My mom was just telling me about a friend of hers who was being treated with a form of topical ketamine!

Except she didn't know it at the time. (Border medicine can get odd.)

It's just that his involves ketamine.

My sympathies - I was on ketamine during my c-section, and it was not pleasant. But I hope it works for you, and that the experience is worth it in the end.

ION, my apartment has ants. The ant traps don't seem to be working. I found an ant crawling on me yesterday, and now I have phantom ants on my body. Annoying.

Vortex, after suffering ants for 9+ years...opting for the peaceful co-existence stance...I'm finally ant free thanks to Cox Exterminators. Mr. Cox is a codgery old guy who has been in the biz since 1968. He's loosy-goosy with his scheduling (it's just him) but I tell you want...his stuff doesn't stink, for real. He used an injection method around the windows ad sprayed some stuff around the baseboards that I, SUPERnose, could not smell at all.

From what I understand, he's also wicked cheap. And he believes in getting it right the first time rather than making a revolving commitment.

Let me know if you want contact info.

For Better or Worse, Sex in Space Is Inevitable

NASA's response to questions on this is pretty much "We're not doing any research on the subject." Which kinda' makes sense, as any research on sex in space would be controversial ("We're spending billions of dollars to send folks to space so they can boink?!?").

Here on Earth, the closest analog to long-term isolation of groups in space is the South Pole, where about 200 researchers live year-round.

Last month, before six months of winter darkness descended over Antarctica's McMurdo Station, the research base received a delivery of about 16,500 condoms.

"There's an unspoken behavior there [at the polar base] where you take a spouse for the time you're there — you have an exclusive relationship with someone," Kring told SPACE.com. "It's understood that when you leave, that relationship is over."

He added, "I don't know how it's going to work on a three-year mission to Mars."

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Sex is about more than psychology and rules and mission plans, of course. And when you get down to it, the key to successful sex in space is about managing a microgravity environment.

In "Sex in Space," Woodmansee describes several positions that might work, ranging from the modified missionary position to seated with "interlocking Y legs."

Props also could come into play, including a shared elastic waistband or tethers to hold one partner to a stable structure, she writes.

I know! Velcro bondage suits!

I like the whales' solution for sex in buoyant conditions.

The most wonderful man (and his assistant) just came and took away my old washer and dryer, to RECYCLE, including hauling them up out of my hot and sweaty basement, for only $25. BLESS THEM. Today is now made of win, no matter what else happens. (Localistas who need recycling, let me recommend Philco Services.)

Let me know if you want contact info.

Yes, please! Profile addy's good. I don't know if Im at the exterminator place yet, but I might get there soon. I want to find this stuff, Orange Guard first. I am annoyed because it says that my Whole Foods carries it, when it does not, in fact.

I'm about to toss out my old TV and I'm feeling guilty about the fact I'm just going to put it next to the dumpster and just hope that someone takes it before it goes to the landfill.

Kathy, maybe you can donate it to a shelter or a school? They might come pick it up (as I recall, you don't have a car)

Oh, I definitely have a car, but it's the whole getting it into the car that's a problem. It's really heavy. It also really doesn't work at all well, so I'd feel guilty donating it to someone who expects a working set.