My mom is a fantastic cook. Consequently, I have gained weight. To counter this, I have decided to stop eating my mom's cooking for awhile, as painful as this is. Instead, I thought I'd get a few of those Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, etc., meals. I'll go back to being stricter about just fresh fruits and vegetables for breakfast and lunch, and ( Read more... )

My sister-in-law passed a wedding planning book on to me.  It's called The Bride's Year Ahead, and for each of the twelve months before the wedding, it has a checklist of tasks to complete that month.  For example, twelve months ahead, you're supposed to meet with the officiant, set the wedding date, prepare a budget, and book a reception hall.  ( Read more... )

Okay, so sex and gender are not the same thing. For most readers, this is not a revelation. Just to review: sex = biological, usually all-or-nothing; gender = socially/mentally constructed, gradient. You know this, right ( Read more... )

I thoroughly enjoyed it, personally. Scientifically, it...left a bit to be desired, but I thought it was a fun ride. Since I've only ever really been into TNG, having read Poldy's reviews of TOS was useful since I knew a bit more of what to expect from the characters. Because of the reviews, I kept waiting for Chekhov to claim something was ( Read more... )

How do you guys feel about the word proactive? Should it be allowed to exist?

Tag line on a billboard for some debt reduction company: "Bankruptcy is your bailout!"

If your website lists potential menus but not prices, you will not get my business. If you want me to contact you, you need to list your prices on your website. Do not try to be coy.

A few years ago, yanigisawa recommended to me that I use AdAware to remove spyware from my computer. I used it for several years, but the last several months, I noticed it wasn't catching very many spyware items. It used to be that I would scan and it would find seventy spyware items, but then it suddenly started only finding one or two. Now, ( Read more... )

Today I read this homophone typing error on an online forum: "nothing of the sought."

Yea.

They say you should vary your work-out routine. Your body gets used to one type of motion and apparently doesn't get the same benefits as it does when that motion is new ( Read more... )