Apparently Botox doesn't fix migraines. Well, it didn't work on me, but I do know people it seemed to be magical for

Yeha, I know people it's worked for too--and that "study" was just looking at other studies! I want to see the results of an actual double-blind trial!

I cannot tell a woman's dress size at all. I'm always curious, though--because I know my own image of my body is messed up, so I would love to see lots of other women my height and sizes smaller and bigger so I can compare.

GC, yep! info is here

I'm always curious, though--because I know my own image of my body is messed up, so I would love to see lots of other women my height and sizes smaller and bigger so I can compare.

Seriously.

The size guessing thing was a staple of the kind of trashy Harlequins we were talking about in lit recently, IIRC. No idea why, but clearly it's a thing.

Is this one that gives you free books? Someone at school mentioned some upcoming event at which you can get lots of loot. She thought it'd be good for my juvie hall friends.

It most certainly is! I haven't been to a BEA since 2001, but in the three years that I attended, I averaged about 175 free books each weekend. A lot of them ended up being brought into my full-time job and put out for people to pick up, others went to Goodwill, but I still got a lot of really good books for free. Also, a lot of them are signed by the authors--I've met Gary Sinise, Julie Andrews, Anthony Bourdain, Nora Roberts, Homer Hickam (the author/subject of October Sky/Rocket Boys), Rick Steves, astronaut Al Bean, as well as the usual attendees (Cathy Guisewhite of the "Cathy" cartoon, Roger Ebert, who I'm sure won't be there this year due to illness, and the ubiquitous Richard Simmons, who I never actually met, but he always had a coterie of older ladies lined up for his autograph).

So Book Expo is next month here in LA. I need to register. Anyone wanna go with me?

Yeah, I'm definitely going, my publisher is supposed to send me a ticket, but I haven't heard anything.

56. Create a play-list in which ten seemingly random songs provide a secret message to one person.

...Wait, is this the list of skills a man needs, or the list of things a Nice Guy (tm) will do while stalking his perfect lady?

I can think of a lot of skills a man needs that aren't on that list, number one of which is the skill of not pulling the "let me fix that for you, little lady" crap with me.

In return, I can teach him how to score a ball game.

I'm always curious, though--because I know my own image of my body is messed up, so I would love to see lots of other women my height and sizes smaller and bigger so I can compare.

not to mention that women's sizes don't make any damn sense. I am 2" taller than my best friend, we probably weigh about the same, but the weight is distributed totally differently, my shoulders are much wider than hers, and my legs are probably 4-5 " longer than hers (I'm short waisted), but we wear the same size. WTF?

Allyson, I'm gonna register for a one day ticket because I think I'll only want to go one day. Mebbe we can coordinate on a day?

Also, in honor of teacher appreciation day, if you are in education you can get free food at chipotle tonight!

When I rule the universe, instrument developers will not be allowed to design data products. Good god, I've been having the same headache for 10 years and it's only getting worse.