Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own.

Damnit, can't I get anything right?? My dad's mom gave me her overweight gene but not the boobage gene--do you know how hard it is to find a small-running C cup in the larger band sizes? My sister and I both got our mom's boobs, unfortunately.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own.

I have my grandma's (dad's mom) exact body, including breast size. It's kind of freaky.

I'm finding this whole thing hilarious -- I'd say "I thought it was just me", but I never really thought about it at all, in any "this is a known phenomenon" kind of way.

In body shape, I definitely take after my mom's side of the family.

I have my father's mother's hips in a big, big way. Also, her withered lips. Sigh.

Speaking of all this, has anyone read, used, or heard anything about the Schwartzbein Principle?

An acupuncturist friend has tested me to discover that I have a thyroid deficiency. It has been further suggested that I might be able to control it through diet and supplementation. Much more my choice than synthetic HRT.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own. So there's that.

Y'know, both Gram and my mother were/are in the DD range.

If this holds true, though, Lillian's gonna get stuck in the A range.

bonny, I hadn't heard of it before, but the lead quote from her website:

Degenerative diseases of aging are not genetic but acquired. Because the systems of the human body are interconnected and because one imbalance creates another imbalance, poor eating and lifestyle habits, not genetics, are the cause of degenerative disease.

- Diana Schwarzbein MD

makes me raise my eyebrows in a huge fucking way. I'm not saying that diet and lifestyle don't play a part in one's health, but blaming them entirely for degenerative diseases... actually, frankly, makes me angry.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own. So there's that.

I totally don't know enough about the women on my father's side of the family to say if it seems to hold true for us. However, on the maternal side, we're ever-comparing.

If someone asks you how much your utilities cost, I'm thinking water, gas, electricity--that right? I think I'm confusing someone by not including stuff, like cable. But that's a whole different deal.

I was about to ask what to have for lunch, but then I remembered I have leftover veal lasagne from yesterday in the fridge. I wonder if I can get some sort of garlic bread from the cafe downstairs...

Cable & internet may be as essential in their own way as gas, but I wouldn't consider them utilities.

Stop Trying to Remember Things On the Tip of Your Tongue

Weblog ScienCentral reports that when you can't come up with an answer that's sitting on the tip of your tongue, you're best off forgetting about it altogether. That's because, according to a study by experimental psychologists at Canada's McMaster University, the more you struggle to remember a word on the tip of your tongue, the more difficulty you'll have remembering it in the future. Their recommendation: Just look it up, and do so as soon as possible.