Emcognito

If you could somehow make a soap that would make other people not smell (perfumes, colognes and AXE most especially included), there would be a huge market for that. ;-)

Alice from the RE movies is my hero. When I figure out how to control satellites with my mind and where they're hiding my clone army, the world's going to be in trouble.

{I am literally listening to two coworkers, both married females, have this conversation right now... and Team NoKids is pretty annoyed with Team StrictCatholic and how this conversation is going... too funny.} As a single, 31yo, I get the "when are you gonna settle down/get married/have babies?" question all the time (shortly followed by "are you a lesbian" but that's another thread). Something about ticking clocks and boiled eggs and all that. I think people are far more comfortable starting a conversation about those topics (instead of say, the things I actually do/have/like/am currently working on) because they either A.) don't know what else to talk about or 2.) in the case of my family, know more about it (or think they do) than I do and are trying to impart their wisdom on me. It also seems to annoy people that I am perfectly happy, oblivious really, living my life and am not nor ever have been in a hurry to get married or have kids. (Apparently, I don't know what I'm missing. /sarcasm) ***As a side-note and personal disdain for female hormones, I was the president and CEO of Team NoKids until my big sis handed me my newborn nephew eleven and a half years ago... and while at that very moment I actually said out loud "Oooohhhh, NOW I get the kid thing," I blame hormones. I've decided I really do love kids and have settled into my role of being the world's greatest aunt ('cause, you know, you can just hand them back to mom and dad when poop and tears start flying) but I am sticking to my guns (a decade later) that I will not get married unless it's the right person and have no intention of having children by myself, marriage or not. If my eggs get cooked, so what. I'm still a rock star and the cool aunt. I do find it increasingly annoying, however, that I can't be within 10 feet of a baby now without getting all mushy-gushy goo goo. When people said "you'll change your mind," what they should have said was "you'll wake up one day and get bitch-slapped by an estrogen blindside bum-rush." I literally went from not understanding what madness would drive people to intentionally procreate to totally understanding why women steal babies in a split second. (I've been working hard to restore my reputation of ambiguity towards children since then.) There have been some pretty good and humorous suggestions on here to get people to lay off. You can probably also find an example of almost every outcome of the having kids thing if you're worried about it (wanted them, had them, was a great parent; didn't want them, had them, was still a great parent; wanted them, had them, was a horrible parent; and so on), but I think the best advice is to figure out how you really feel about it and own that. And if you change your mind, that's your business. You can't 'return' a kid, but most parents don't want or need to. Funny how that works out most of the time.

Thanks guys. I'll check the links out. For the record it's X2 Body Fortress. I somehow completely missed that it has creatine in it which I don't need or want.

I loved it. Saw it with my sister and her family. My niece went home and promptly practiced not brushing her hair and my nephew tried his best to pretend he didn't like it (but I know he totally did). The story was a little rushed, but Pixar has spoiled us all... I guess I wasn't surprised by the "Is Merida a lesbian?" ridiculousness since I've been getting that my whole life for pretty much the same reasons (ya know, boys are really bad at archery these days and I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those nun-hood torture-wardrobe thingys). Pretty amusing how predictable our society is. It's a cartoon, for pete's sake. "Well-behaved women rarely make history." -Laurel Thatcher Ulrich “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

On the flip-side, you were invited to the "party" part but aren't obligated to buy a gift (since, you know, you weren't formally invited). I'd say that's about as good as this situation might get...

I'm thinking the protein powder I'm using in my breakfast shakes is giving me headaches. I'm going to give it another week before I toss it out the window, but I'm pretty sure it's the culprit. (Chronic migraine sufferer so I track everything, sleep, food, weather, etc. like a mad scientist.) So, I need recommendations. I generally use it to mix with fruit and almond milk as a meal replacement (not looking to make big gains or anything, just need a reason to not skip breakfast everyday and something to put old bananas in). I don't want something that tastes all vitaminy and would prefer something that's not going to kill my wallet. Anyone have suggestions?

I'm signed up for Indy. Gonna be a blast!

Keep it up, Mac. Sounds like you've started on a hell of a roll. ;-) (...gulps some water in your honor...)

Thanks everybody. It was awesome. And I'm doing it again. :-)

Holy cow. That's awesome!

It was hot and really humid. There was an epic lightening storm at mile 9 (while we were walking through a river). People were dropping like flies. But my group and I all finished and lived to drink about it. For anyone that's thinking about trying it, do it. It was tough, but it was a lot of fun and the teamwork was inspiring to be around. Everyone was helpful and nice and the obstacles really were a challenge. (I'm going to do a little more hill work before my next one though, lol. Running up and down sand dunes was rough.)

I'm thinking I need to slowly back away from this thread since I tend to be a "follower"... (Not sure what the rules are for the power of suggestion, but since my hormones seem to get instantaneously nutso if I'm within ten feet of a baby now, I wouldn't be surprised.) Lol. I lock myself in my house in my sweats with my Xbox at the ready. Doesn't help for migraine days, but for some reason, digitally destroying things seems to help with how annoying everyone else insists on being when my body is clearly betraying me...

Rub some dirt on it. Fixes most first aid issues. And a few social ones...

I love using unsweetened almond milk as the base. Peanut butter (the good stuff, not the processed stuff) makes everything taste better, imo. You might try using vanilla extract or other extracts to enhance what you're already using. There are some other good ideas on here that I'm stealing...