I always thought that the first major body change that happens as we start to get older, is wrinkles. Turns out this isn't true, actually you get hairier. I've found that body hair in a few unpleasant areas has started to get a little darker and a little thicker, and that I'm plucking more now than I ever had to as a teenager ( Read more... )

My grandpa passed away yesterday afternoon. This is something I wrote yesterday as I was waiting for news on how he is doing ( Read more... )

I can't sleep. It's stress. I fell asleep ok, but once I kind of surfaced from a dream in the middle of the night, instead of turning over and going back to sleep, I remembered my stress. And then I was wide awake with no going back ( Read more... )

You are not special. You're just a human. And you are not a particularly remarkable human either - none of us is. We're the product of millions of years of evolution, refined down to a very predictable consistency, why should one of us stand out above the rest? No, we're all about the same, about the same capacity for evil, for empathy, for ( Read more... )

89% Mike Gravel
88% Dennis Kucinich
74% Barack Obama
73% John Edwards
73% Chris Dodd
72% Bill Richardson
71% Joe Biden
71% Hillary Clinton
42% Ron Paul
36% Rudy Giuliani
30% John McCain
24% Mike Huckabee
24% Mitt Romney
17% Tom Tancredo
14% Fred Thompson

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possibly the cutest little girl ever...


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Earlier this week, I got home and found a package at my front door. I opened it, and inside was a painting! vagynafondue has started painting a lot lately, and I had admired her work she had posted, so she gave me one! For no reason, just because she's incredible ( Read more... )

I made bread! Homemade bread from scratch. It took forever. But I am very proud of the results.


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Sometimes you come across one which seems like it could have been written for you. This is one of those. Of course there are differences - I'm 25 not 26, I don't get to live with my boyfriend, my parents are not divorced, and I have no abusive relationships in my past...but, the core message here, it's me. And the advice he gives is wonderful, and ( Read more... )

What recently released songs make you all excited when you hear them on the radio - which songs are you sure to stop for, every time you hear them, these days ( Read more... )