After the affair ended, he started bringing his wife and kids up there instead
Like you do.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
P.M. Marc - Jun 05, 2018 7:42:03 am PDT #3967 of 8219
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
sj - Jun 05, 2018 8:06:30 am PDT #3968 of 8219
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yes, Dana. I need that too.
Tom Scola - Jun 05, 2018 9:30:28 am PDT #3969 of 8219
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Atropa - Jun 05, 2018 9:41:18 am PDT #3970 of 8219
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I admit that DNA tests are one of the things I'm weirdly paranoid about. The ToS (s?) for all of the big DNA test companies are vague and worrying, and while there are laws in place to prevent workplace and health insurance discrimination, I'm sure there are loopholes.
Like I said, I'm paranoid. goes back to lining hats with tinfoil
Nora Deirdre - Jun 05, 2018 10:04:20 am PDT #3971 of 8219
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I am for sure paranoid about it. I don't want my DNA cataloged anywhere if I can help it.
Toddson - Jun 05, 2018 10:10:33 am PDT #3972 of 8219
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
eh, I'm not that concerned about it but, since my mother did a bunch of genealogical research, I'm pretty sure where I came from ... although there are a few, um, oddities in there ....
Hil R. - Jun 05, 2018 10:28:32 am PDT #3973 of 8219
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My feeling is that there's not really anything all that useful that anyone can do with the kind of DNA files that are produced by these tests, other than find relatives. If someone ever wants to frame me for a crime, there are much easier ways of doing it. And I'm not all that concerned about an insurance company denying me coverage based on a DNA test -- there are already so many reasons in my file to deny me coverage if that's ever allowed again, and it's not like they can deny me twice or anything.
Also, the MyHeritage breach was just emails and hashed passwords, not DNA info. So, if you've got a MyHeritage account, it's probably safest to change your password, and be on the lookout for phishing emails, but that's about it.
P.M. Marc - Jun 05, 2018 10:32:03 am PDT #3974 of 8219
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My feeling is that there's not really anything all that useful that anyone can do with the kind of DNA files that are produced by these tests, other than find relatives. If someone ever wants to frame me for a crime, there are much easier ways of doing it. And I'm not all that concerned about an insurance company denying me coverage based on a DNA test -- there are already so many reasons in my file to deny me coverage if that's ever allowed again, and it's not like they can deny me twice or anything.
Yeah, Hil is me in this. And hey! I found an unknown-to-me first cousin once removed this way!
Hil R. - Jun 05, 2018 10:37:40 am PDT #3975 of 8219
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And hey! I found an unknown-to-me first cousin once removed this way!
I found several unknown second cousins (most of whom I probably could have found through traditional genealogy) and one third cousin (who I almost certainly would not have found, or at least would not have had any kind of confidence that he was actually related that way -- the DNA match showed pretty conclusively which branch of the family he was on, and then I figured out how to get the names and dates to match up. But without the DNA match, I would not have been at all confident about the names and dates -- those names were far too common for me to have been sure that I'd found the right person, if it weren't for the DNA match.) (And also, it was largely luck that the DNA match worked out that well -- if he'd been related on any other branch of the family, I probably would not have been able to conclude much, since not too many cousins on other branches of the family have tested.)
-t - Jun 05, 2018 10:59:17 am PDT #3976 of 8219
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was contacted by a second cousin who was adopted as an infant - she and my mother were able to figure out who her mother must have been. So that was neat.
I am way too cavalier about privacy in general. At least I'm consistent, I guess.