This scrappy nurse thanks you for the work you're doing. It's an uphill battle, but one that's so uberimportant.

The sound one makes after chowing down on lutefisk?

Flipper pie. Also, seal blubber. The pie was... Kiiiind of ok. The blubber was essentially the vilest thing I have ever put in my mouth ever ever ever. \The taste was kind of fishy. The texture, rather indescribable.

I had whooping cough about 5 years ago- my vaccine failed, which happens for some folks. I cracked four ribs coughing, and got winded going up stairs for close to a year afterward. Since then, I've gotten pneumonia twice, and have to take extra precautions whilst treating patients with respiratory issues (I'm an RN),…

I especially love it when those of us who work in the medical industry are called shills and sheeple and mouthpieces for big pharma, incapable of "researching" the "facts".

My first Burning Man. A be'dreadlocked firespinner who called himself "Truth". He referred to my ladygarden as a "sweet goddess yoni" and insisted on us pressing together our third eyes while we mashed root chakras.

Yup! Birch and alder. I moved to the west coast from the prairies in my early 20's, and it seemed to have triggered all the allergies. Fun fun!

Denaturing of the proteins can make previously inedible fresh things delicious. And is quite common in drupe allergies, which is what you're describing. I gots the same one. Drupey drupe drupe.

Wouldn't spreading 'em far and wide be worse for the goodies, in that they'd be more exposed, and more prone to injury from, say, the umbrella I was wielding? Or the brick I was carrying? Or my knees, when I trip over someone's floorbag and straight into said nuts?

Neeps! With a little bit of orange, and all the butter!

What the hell did I just watch?

Hey, I didn't say it WASN'T a crustacean wonderland. Dream away!

I think maybe "crab park" refers to, well, Crab Park in Vancouver, AKA, Canada's Wonderland of vegans, stoners, and, near by Crab Park, bottle depots.

One of the reasons I love being a nurse? Draining shit like this.

SO. SATISFYING.

Having been a bride on acid, I can assure you that the answer to all the questions would be "Giggle giggle gigglegigglegiggleSNORT OMG it's SO SHINY can we go look at that thing over there?"

A series of doughuts with variously sized holes?

This book is utterly fantastic. Meg Hickling looks at sex education as body science, and couches everything in those terms.

It's the smell of old blood and burnt poop. Unlike c-diff, which reeks of burnt microwave popcorn and overfibred feces.

And... Another reason to be glad we're giving this year a pass.

To celebrate, we'll be eating popsicles, jumping through sprinklers, and marvelling at how much easier it's been to stay home from HOME.

Or try adding some unsweetened dried coconut to the breading with 1tsp wasabi powder. Eat with sweet chili sauce. It is amazing.