Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
This guy looked like he was waiting to see how I'd react, which was fair. Except, me, I'd have lied about it. I mean, you already have no morals, why not lie on a first date? Maybe he didn't like me enough.
I think you should want to make a good enough impression on a first date that you'd lie. Or express shame, at minimum.
Ohhh -- Crisis Pregnancy Center? I think they are all the second thing, aren't they?
Yeah, but every time they come up on Feministe etc there's a comment or two that says "Hey, the one I volunteer at isn't like that, we actually help people get real support!" So there's at least...three or four that aren't scams?
Huh. I just wouldn't have thought they'd be called that, I guess.
Wait, Chase got hacked? I have a credit card with them and haven't gotten any notification.
Me either. There's this letter on their website:
My evil pine nuts were from Earth Fare, where I tend to expect better standards than evil Chinese pine nuts! I will be going with walnuts for the forseeable future for my mild nutty needs; I find sunflower seeds too strong. I should note that the Pine Mouth is better today that yesterday and sweet things tend to make it worse than non-sweet things. Also mr. flea at some pine nuts (but fewer than I did) and did not get it.
stories of how to make shoes not hurtMoleskin ahead of time. After the fact of blisters I think you are SOL. Also, I never walk long distances in shoes that aren't well worn in (and preferably Dansko stapled clogs).
Re: American culture, there was a hilarious thing in the Times recently by a woman who had just gotten back from the Peace Corps in West Africa and went to a Manhattan Post Office. The conversation went like this:
Her: "Hi, how are you?"
Post Office Person: "Fine."
Her: "How have all the members of your family been?"
Post Office Person: "What the fuck? Do you want to buy some stamps or what?"
I didn't know there were crisis pregnancy centers that were OK? Huh. I just associate them with the whole "You are pregnant and if you abort you are going to HELL!" thing.
OTOH, those women need maternity clothes too, I suppose? But yeah, that's a little awkward, Jess.
Wait, Chase got hacked? I have a credit card with them and haven't gotten any notification.
Technically, a marketing company (Epsilon) that a number of corporations use got hacked, and email addresses were stolen. There was no account information taken.
I got the notification from Chase when I logged into my online account. Best Buy sent me an email.
Modified cannabinoid THC offers pain relief without the buzz
It appears that 5-desoxy-THC is a very specific painkiller. It blocks reflex responses to pain, but doesn't inhibit higher-level processing of painful sensations; on the plus side, it doesn't have the psychoactive side effects of the THC from which it was derived.
I think the Italians are hoarding their pine nuts, because the only ones I can find in the grocery store these days are from China.
If anybody was planning on a trip to Dallas, might I suggest Nov-Feb? [link]