My husband engraved a DNA double helix on my engagement ring, which I think it suitably geeky. But these wedding bands would just add to the geekiness! My only problem with them is that I have little hands, and can't wear wide rings. My current wedding band is 4 mm wide, and those look like they would have to be a…

I have a mutt that looks wolf like at times too! I've had people ask me if he was part wolf. This is from his first week home with us, so that's why he looks terrified, he's a super happy dog now.

Mine is part chow part shepard. So a chowperd? or a Shepow? The last one sounds like something a superhero would say after hitting a villain so I'm going with that.

I believe it. I'm due about the same time as Kim, and I'm pretty close to her height (I think she's 5'2"? I'm 5' even) and I weigh less than she does and am perfectly healthy. I'm not quite as curvy but I can easily imagine her being 140.

Some people don't feel that instant connection. I still don't feel like i have it. I mean I talk about my pregnancy, but to be honest most of what I talk about is complaining about how being pregnant sucks. I've felt the baby move, but it still doesn't feel like a thing.

I hated that movie, but I'm a geneticist so I'm biased. (Usually I can manage to switch off my scientist mode but that movie really bothered me).

I wanted to be Mary-Anne. Because I was Mary-Anne but without the boyfriend. I didn't like Kristy or Dawn, and I knew I would never be cool enough to be Stacy or Claudia.

Going by just the main books (not super specials):

I spent about the same. I wanted something I loved and felt comfortable in, and I'm more than happy with my choice. But like you, I also thought there was a lot of beautiful options at J. Crew, and if I had to do it again I would give those a shot.

I do the same because I end up getting so attached to characters that I NEED to know if they are going to be happy/unhappy by the end of the series. It's probably a good thing I read the Game of Thrones books as they came out or I would have done the same.

We overlapped a bit, I graduated Wellesley in '05. And what you say is what I remember from my time there ('01-'05). I remember one person who was very vocal, a trans man, who was in the process of transitioning, but I believe ID'd as female on his paperwork prior to entering college, but would be fully transitioned…

I'm trying to figure out how to steathily make it so it can be a present. Also I know people who love Siracha, so new gift giving ideas!

Oh man, I need to make some of that for my husband.

I feel the same way. I'm not exactly fashionable, so when I put together an outfit for a dinner out or a party I'm always a little uncertain about whether it works. I want someone to give me a quick check to say "well I think other shirt might work better with those jeans" or something. Luckily my husband is pretty…

I feel really bad for Kim. I'm 5 months and I feel huge, and I also know I'm just going to get bigger. It's hard, because I'm petite (5' even) so I started showing early and it just looks like a balloon under my shirt. And it's also hard to because you need to gain weight, but not too much, but enough...balancing…

I'm in MD. There's a farm co-op in my city where they bring in fresh veggies and dairy and meat, and it's all from a couple local farms. You can buy individual items or do a CSA. Our CSA gives us 1 dairy, 1 meat and 2 veggies items a week. It's the best thing we've ever done.

Glass bottles for the win! We also bring our bottles back to be sterilized and reused. And our milk is local! (this is a total humble-brag...or is it just a brag? either way, I love milk!)

In some cases, and some careers, it can be very detrimental to not work for a couple years. I'm getting a PhD in the sciences, and my ultimate goal to to work in academia. I expect that once I get my degree, I will work as a post-doc for a couple years getting publications and grants and then hopefully move to a…

If it makes you feel better, I had the same reaction. I thought RedBeans was talking about the snack sized ziplocks you buy at the super market, not the really little ones you buy at Michaels.

I have access to the paper. The numbers are all weird. 791 children with autism (mean age 6.6, range 1-16), 35 children with depression (mean age: 13, range 8-16), and 187 typical children (mean age 8.7, range 6-12). The disparity of sampling is a major red flag for me to start with. The autistic sample was 80%…