"My whole life I've made a concerted effort to give people a fair shake and understand different points of view because I felt that everyone had something valuable to offer, but it turns out most of what they had to offer was complete bullshit."

Two meetings into my day and this is definitely resonating.

2 foals born on Assateague - one to an 18 year old mare that they thought was past it.

Two meetings into my day and this is definitely resonating.

Oh indeed.

Aw, baby horses.

I wish Deplin would go OTC. It's a vitamin, FFS.

The consideration I've seen people raise about OTC is price. No longer covered by insurance--manufacturers will have to adjust prices to make them vaguely reasonable, but there's only so far they can go.

-t, you have a teamaker? Are they all $150+ if I want to deal with precise temperatures? I am really loving my dragon pearl tea, but I'm wondering--if I could brew it perfectly every time...OMG...how dreamy would that be? Suppose that's better (well, it would at least be more consistent) than what I'm having right now?

Dang, send him my way! Not to marry, just to hire!

I will marry him!

I woke up this AM with a low-grade fever, a raw throat, and swollen glands in my neck. I decided to stay home, not because I am deathly ill,but because I have been dealing with on/off low-grade fluish symptoms for weeks and I am sick of this BS. I am hoping a day of resting and sleeping will help.

Also, since I am home, I decided to book a mammogram, something I have been meaning to do since I turned 40. They have a cancellation for tomorrow!

Why do my offers of marriage seem so threatening?

Sue,

my first mammogram was in the summer and it freaked me the fuck out. I am not sure why - except that I might have white coat syndrome in general and pressing my flesh against glass was just icky.

I do not have a tea maker. I have a laser thermometer that was maybe $80, I just take the top off my kettle and monitor the heating water when I want a precise temperature. Or poke a probe down the spout. My sister has a set-the-temperature kettle but she doesn't actually set the temperature anymore, the way it regulates is inefficient or something, but I guess the built-in thermometer still let's her get the temp she wants if she watches it.

I was sure *someone* said they had a teamaker. And I figured, statistically, it was likely to be you.

I'm looking at this insanely expensive do-it-all teamaker, and I'm seriously thinking "you got a bonus" and wondering if I can just replace my kettle with something crazy. The reviews are pretty good, with the big caveat being slightly difficult cleaning. But in a manageable way--you have to wipe down in place, or boil water. You can't wash it in a sink or dishwasher. That's okay. I'm totally that sort of lazy.

I can't decide! How crazy am I? I just know I'm getting sadder and sadder when my first cup of tea is done. I'm turning into Amy. But I drink too slowly to use a teapot. I can barely make it through a cup with the whole thing at a good temperature. A teamaker that keeps the tea warm would be brill.