Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
And who knows if it was even important tissue that was being reduced? Maybe it was the tissue containing all of the memories of that geek the patient dated in the 8th grade -- forgetting that might be a bonus.

And besides that shit was about Heavy Drinking. We're not heavy so it doesn't apply.

And beer and wine never count in Heavy Drinking - which is fat people drinking cocktails, so again, doesn't count. Party on.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by purse junkie
No, no--Barbie does the capping. Though she could surely kill Ken with her bare hands as well.

This is absurd. Barbie is incapable of killing with her bare hands because she's, well, barbie. Fact that Bimbo Barbs might prefer Jock Joe over Ken Doll hardly makes her less of a bimbo.

On the other hand, Sailor Moon could rip out Joe's private parts, surgically alter Ken's face with them, and still have some stuff left for the next misogynistic boy toy that came her way, all while skipping class.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I don't know why but today I fell like I could burst into tears in a heartbeat.

Any advice?

Fine. You are off the hook. I will pick on someone else today. But don't think that you'll be exempt in the future for this sort of shit.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
so everyone has used up all of their venom with flame war Wednesday this week? shit. don't make me argue with TF. I've actually come around to finding her amusing. typically wrong, but amusing.

Could you please tell the fuckers who are discussing divorce to just take it to the Mommy board and let those of us who are discussing the merits of alcohol continue?

And can someone please find that picture of Andre 3000 with the pink gun? Because if Barbie's gonna pack, that's what she'd be packing.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I don't know why but today I fell like I could burst into tears in a heartbeat.

Any advice?

Miles of Chocolate
A good workout
A good cry (let it out, sweetie)
A flame war!!!

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Fine. You are off the hook. I will pick on someone else today. But don't think that you'll be exempt in the future for this sort of shit.

Now that made me smile.

But I am still blue.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
And besides that shit was about Heavy Drinking. We're not heavy so it doesn't apply.

And beer and wine never count in Heavy Drinking - which is fat people drinking cocktails, so again, doesn't count. Party on.

Too true. Anyway, I thought I read somewhere that beer and wine never count towards any of those stupid drinking rules/studies. Everyone knows you can't be an alcoholic if all you drink is beer and wine. Or maybe it was something about not being anonymous. I don't know, that's in a part of my brain that I don't use anymore.

People who try to take the fun out of things I enjoy and say thing like "ooohh, that will kill you someday" suck. I hate them all.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by bilmore
You're assuming (or maybe your author has documented) that there was no correction for "we hate each other but we stayed married" parents in the study. If there truly was, (and I thought that was the case), then they've controlled for that, I would think.

My understanding from reading the older studies is that they did not even look at the effects of bad marriages on children. The older studies only looked at the differences between children of divorce vs. children from intact marriages. Newer studies have attempted to separate out high-conflict parental relationships from low-conflict parental relationships and see if it is the conflict level or the marriage/divorce that is best correlated with the happiness/adjustment/mental health of the children.

From all that I have read on this topic, I believe that divorce is a just a proxy for a high-conflict parental relationship, and that it really is the quality of the parental relationship that matters. I believe that it is better for the children if two people who cannot have a happy marriage together divorce and then make happy lives for themselves and then get along with each other while continuing to raise the kids. The problem is that all too often, they divorce and continue to have this miserable relationship with each other, which continues to scar their children. In that situation, where they divorce and continue on in a high conflict relationship, maybe it would be better if they stayed married. But if they can divorce and remarry and be happy and that will stop the conflict, that is better than to stay married to each other in a high-conflict marriage.


Here is another abstract from the same author on this topic:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Could you please tell the fuckers who are discussing divorce to just take it to the Mommy board and let those of us who are discussing the merits of alcohol continue?

If you want to tell the fuckers to do that, do it directly. Don't add passive-aggressive to lame.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I don't know why but today I fell like I could burst into tears in a heartbeat.

Any advice?

Take a walk in the sun. They totally fucked up when the put the stress of the holidays on us when there's the least amount of sunlight in the day. Go charge up your melotonin.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I heart you, and not even for your Miles of Chocolate (is there an Atkins version). Lemon bars, flan, gingerbread, mmmmmm.
Still, with all this buzz, can't wait for Miles of Chocolate to hit So. Cal. What's the company that makes it? Are they public?

You can find them at www.milesofchocolate.com . They are currently selling at whole foods in the southwest.

It's the single best dessert I have ever eaten. Well worth the $51. Better still if someone else has procured it for you.

[Fugee]

My 3 year old niece cracks me up with her combination of girly girl and non-simp girl.

She insists on wearing her black patent Mary Janes and dresses around the house -- while she is playing with cars, trucks, tractors and fire engines. For her 3rd birthday I gave her a Step 2 brand tool workbench. She wanted a pink birthday cake, but with Bob the Builder decorations.

As for my earlier regifting question, y'all made me feel guilty for wanting to regift that crystal angel. I was going through my stash of "holiday stuff purchased post-Christmas at 50% off to use for future gifts" to find a red and green plaid oven mitt to give my cookie party hostess and saw that I had two of them. So tonight's hostess will also get a nonregifted hostess gift. My mom loves stuff like crystal angels so I will put it in her stocking from Santa. (I hang stockings for my parents at their house and put in little gifts just for fun.)

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Not Me
My understanding from reading the older

Ideally, then, one spouse should simply kill the other. Ends the conflict, fresh start, etc.

(Quick, say something about drinking - we're losing the intellectual crowd.)

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Now that made me smile.

But I am still blue.

You have just voided your exemption by repeating your whining. No more sympathy for you, Ms. I Have it All but It's Harder than I Thought It Would Be Even Though It's Also Incredibly Rewarding.
:violin:

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
If you want to tell the fuckers to do that, do it directly. Don't add passive-aggressive to lame.

I would, but NOTBOB the lazy fucker hasn't filed the proper paperwork to evict Not Me from the current Not family. So technically he is a relative and maybe even a sock and the rules state that I can only indirectly flame.