughters also died.

I'm not going near that place...I'm allergic to cats. Anyway, my ancestors are waiting for me in Valhalla!

You rock :)

I'm zero photogenic, and I just got a smartphone (I'm a luddite), I have been sending photos to my sibs wearing giant polka-dot glasses, wild hair, and a wicked grin. Much better than a boring "look at how pretty I am" shot anyway! I leave that to the dull women.

"Bonkerzona?" :O Not important. I hope a house falls on her.

I agree with you - actually when I stick to my usual low carb diet (which is high fat/high protein, cooked veggies), I feel hunger more regularly, and so at least can recognize when I've eaten enough to be "not hungry" - which helps with portion control. It's when I overindulge in carbs (more than 40-50 grams a day)…

I understand how you feel - I've experienced mild agoraphobia for the same reasons, and particularly when it comes to exercising it is difficult - as a large person - not to feel that I am being constantly judged in public. One thing is just to get in more activity - so I joined a couple clubs that spend time outside,…

I agree with you entirely about the need to understand dietary issues. I have wide-ranging environmental and food allergies, including virtually all raw foods (oral allergy syndrome), find carbohydrates to be a trigger to overeating, and have difficulty experiencing both hunger & satiety. I started a decade ago by…

Unbelievable, I clicked on to this article WHILE in the middle of episode 4, season 1 of BG. I can't explain it, this show is somehow comforting in the middle of the frozen arctic tundra once known as new England.