Never, however, on anything that touches the kid.

You wanna know what's weird? 15 years ago when my kid was an infant, they told us to rub Bounce sheets on her hair (or tie them in as a bow) for a safer-for-babies insect repellant.

Of course, they also told us to put her to sleep on her tummy, ALWAYS, for fear of SIDS.

I use no FS on anything that touches the kid. As Cash once pointed out, it un-tards the flame retardant.

If Bounce were made of fiberglass, they wouldn't be so casual about ingestion. The instructions for what to do if somebody eats one boil down to "Wait till it shows up on the other end."

Okay, can you at least wait until I ask a question before you answer it?

Sure. Have mskat knit you a nice tinfoil beanie.

I'm okay with fragrance-free dryer sheets, but they're hard to come by. I don't know what they put in original fragrance Bounce sheets, but it seems to, anecdotally at least, cause more allergic reactions than almost any other product. I sneeze when I go out in the yard when my neighbors are drying things with Bounce. The coating effect of dryer sheets is why you're not supposed to use them with things like towels, because it reduces absorption.

Interrupting the dryer sheet talk to post photos...not of Mal this time!

In honor of Halloween I scanned in all the photos I could find of us in costume, which I expanded to include black tie (coz hey, the Marine Ball is near Halloween): [link]

I included this one, because smiling is kind of a costume...it might amuse folks here: [link]

I do not use dryer sheets.

However, I am Dye Magnet's bitch. Those suckers do a really good job of preventing dye transfer. Which is good, because I never, ever sort the clothes before washing.

I think I am a guy.

Jilli!

Voltaire is doing a show with Jill Tracy in SF on 10/23!

JZ and I are gonna go.

Betsy's mastery of the internets scares me.

grin

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