Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.

'Safe'


Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Laura - Nov 05, 2005 5:55:08 am PST #2889 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.

She is crazy, look at all those crazy 8's.

I gotta run to Home Depot. See ya later.

Parting note: I just finished showering and noted again that this summer I have finally acquired grey hair at my temples. This may seem silly to some, but it just makes me giddy. I love it. The eyesight failing and the weight issues bug me about my age, but everything else is just fine. I embrace my grey hair and wrinkles! Bring it on old age!


beth b - Nov 05, 2005 6:05:09 am PST #2890 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

happy grey hairs.

mato the Beastie

and that would be an amazing gift Emily


Betsy HP - Nov 05, 2005 6:20:25 am PST #2891 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

I think I first heard about this whole thing in an article about the book, that people would hear about FAS and conclude that if many drinks could do that, then even one must be bad.

That's exactly it. Women find out they are pregnant, think "Shit, I went on a bender two weeks ago, this baby is SO fucked". They feel terrible. They drink to forget how guilty they feel.

This isn't a good result. This isn't the message my researcher wanted out there.


Lyra Jane - Nov 05, 2005 6:29:36 am PST #2892 of 10003
Up with the sun

That's a beautiful coat, Emily.

that people would hear about FAS and conclude that if many drinks could do that, then even one must be bad.

And conversely, if people hear it's okay to have a drink or two a week, they might conclude it's okay to have a drink or two an hour. Moderation is hard for some people.


P.M. Marc - Nov 05, 2005 7:47:39 am PST #2893 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Emily, that coat is lovely. I can picture Betsy beating your mother up and taking it.

Either the fact anyone got born healthy before 2000 is a miracle, or people are being overcautious because you don't want to be the *one* person who killed or maimed her baby by eating a slice of baloney and sipping a beer.

There's a book out that I didn't buy, but flipped through in the pregnancy section, basically about taking the paranoia out of pregnancy, and suggesting that women not blindly give up everything under the sun. Of course, the OB who wrote it was a guy.

(Things I had before I knew I was pregnant, for the record: sushi, cold cuts, undercooked eggs, sangria, a lot of coffee, and a small amount of tequila.)


Betsy HP - Nov 05, 2005 8:12:16 am PST #2894 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

I can picture Betsy beating your mother up and taking it.

Um, thanks?

My first pregnancy, I spent a month painting shelves with enamel before I knew I was pregnant. Second pregnancy, I had a high fever (strep throat) in the first trimester. Both kids turned out fine. But man, did I worry, both times.


Betsy HP - Nov 05, 2005 8:14:58 am PST #2895 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

follows link

begins making plans to beat Emily's mother up


Volans - Nov 05, 2005 8:15:15 am PST #2896 of 10003
move out and draw fire

{{{Jilli}}} I'm so sorry. So so sorry.


SailAweigh - Nov 05, 2005 8:18:05 am PST #2897 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

{{Jilli}} Peace~ma to the Dread Beastie and all my sympathy to you.


Emily - Nov 05, 2005 8:21:38 am PST #2898 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Jilli, how awful. I'm so sorry.