This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?

Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'


Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[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.


P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2006 11:29:19 am PST #606 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

The ones I like the most say "Q-T Maternity" on them - I think I got them from Motherwear or Expressiva. The cup size is pretty different - a D on the left and a B on the right.

That is a tricky one. I was going to suggest Bravado, because they span cup sizes, but none of the overlap covers B and D both.


Betsy HP - Feb 22, 2006 11:29:31 am PST #607 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Perkins, I adore my GP. He's with Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and he's Dr. Albert Chan in Redwood Shores. Intelligent, quick, and a sense of humor.

[link]

For $60.00 extra a year I can ask him medical questions by E-mail. This *rocks*. Saves me playing telephone tag, telling the answering machine,t elling the nurse, telling him.


Sparky1 - Feb 22, 2006 11:32:34 am PST #608 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

Spidra, medications are good. We should figure out a time to go get that tea, soon.

Calling on the Bitches' Hivemind for help with the following request from a friend:

One of the ladies who runs the flower shop, that we are friendly with (B brings the boys by often, they have given the boys many gifts, including personalized mouse ears imported from Disneyland) lost her husband on Thursday to a massive heart attack (he was 56). Obviously a card is in order (and flowers are out of the question). Do you have any ideas for other nice things we might do?

I suggested she find out from the flower shop partner all the birthdays, anniversaries, etc., that this poor woman will have to go through so that she could mark the occasions, but I can't think of anything else. My friend has twin 18 month-old boys, both parents work and juggle their schedules so they don't have to pay for child care, so time-intensive and expensive options are just not possible.


juliana - Feb 22, 2006 11:41:22 am PST #609 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

The good news is that I got on anti-depressants 2 months ago so I'm probably handling it all better with than I would have without.

Spidra, that is very good.

I'm having one of those periods where the PMS becomes MS, and my boobs hurt so much that a breeze across them is insanely painful. So this breastfeeding talk is making me wince like woah.

Which is not to say the discussion should stop, I just wanted to bitch about my painful chesticular region. 'Cause, OW.


P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2006 11:41:58 am PST #610 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I suggested she find out from the flower shop partner all the birthdays, anniversaries, etc., that this poor woman will have to go through so that she could mark the occasions, but I can't think of anything else. My friend has twin 18 month-old boys, both parents work and juggle their schedules so they don't have to pay for child care, so time-intensive and expensive options are just not possible.

Are they athletic at all? If they are, and there's a Heart Walk (http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2281) in their area, that's something they could do with the boys (in strollers) and in his name that's meaningful and not too expensive.


Calli - Feb 22, 2006 11:42:21 am PST #611 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Do you have any ideas for other nice things we might do?

Food is often good. When a friend of my parents lost her husband last month, we got her a spiral cut ham. Good for sandwiches and the like for all the family who'd be coming to town for services.


§ ita § - Feb 22, 2006 11:42:35 am PST #612 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My doctor answers emails too, but for free. It's very relieving, since getting him to call me back, especially while I'm in the office is terribly fraught.


Cass - Feb 22, 2006 11:44:45 am PST #613 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

For $60.00 extra a year I can ask him medical questions by E-mail. This *rocks*.
Mightily. Damn, that just really does rock.

Do you have any ideas for other nice things we might do?
Bringing by food is always a good choice because, at that time, no one is thinking about things like dinner, or things to make sandwiches for lunch. It's so nice to just be able to open the fridge and there is something to eat.


Lee - Feb 22, 2006 11:48:50 am PST #614 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Thanks Betsy!


juliana - Feb 22, 2006 12:00:42 pm PST #615 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Sparky, I'll second the food rec. Although Plei's suggestion is also cool.