What gets me, as someone born in 1976, is that up until say 5-8 years ago, I would have never considered myself Gen X — namely, because when the book came out, I was in high school and the book was about folks in their 20s who had jobs and apartments — and it referred more to an age cohort, not a year of birth.

I always pee in the shower. I just hate when my husband comes to peek at me to be sexy and I happen to be peeing right then, but he has never noticed, that I am aware of.

This. A thousand times this. I cannot believe what they get away with on Hannibal.

X-files. Home. Young me was deeply scarred by this.

"The Plague Dogs" broke me...

That was the very first episode I ever watched back in the 1970's as a single digit...I was hooked.

People who think the cat talks back to them? You mean Siamese owners?

I haven't - I've heard of it though.

That's the only plausible explanation for the inclusion. I talk to cats, plants, dogs, and the stuffed animal I've had since I was in the 3rd grade. (not crazy) And I will admit I tend to believe they can understand me on some level. (a little crazy, but harmless) But I would shit my pants if I heard a reply.

Not going to lie, my holdover from my teenage Pagan phase is that I believe that the veil between the worlds of the living and dead it at its thinnest on Samhain (Halloween)....to the point that I insisted Mr. BallofStress and I have our wedding on Oct. 31st so that our deceased family members could 'attend'. So,…

Mine was named Harry Potter (not a fan).

Now he is POTATO.

One of our cat's names was actually "Fuzzle," when we adopted him from the Oregon Humane Society. He is now Satchmo, so named for his voluptuous cheeks.

Magician Grey Murphy, that's my old man cat...

My girl cat's name is Ricky (after Ricky Carmichael, the MXer). I thought she was a boy and when I found out she wasn't, I kept the name. I call her Rick all the time!

True, but I find I'm no longer squeamish in the pursuit of health.

Thanks and I hope you feel better too! Ive had improvement with probiotics and cooking from scratch with food from an organic farm stand. It doesnt bother me as much. Ive heard thst fecal transplants can help CDiff. It's ridiculous that so much of our healthcare is driven by pharmaceutical companies' profit. Ive even…

I know gut health is linked to skin health somehow. I had a terrible skin reaction to a medicine this summer and now im being treated for leaky gut and yeast overgrowth by a naturopath. I dont know if those are fad diagnoses or if 20 years of heavy antibiotic use really did cause problems, but we'll see if it makes a…

God yes. I have also learned the hard way not to drunkenly confront the sexy geishas and sexy Indian maidens wandering the streets of New Orleans, they are not interested in a discussion of race and representation.

OMG YES to this last bit. It's like, OK, I can WRECK MY LIFE and be WILDLY unhappy and be ten pounds thinner or just fucking live and be decent to those around me.

I just fell in an intense internet k hole looking up studies linking ED to GI diseases … I wanted to give you an url in an effort to make any of this any better. My stomach is FUCKED for life and I blow up with hives all the time depending on what I eat. The thing is, my mom isn't mean-spirited. I'm not trapped in…