anonemouse

Dude, my notes used to be covered in stars. Or, I'd fill in little boxes on the margins, so my papers would eventually be black on on the sides. I can't wear lipstick at all. I eat it off in just a few minutes, so I'd be constantly reapplying. I can wear Carmex and stuff like that, though, it's just anything with color that bugs me.

Yep, I do the ear-picking and mouth-biting, too. I always wondered if I had SAD, 'cause I sure had a lot of the symptoms of it. I'm better now than I used to be, but I would SERIOUSLY freak out in certain situations. I had to drop a class once because I couldn't deal with the fact that the instructor wanted us to do group discussions IN EVERY CLASS. I was literally close to tears during the first class period and I dropped it that night. Heh, I used to tap my fingers compulsively. I also can't wear jewelry because I tend to play with it constantly.

Mmm, food. I'm trying to think of dishes to make at my brother's house while we're there over Christmas. I'll probably do my semi-homemade lasagna, maybe some chili (depending on how cold it gets - they're in Memphis). I'd like to try hummus. I've never had it before.

Said in my best Southern Baptist drawl (even though I'm an Atheist), "Thank the Lord and HALLELUJAH!"

Honestly, your guess is as good as mine. I'm always thinking, "What the FUCK? How the hell did you get accepted to college?" LMAO at your sister!

Hi! I'm originally from the Crossville area, but I'm now living in KY. Who's your surgeon, Dr. Boyce?

Don't remind me, please! :phanvan :rain:

My friend just sent me another email:

YEP. Scary, huh? :heh: :faint:

I hate clothes shopping because of the weight, but that's not why I hate shopping in general. Don't get me wrong, I love going to the mall during the rest of the year, but not at Christmas-time. Ugh. I hate the crowds, the parking problems, the lines, the rude people. It literally gives me chills down my spine to think about going to the mall right now. ESPECIALLY on a weekend. I went to eat lunch with a friend at Olive Garden, and the restaurant was in a mall parking lot. Took me an HOUR to drive a mile and find parking. Horrible. It's just so much less stressful for me to do my holiday shopping online. I can generally find better selections of stuff and find stuff faster.

It's a form of gastric bypass.

It really is useful, especially if you do buy a lot of stuff.

That burns me. I'd be tempted to have the CEO write a letter to her boss, detailing the offensive email and then going through every. single. item. that you guys did for them that you didn't have to do. And then I'd sum it up by telling them to take their business elsewhere after this order is finished, that you no longer need it.

I actually fully agree with you. :guess

Yep, those are the ones! Just wanted to add that from many of the accounts that I've heard, Dr. Woodman's a bit of an ass. Definitely a good surgeon, but an ass. I've met former patients of his in the waiting room at my doc's office (Dr. Weaver is my doc), and they've switched docs because he's been downright nasty when they've gone in for checkups after surgery. Apparently, he frequently makes patients cry, so if you're a sensitive person, I wouldn't necessarily go with him.

I'm sorry, but someone only has to check out the life after band removal forum and the complications forum to know that this isn't an "only good things said" board. In the year that I've been a member here (I was a member for 9 months before I was banded), I have seen many, many posts from people that weren't happy with their bands, that'd had complications, that had their bands removed, that couldn't physically tolerate the band for one reason or another, and that refuse to take advice. Quite frankly, I think if someone HASN'T seen those posts, they've just not looked for them.

Ha! I love it!

Seriously. I just ran across a website on the internet by accident and I'm totally disgusted. I can't believe this guy got elected. I'm seriously kind-of nauseaus right now. The website is The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD, if anyone wants to go and be disgusted. Neo-nazi fucker.

You and me both! Something along the line of "An Analysis of Online Interaction Among Members of a Weightloss Support Website?" Hey, find the right professor, and I'm sure you could make a convincing pitch for it. I've seen research papers that had less to work with. Hell, I saw someone's mock-up for a poster presentation on sex and the presentation of women in media. If they could do that, surely this site would be fair game. Hell, I'd read it. But then again, I read ornithological research journals for fun, too. :madgrin:

ITA. People vote for the wrong reasons every day. Hell, many people that vote just vote party-line, and don't even look to see if they agree with the candidate. That's not any better than voting just because you like a celebrity.

They don't bother me at all. My old roommate converted to LDS to be with her boyfriend (who she subsequently married and then divorced - the day before the 1st anniversary). I mean, I don't get the religion (hell, I don't get ANY religion), but they're generally better than a lot of folks. They usually leave you alone when asked (individual ones do, anyway), which is more than I can say about the Southern Baptists in my area. My roomie and her boyfriend/hubby/ex/whatever were really, really tolerant about my Atheism, to the point of honestly wanting to know more about what I believed and why I believed it. Never tried to convert me once, just honest conversation. EDITED TO ADD: I've heard many people of other faiths (usually other Christians) call the LDS a cult, but hey, from my POV, they aren't any more or less cult-like than any other religion.

Of course, science and scientists aren't infallible. But they measure the success/failure of their experiments by the standards of science. Those standards are always changing, and hypotheses and theories fall by the way-side every day. That's the point of science. We TRY to prove ourselves wrong. And yes, I'm sure that I don't care whether someone believes in science. But I do care WHY they do or don't believe. If they are using a bastardization of scientific theory to support their disbelief, I'll definitely challenge them to defend their stance. If someone is going to use so-called scientific theory to support their stance, they should use REAL scientific theory, not a bastardization of it. If someone wants to say, "this is what I believe, and I believe it because I believe it," that's perfectly reasonable to me. If someone, on the other hand, says, "this is what I believe, and I believe it because I don't think the scientific evidence fits the warped definition I have of 'evidence,'" I don't really think their opinions hold water.

I wish! :biggrin1: I'd much rather have had that than look at that website. :phanvan

Thank you! I've got pretty toes now, btw. I got them done in a funky irridescent aqua. It was SO relaxing to get a pedicure after the last week. And I REALLY needed it. My toenails were icky. EDIT: I just realized that you weren't the one I was discussing my pedicure-as-reward plans with. Oh well.

Yes, but Microsoft was trying to design a consumer-friendly product. Scientists really don't care whether the rest of the world believes their theories or not, all they care about is the research and the process of learning. As such, they should be the only ones defining their terminology. It really doesn't matter to me whether someone believes in evolution or creationism. But a creationist better not take MY words and terminology, change the definition, and then claim that the evidence I have doesn't meet their changed definition.