On Not Chasing Amy
@Austin Still *rolleyes* queenieliz, keep pissing off that segment of the population who thinks calling people on the use of stigmatizing language means you're no fun. I think you're fun, and rather awesome.
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On Accessorizing Your Library Book About Snow or Ice
I just sent this to a friend who is both a librarian, and an artist, and who has used stickers as a way of promoting his graphic design work. I anticipate he orders a bunch.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School - Bras and Mildew and Taffy, Oh My!
@NuckingFux Nix I second the Calvin Klein bras, if you are okay with the soft foam molded cups. I am a 32DD, and they have a convertible (can't remove the straps - just cross them in back if wanted) full coverage bra that I LOVE, and that keeps everything in place while still offering a peek of the ladies. I often find non-seamed bras less supportive, but this one is great for me. Sorry, don't know the style number! Bought at the Bay, $60 a piece but often on sale for 25% off.
Calvin Klein also tend to have cute non-molded bras, though none have worked for me in recent years. I once got the best sheer floral pretty thin strapped supportive sexy bra from La Senza (usually they make crap) and bought 5 of them. They are all dead now, an I mourn their passing on a regular basis. I have never loved a bra as much as those ones. *wah*
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On Canadian Heritage Moments
@BosomBuddy That is my secret test to see if someone is about my age, if I'm not sure! It works (so far) unless they are about my age but were raised by hippie parents without a tv.
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On Canadian Heritage Moments
@srs I also just LOVE Log Driver's Waltz, and regularly feel sad abotu the passing of Anna McGarrigle and smug that her daughter Martha Wainwright is one of my favorite musicians. Not such a fan of her son Rufus myself.
Also, someone needs to make a version of this for Canadian karaoke - I'm pretty sure every Canadian between 25 and 40 knows at least the chorus.
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On Nothing Tastes as Good as Not Being Cut Open Feels
@sudden_eyes My partner had a bike accident a few years ago that involved him faceplanting on a pathway. Broke his nose, knocked out 2 teeth, dislocated his jaw, and cut his face open big time. So much blood (when I got to the hospital, I did not scream or faint or vomit, which I feel I should get many many points for) and even worse when the swelling set in the next day. Shock is a funny thing - when he realized he'd lost some teeth, he started to look for them while passerbys were like "dude, sit down and wait for the ambulance - stop bending over with a massive bleeding head wound!"
But the interesting part was, while they cleaned and stitched him up, they had apparently missed some organic matter than had been pushed into the cut on his forehead. So about 2 weeks after the accident, the cut starts weeping a bit of white liquid, and then an entire blade of grass poked it's way through, as his body forced it out (there's a photo of it half out!) Part of a leaf came out a few days later. It was awesome and also made me think of horror movies where things that are alive force their way out of people's bodies.
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On Other Brands Nabisco Could Revitalize By Removing a Qualifier
@The Lady of Shalott You must visit Turkey - a friend from the region brought me a selection of desserts at one point, and when I pointed out that one was like a fig newton only so much better, his puzzled response was "never heard of a fig newton but this is a very common cookie here." Mmmmmmmmm. Turkey! So much good food!
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On The Patient is Non-Compliant
Here in Canada, there's no cost to such an exam, aside from to my comfort and pride - man I hate them. But, I am pleased that (before I went off hormonal BC) my doctor flat out told me that, as I'd had no abnormal paps ever, we could drop the pelvic to once every 2-3 years.
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On Amusingly Horrible Things I Have Said: The Bracket
@Fig. 1 (formerly myfanwy) This. This a million times. Particularly as a (white, straight, able-bodied) Marxist feminist in women's studies. The number of times I just dismissed the perspective of women of colour in particular for not getting on my version of the feminist trolley is horrifying.
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On The Non-Monogamous Couple Returns
@DancingToBowie Well, it wasn't a post-it note...