Yay Aims!
I'm curled up on the sofa with a heated blanket, with a heating pad around my shoulders, using a steam inhaler with a drop of eucalyptus oil added to the water. Can winter be over soon?
Danger's my birthright.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2013 3:07:00 pm PST #7027 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
billytea - Dec 09, 2013 3:07:57 pm PST #7028 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
What is the difference between whole life and term life? Is term life essentially a bet that you'll need it before the term is up, and if not the insurance company goes Cha-ching! and invites you to play again?
Basically yes. Note that the insurance company expects to turn a profit on either product. Term life isn't a better deal for them, necessarily. (Actually, it probably is on one score, people are less likely to cancel partway through and stiff them on the administrative costs. They are likely to charge penalties in the early years because of that.) Either way, the longer one stays alive, the better it is for the insurance company.
I PICKED UP MY CAP AND GOWN, Y'ALL! !
Congratulations!
brenda m - Dec 09, 2013 3:12:01 pm PST #7029 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Either way, the longer one stays alive, the better it is for the insurance company.
Better for everyone, one assumes.
Anne W. - Dec 09, 2013 3:24:07 pm PST #7030 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I PICKED UP MY CAP AND GOWN, Y'ALL! !
YAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!
Steph L. - Dec 09, 2013 3:30:36 pm PST #7031 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm tracking my food intake for the sole purpose of making sure I get enough fiber
Green smoothies. They are some sort of crazy dark magic
What do you put in them?
You're going to say kale. I know it.
Pix - Dec 09, 2013 3:31:29 pm PST #7032 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
Yay for cap and gown!!!
Boo for all the other bad news. My bad news isn't as bad, but I'm at urgent care right now waiting to find out if I broke something in my foot or tore my plantar fasciitis. Dammit.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2013 3:33:31 pm PST #7033 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congrats, Aims!
WRT fiber and lower intestinal health and whatnot, I cannot recommend enough trying to manage hemorrhoids, diverticula, and the like with diet, esp lots of fiber AND a good probiotic. My fiber intake is generally good because I love salads and cruciforms and eat lots of both. But even so my hemorrhoids would act up whenever my diet faltered. But now I'm taking a probiotic to counteract the long-term antibiotics I'm on, and lo and behold, no problems ever since I started them. I'm a convert.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2013 3:38:24 pm PST #7034 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You're going to say kale. I know it.
Kale is the new oat bran, as Michael Pollan would say. I've read that asparagus is crazy good for you, and it's delicious. It does have the unfortunate stinky pee effect, but no veggie is perfect. Except of course the avocado.
Steph L. - Dec 09, 2013 3:41:31 pm PST #7035 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Good probiotics are god. (I'm a hippie and make my own kombucha, which also seems to help.)
I've read that asparagus is crazy good for you, and it's delicious.
I have never developed a taste for asparagus. Virtually every other veggie, including brussels sprouts, but not asparagus.
I'm eating a giant salad for dinner (with avocado), so that should get my fiber for the day over the top.
Atropa - Dec 09, 2013 3:43:32 pm PST #7036 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
You're going to say kale. I know it.
Nope, haven't tried making kale smoothies yet, because Pete recoils in horror at the notion.
Smoothie recipe (serves 2): 2 C. almond milk (I use vanilla flavored), 2 C. raw spinach (sometimes a little more), 3Tbs. hemp protein powder, 1 tsp. Cacao Bliss ("good" fats, plus chocolate for antioxidants it's totally healthy shut up), and 1.5 C. frozen blueberries.
No spinach taste whatsoever. It looks like primordial ooze, but it's tasty.