Do we think if Jeb had run first instead of W that fates would be reversed? Or is Jeb! really just that sad?

Yeah, I learned in school (nutrition) that it is dose-dependent, but they don’t trust women to understand how to do moderation. But if I am remembering correctly back to Life Cycle, our body has two different ways of processing alcohol—the second kicks in when you drink a lot, and that’s the real risky part.

My friend got bigger boobs by taking fertility meds, but the breast tenderness and mood swings sound like they suck.

Given the struggles with reunification vs. putting kids in the system, do you have any advice for future parents looking at adopting from the system? (The things I know are: older kids are the hardest to find homes for, and keeping together siblings is hard but important.)

Sounds like Bernie is doing ok (I’m impressed with his cholesterol levels since he seemingly isn’t taking a statin), but I personally want to keep him in the best shape possible.

I had assumed it was because we had to call Hillary something to distinguish her from Bill, so then we called her opponent by his first name too so we wouldn’t sound sexist. But maybe it is more to do with his marketing strategy?

I don’t really mind it so much... except she is clearly lying because cats don’t wear makeup or get piercings. I know this because every time I have tried to do a smoky eye on my cats, they scratch me.

My OCD inner child is cringing at the prospect of keeping all of the clothes with the right doll. I can guarantee you that my friends would have wanted to put ill-fitting clothes on the wrong dolls, then not store them properly sorted.

Eh, I think bad art can be worth engaging with if something worthwhile comes out of the process. I found the answers in this article get at relevant questions about race, etc. For example, Greg’s excellent point that “the problem is more often getting fearless white liberals to reckon with white privilege beyond…

I am a big supporter of breastfeeding, and I guess ideally there would be a magic Boob Bank full of donated breastmilk... but in the world we live in, health is always a matter of compromise. People who can’t afford the healthiest food or pay for piano lessons or anything have to make choices for their families, just…

The thing I worry about with screenings like that is if, at least in some cases, mom with less than perfect mental health are going to just get penalized and stigmatized instead of supported.

I wish I shared your optimism! I feel really good about the idea of adoption though, and there are lots of things I can pass down through nurture instead of nature.

This is one of the reasons I don’t ever want to get pregnant. It’s a combination of the risks of staying on meds, the fact that I wouldn’t be able to function in the world off them, and the desire to not pass on my crappy genes to the future generation.

No judgment, but how does that fill you up? For lunch, if I eat something that supplies calorie counts, I’m usually happiest in the 600-800 calorie range. I think of 500 calories as the kind of minimum for it to actually count as a meal instead of a snack! (I have a relatively fast metabolism, but I don’t think my…

Are you supplementing with iodine or eating some seaweed? (It’s pretty much the only potential negative re: only eating sea salt or other non-iodized versions.)

Did a professional recommend the GAPS protocol or did you find that through your own research? I find it interesting and promising that you were able to weed through the snake oil salespeople and find something that worked—that isn’t part of the mainstream treatment world.

Well, it’s not something that I would say is a “good” treatment or at all common. But antibiotics are the standard treatment for small intestine bacterial overgrowth (which is associated with IBS, but also things like fibromyalgia). When you discontinue the antibiotics, the overgrowth has a tendency to come back, so…

That is just what happens when the bosses try to cut costs at any measure—no one has the proper equipment to do their job safely! If they had a union this wouldn’t happen.

Those look perfect—THANKS!! The only thing that could make them better is if they also made rash guards :)

Can we hijack this thread for a discussion of where to buy the best high waisted bikinis? Modcloth tops don’t work well for me because I don’t have the boobs of a pinup model :(