I said it was for reading technical books and the likes. I haven't actually bought a technical book, but if the one I wanted this year was actually offered as an ebook I totally would have!

I need clarification on this. Is it a crap marketing ploy because it's a poor choice of marketing techniques, or is it a crap marketing ploy because that's what they keep spewing?

Dear GASP:

Based on what my friend told me of her last week of pregnancy... I am so, so sorry and I hope it turns out okay in the end. :(

I have $100 to spend on myself, but on a gadget that has to be related in some way to 'business use'. It's how our company does employee appreciation week. Last year I bought a Kindle. I have no idea what to buy this year - suggestions?

Whenever I was sick my mother would make this up and add a shot of peroxide. It is the most disgusting thing you can imagine but it works so well I make it voluntarily for myself now.

My mother is a nurse and she told me about this. Don't get it. I can't remember exactly how it works, but I believe it's subdermal instead of in the muscle and while it doesn't hurt at the time of injection, it apparently is hellishly uncomfortable for days after over that entire area of skin. Like having a rash. …

.....this is the best idea I have heard all month. Is canolli filling hard to make?

I got the flu one year with the shot as well - it was one of the variants there wasn't a vaccine for. I'm high-risk though, so it was so miserable and the one ER visit scared me badly enough that I get the flu shot every year without fail. It's not 100% guaranteed to prevent the flu, but every little bit helps in my…

Flu shot. It's cheap. Do it.

Even though their definition is far outdated (for which I am completely not surprised - the FBI can get choked by politics and change comes very slowly), the impression I got was that the individual agents are far more with it. I got my 'going away to college' talk from FBI agents. I was visiting a family member…

I got a bachelor in computer science with a minor in business. I really enjoy it. I'm not very picky about what I do, just so long as I'm working with computers. If you go that route, I'd suggest making sure to be well-rounded in your classes and not just go solid CS. I made sure to branch out and get those…

Well, if it helps, the sentiment for me isn't "you look older than me" but is rather "I want to treat you with respect and I have no idea what your name is."

I have to confess, I laughed. I took the ad as very tongue-in-cheek though, poking fun at male stereotypes regarding shopping/attractive women. I'm much more concerned about the advertisements that portray women unfavorably like it's normal, rather than an obvious caricature. *glares at employer's marketing…

I personally don't mind being called Miss. I've never put any special value on my marriage status though, so I don't regard either title as a slight in any way. My parents raised me with a mantra of how I didn't need a man and was perfectly capable and strong on my own. Any guy would be of my choice and not because…

I was raised in the south and my parents taught me to call anyone older than me 'ma'am' or 'sir.' It was a hard, hard habit to break when I got older and realized I didn't need to call everyone that now.

THANK YOU. I thought they were saying "Ma'am" on that one Dr. Who episode but I just couldn't tell for certain and it left me so confused.

I must lead a charmed life. I graduated college with a job waiting and when I quit, I was only out of a job for about three months before getting a new one. All I had to do was be very persistent. Not having high standards probably helped as well; I'm not into getting the high salary or career advancement. I just…

I'd rather get a card than have everyone ignore it like nothing was wrong or they're too uncomfortable to bring it up. Sometimes from the right person at the right moment, a card can mean a lot. The only thing I kept from my old job was a card from an intern. She went back to school before I got back from…

Hot tea. It's my cure for everything.