In the days of prehistory, brave hunter/warriors would risk life and limb to hunt and trap the rarest of beasts. Only the bravest among them would then dare to drink the milk of the wild cow....

French-Canadians were founders of our nation.

My people! OK, not much the founders of the nation, but I am descended from Jacques Cartier. More or less. We're pretty sure.

I'm swimming against the tide, here, I know, even though I have no problem with the immigration kerfuffle. But if I take up residence in Paris, they will *not* sing La Marseillaise in English for me, much less play it publicly sung with English lyrics. Why is this an issue?

Monday here, too. Dang. And my mind's not ready yet for Beltane, it's unseasonably cool here, so it just doesn't feel like it.

I'm also on Lexapro. I haven't noticed any effect on creativity, but that's never been my strongest area.

Dosage may also be important. My dosage was just increased last Thursday, and I've noticed that I'm much more sleepy than usual. But that may be just temporary while I adjust -- I don't know yet.

I had heard a report on NPR witht the author and among the interesting this he discussed was that lactose tolerance is a relatively new adaption for humans.

Yup. Couldn't occur until after domestication, around 8000BC in the Old World, or thereabouts. And there are estimates that only about 15% of the human population now maintain lactose tolerance after infancy.

if I take up residence in Paris, they will *not* sing La Marseillaise in English for me, much less play it publicly sung with English lyrics. Why is this an issue?

What if you've been living in Paris as long as or longer than many of the French people?

I know I'm slow when it comes to American history, but it wasn't until driving across the country that I realised that New Mexico used to be Mexico. It wasn't until living in New Orleans that I realised it used to be Spanish.

I have no idea what the relative numbers are for English v. Spanish and their comparison to English v. French in Canada, nor if they're even vaguely relevant. But I do think that Spanish in America is way more like Moors in France than I'd previously known.

I'm swimming against the tide, here, I know, even though I have no problem with the immigration kerfuffle. But if I take up residence in Paris, they will *not* sing La Marseillaise in English for me, much less play it publicly sung with English lyrics. Why is this an issue?

I think that is why I am confused. We haven't made English the official language of the US - and you can get some documents in other language ( which is good) . There are no laws against it. Part of me is bugged by the idea, but there is no logic behind that. ( not enough to make a big deal over it , unlike others that I know)

I had a roommate in college from San Antonio who was chicana, but I'm pretty sure her family had never actually immigrated -- where they lived just became the US.

My dosage was just increased last Thursday, and I've noticed that I'm much more sleepy than usual. But that may be just temporary while I adjust

I'd be willing to bet that's what it is -- I was sleepy for a week or so when I first started it, but then the sleepiness disappeared.

What does DO stand for in doctors? I am seeing it after names instead of MD.