@maggiethecat: I had a friend who started showing through her clothes at about 4 months and was positively huge by 6 months. It was like her body was so stoked to get knocked up, it just went totally bananas getting the womb ready.

@WilliamTheFifth: Yeah, I know. I was being tongue-in-cheek.

@TurboFool: But what is astrology but the assignation of personality traits based on seasonality? If the sun has an effect on our brain development, isn't that astrology? It is, after all, a star.

@alek2407: Um, no. I was referring to a recently-published study using mice bred under strictly controlled conditions, which showed that day length at birth affected brain development.

I'd never heard of kink.com before any of this (I don't spend a lot of time looking at porn, I'm kind of boring that way) but it seems like this performer dictated the terms of fulfilling a very special fantasy in exactly the way she wanted to, and the producers are making it happen. If she feels like what she's going…

@gizmojay: There was a study published in the last month or two (I believe it was in either Nature or Science) showing that, at least in mice, day length at birth has a significant impact on brain development. The kinds of changes they recorded would correlate with brain changes seen in humans with bipolar disorder…

There is some evidence that the time of year in which you were born has an effect on your brain development, caused by the day length during the time when your circadian rhythms form. Those who are born in short-daylight months may be predisposed to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

@animemecha: Possibly, I imagine it tells you where the oyster is from, and from that you can guess which ones will be soaked in oil and/or dispersant.

@Adversar: Well, that's how defense mechanisms evolve. The women who were able to successfully limit the trauma of non-consensual penetration were more likely to reproduce successfully, and therefore their offspring were more likely to limit the trauma of a rape, etc. Just like a lizard that is more likely to blend…

@Trystian: Yes, you can be very intelligent and still totally lack common sense. I've spent many years in scientific research and have known a lot of "absent-minded professor" types.

@TheyCallMeSwamper: What's especially hilarious to me is that when I went on the pill in 1998 it was also prescribed for "dysmenorrhea."

@marybennet: LOL! I sat around deciding whether or not to post anything for a while, too. Great minds think alike?

@McBroken: To the best of my knowledge businesses aren't allowed to fire you (or not hire you) due to a protected status (race, religion or gender). Some states have employment laws where they employer doesn't have to disclose the reason they fired you, but if you suspect it was because of a protected status you can…

@janiejones56: Oh, your logic is right, but all the employee has to do is say that her religious beliefs prevent her from having any part in an abortion procedure and she's protected. It's obnoxious and illogical, because no religion that I know of (save, perhaps, Satanism) promotes killing a woman because she had an…

@Vidya108: [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

@McBroken: That gets things into a hairy situation, since the employee could argue wrongful termination, saying Walgreens discriminated against them on the basis of religion.

@fiona.s: I wish more parents were telling their kids that they're not special. I'm watching my younger cousins growing up in a world where they've always been told that they're the best and are perfect, unique little snowflakes and how special they are. They're going to be soooooo disappointed.

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@teenypanini09: Also, this wasn't a nightclub, it was a neighborhood tavern in a pretty low-key suburb. They serve food and allow children in.

@kissawookiee: Oooh oooh, which ones? The Mark II was always one of my faves.