A dear friend’s father was put on a respirator last night. He has been in ICU for four days now due to double pneumonia. He had avoided going to the doctor because of insurance delays and financial concerns. Would you…
Another Word for Asshole?
I need a more-polite synonym for “asshole.” As in, “Our home is an asshole-free zone.” The synonym needs to retain the impact of the original term while being less offensive in polite company.
Pretty Things
Why does that woman insist on calling my home if she’s going to hang up when I attempt to give her information? Yes, I know that she’ll see this. Oh well—if she cannot be civil, information about her children must…
Health Links
This isn’t a surprise to me at all—early exposure to a lot of mold/mildew can lead to long-term respiratory problems: Mold May Lead to Croup in Infants And apparently, exercise is especially beneficial for dealing with ADHD: Train Your Brain…
Introvert Musings
I’m working out some personal stuff here, largely thinking out loud. Please feel free to just skip right on.
Flirting
So I’ve decided that I must dust off my flirting skills. No, really. I used to be quite the flirt. I just stopped because my ex-husband got all freaky jealous about it after we got married, and then I forgot…
Dear Dr. Laura
I was talking to one of you recently and learned that you hadn’t seen it before, so I decided that I must share it.
CHE Site
So I’m moving the Creative Home Educators site to the larp.com server (thank you pickmansraven!). It has Bravenet crap in it, so I started to just take that stuff out—and the layout goes all weird. The current site was done…
Anti-Depressant Drugs May Protect Brain From Damage Due to Depression
Antidepressant drugs may protect brain from damage due to depression Studying women with histories of clinical depression, researchers have found that the use of antidepressant drugs appears to protect a key brain structure often damaged by depression. Previous research has…
Computer Science Exam
Just so y’all know that you didn’t do ALL of my exam study work for me…