so glad I'm not the only one who agrees that Samoas are 1 box per serving!  Validation.

This is indeed a science fact. I have not bought a box yet this year, I fortunately did not have cash on me the one time I encountered girl scouts selling them.

I'm all for the e-cigs/vaporizers after a conversation at a party last weekend and I'm even going to try to talk my walking-cigarette father into trying them - all the nicotine and none of the carcinogens, what's not to love?

I haven't had any exposure to vaporizer marketing so I can't speak to that (ETA I also tend to hate *all* marketing - Netflix and DVR are the best things ever to be invented, no commercials to groan about!). Formaldehyde is formed at much, much lower levels than traditional cigarettes when vaporizers are used at normal settings - when they're cranked up high it becomes comparable to traditional cigarettes, so this is something to tweak on future designs and to give current vapers a heads up about, not a reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Carrier fluid for the nicotine affects this as well.

Yoga pants....  ...

 

 

9. Marathon training is badass - marathon racing is otherworldly.

post marathon - training blows balls.

 

10. Being an Architect - that loves to build models etc.  one would think a dollhouse kit would not be taking 2 fucking years to complete.

 

11. Lost my father last spring and a dear friend less than a month later. I am pretty confident I have not dealt with it yet.

I'm a little concerned with the when/ where I'll have a breakthrough/ down etc.

What concerns me more is; what happens if I dont.  Am I just cold hearted.

( no condolences necessary - please)

 

12. Re: racing , sex and dominance:

Preferably - before as a warm-up - race - after as a prize. ( yes not PC - fuck it.  A lot)

As to 11, I think we all deal with losses differently.  Just because you don't break down, does not mean it didn't affect you.

This is for you Sly 

Taylor Swift annoys me. I'm watching the Grammys and they show her during every song. I don't mind her songs. I just can't stand the overkill.

I cannot stand her, and I mean that in the nicest way.

 

As to 11, I think we all deal with losses differently.  Just because you don't break down, does not mean it didn't affect you.

Ty

11. Lost my father last spring and a dear friend less than a month later. I am pretty confident I have not dealt with it yet.

I'm a little concerned with the when/ where I'll have a breakthrough/ down etc.

What concerns me more is; what happens if I dont.  Am I just cold hearted.

( no condolences necessary - please)

 

I felt that way a bit when my mother died followed shortly by a memorial service for my grandson who had gone missing a couple years before. His body was found by hunters about a year and a half after he went missing.  This all climaxed about a week before my first ultra. Must have been something about the stress of running that far, but it all hit me about 3/4 of the way through and I started crying in the middle of the race. Once it started it was finally a relief to just let it happen. Really helped that I was surrounded with friends at the race.