Good luck, Teppy!

Jesse, I haven't been commenting since I've mostly been reading on my phone, but I'm sure you know I'm thinking of you.

One thing you might consider, if you haven't already, is finding one of the placement specialists who are out there. They are free to families and they know ALL the facilities. They may be able to help find one that works for your parents' needs, even financially.

Good luck interviewing, Steph!

I can't think of a reason why you'd need to buy a dress for a funeral if you already have one--is it a thing?

I just did cull #1 of my dress wardrobe--out goes my funeral dress. It was a bit small the last time I tried it, and I'm shifting away from black for family funerals. Grey and deep reds and purples, and also no more people allowed to die.

I culled some clothes because they didn't give me joy to look at, some because they didn't give me joy to touch, some because I haven't worn them in 15 years, and can I really still wrestle my boobs into that? My sister is taking some of those...I tried on one of them, and it did actually fit, but! No. She can have the pretty.

Good luck Steph!

New prescription is $22 A PILL. Um... may not be doing that one.

Go Steph!

Good luck, Steph!

I was reading an interview (of an author) on the Splendid Table blog and came across this:

LRK: There is something in the book -- corn creates vampires?

RR: Well, there's a theory. Corn isn't a complete protein source, it lacks a couple of essential amino acids, and it doesn't have much of anything in the way of niacin, which is vitamin B3. A diet that's really, really heavy in corn can lead to a vitamin deficiency disease called pellagra, which was a real problem in the American South in the late 1800s and beginning of the 20th century.

Pellagra came to Europe neck-and-neck with when people started eating American corn. Sufferers from pellagra were first called the butterfly people because they'd have this butterfly-shaped rash on their face. But as the disease progressed, the symptoms included sun sensitivity, dementia and a slow-wasting death. It was really an awful disease.

All these thin, pale, peculiar, light-avoiding people -- a couple of researchers in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in Britain postulated -- were the source of vampire legends. They sounded a lot like vampires. One theory is that maybe Dracula just needed a dose of vitamin B3 and he might have been fine.

From The Splendid Table's interview of Rebecca Rupp the author of How Carrots Won the Trojan War.

Pete Hautman did a YA novel called Sweet Blood that played with that idea, but from a diabetic perspective. It was really good.

I can't think of a reason why you'd need to buy a dress for a funeral if you already have one--is it a thing?

I've never done it. Even when I didn't really have anything appropriate to wear, I did the best I could with what I had.

Amy, that sounds like an interesting read.

ION Underwater Sink Holes Swallows Tress in Louisiana.

I am at a workshop (pray for me) and the moderator using the whiteboard wrote a word:

"b i t...."

and I'm like "omg, this workshop is going to involve bitches."

it was a bit.ly address.