Devi was all lizardbrain when this appeared on my balcony: [link] I think she forgot what glass was and kept bonking her head.

Adoptive = the actors

Adopted = the acted upon

Poor Mac. Pool MsBelle. I hope he learns soon that shots are not evil but are inevitable.

What I hated as a child was sweet red-flavored medicine, particularly the "cherry-flavored" penicillin that had to be kept in the refrigerator. I grasped fairly early that a shot or pills were alternatives to the horrible liquid medicine. I think my first full sentence to a doctor was "Can I have pills?"

I want Hammer Pants to come back in just long enough to get a pattern-- a boss of mine had the pattern and they were great for making haunched animal costumes, like rabbits.

I haven't tried to consume anything called "french vanilla" since...ever due to a course of liquid antibiotics of that flavor. I don't know if it was particular vile or if I had a reaction to the anti-bs.

I know when my brother went to the peditrician to get shots he often had to be held down.

I had to take lots of pills and capsules as a kid, my parents tried everything and a few times had to resort to basically forcing the pills down my throat.

I may have a pattern of something similar from the 80s Sophia. I will look.

I still can't face artificial cherry flavor.

Happy Birthday sumi!

Ordered a dining room table and chairs.(The one we're using is rather old, and G's mom said she'd buy us a one as an anniversary gift. Actually, several anniversary gifts, to be specific)

Also bought new bookcases and a new scanner.

I grasped fairly early that a shot or pills were alternatives to the horrible liquid medicine. I think my first full sentence to a doctor was "Can I have pills?"

Yeah, I've always been good at taking pills. I remember swallowing children's aspirin whole, because the taste was so nast.

I realized the lack of ability to take liquid medicine was a liability in college, when I could neither chug nor do shots.

So I've got a question. I was at my usual brewpub, and, unfortunately, had to sit near a bunch of other regulars I despise due to their sense of entitlement. That's not the issue here, but I overheard two of them making fun of a person across the bar, who's gender was in a little question, as being an example of a Salem freak. Then, one of them, noting that person writing in what looked like a journal, commented something along the lines of "OH! And they're left-handed too!" as if this was a criminal offense.

WTF? Is being a southpaw still a stigma? It just wasn't worth it to get into it over either issue, but the latter was really REALLY weird to me (on a personal level - like Obama, I'm a southpaw - GO TEAM LEFT HAND!!!!).

Is this still a thing?