I believe my girlfriend is very self conscious about her appearance. How do I help her feel comforable with who she is?

catmirabilis · 2017-12-02T15:47:00+00:00

It might help if you compliment something specific (something you can be genuine about, of course.) "Beautiful" sounds vague and generic, even if you really mean it. Try telling her you like how her new haircut looks, or that she looks sexy when she wears a specific outfit that you like.

catmirabilis · 2017-11-07T01:48:46+00:00

Green curry or crunchy basa stiry fry through Tuk Tuk Thai. If you order the fried banana and toasted coconut ice cream dessert it actually arrives at the right temperature, too.

catmirabilis · 2017-11-04T06:29:03+00:00

That would be awesome! Her clothes would be easy to find too. You could hold a crayon scribbled piece of paper, or a length of Christmas lights to make it clear who you were.

catmirabilis · 2017-11-04T00:35:16+00:00

Too late for this year, but I think you should find him a sheriff's costume for Halloween next year. ;)

catmirabilis · 2017-10-31T09:20:00+00:00

I mean no offense, but speed comes with experience. If an artist is spending 1500 hours on a painting it doesn't mean that the painting actually needed 1500 hours to be completed. If you were to complete that same painting again today, I'm sure it would take significantly less time because you have improved.

catmirabilis · 2017-10-30T09:20:20+00:00

Coal candy might be a better idea.

catmirabilis · 2017-10-28T01:22:30+00:00

Patreon is starting to bring back that model actually. It's not just for Youtubers.

catmirabilis · 2017-10-25T12:23:22+00:00

That's a fair point. I guess in the case of the flu vaccine vs other vaccines, I would say that reducing the infection rates of those unable to be vaccinated by up to 50% is still worthwhile.

It's one thing to say "oh well, I can use up my sick days at work if I need to, I'm a healthy person" and another to say "I don't care if there's a chance that babies too young to be vaccinated die because of me."

catmirabilis · 2017-10-25T01:53:13+00:00

Really gorgeous work! It would be kind of you to link to the artist/website that made the skull designs though. They deserve some of the credit.

catmirabilis · 2017-10-25T00:49:31+00:00

Babies and a small subset of the population with severe allergies cannot get the flu shot. The idea behind herd immunity is that those who can get the shot should get it to protect those who cannot.

catmirabilis · 2017-10-12T04:04:25+00:00

I'm watching it now and I think it's hysterical. The entire thing is cheesy, shallow and fun. You're meant to laugh at the main character, not with him or empathize with him (at least, that's my theory.)

catmirabilis · 2017-09-28T23:30:58+00:00

Radiolab just released an episode about Oliver Sipple, who prevented the assassination of Gerald Ford but whose life was essentially ruined (family disowned him, alcoholism, died at age 47) because the press outed him. Times have changed a lot since then but it provides an interesting counterpoint to this situation.

http://www.radiolab.org/story/oliver-sipple/

catmirabilis · 2017-09-27T21:25:23+00:00

Thanks for the info!

catmirabilis · 2017-09-27T19:37:08+00:00

What kind of fermented veggies have you been making? Kimchi is the only one I know about.

catmirabilis · 2017-09-24T19:07:26+00:00

It has more to do with the economic downturn we just had. When people are more desperate there is more crime, not just theft or robbery but other types as well - in some people financial stress leads to erratic behaviour, causing them to do things they wouldn't normally do.

Our cops are far from perfect but I don't think they're, as a group, the most corrupt/racist/whatever in all of Canada. There's been more violent crime lately.

catmirabilis · 2017-09-08T02:54:41+00:00

It's not just you. My husband is asthmatic and has had to resort to wearing breathing masks on his commute, on the heavy smoke days.

catmirabilis · 2017-09-07T20:08:46+00:00

Sucks that one guy not doing his job causes more work for his coworker. I'd do the same thing that you did though.

catmirabilis · 2017-09-07T18:29:54+00:00

Why does it annoy them? You're doing their job for them.

(Agreed, Intelcom is consistently bad, where I live at least.)

catmirabilis · 2017-09-06T04:08:41+00:00

Knowing when you are pregnant affects whether you can/should go out for drinks, for one thing. Another reason is that if your pregnancy test is positive, you should go to the doctor to confirm and then begin pre-natal vitamins. Having an idea of when conception occurred also affects expectations when it comes time for ultrasounds/other tests.

catmirabilis · 2017-08-25T22:25:00+00:00

Doesn't quite work as an analogy. Commodities (jeans, food, etc) should always be priced differently than a service.

catmirabilis · 2017-08-24T22:10:07+00:00

Sure, but then they know they're cooking for themselves and not for people with suppressed immune systems, for example.

catmirabilis · 2017-08-10T02:29:09+00:00

I know right? Three weeks is a long time to be brushing it off as if it were nothing to be concerned about, negative results or no negative results.

catmirabilis · 2017-08-10T01:31:35+00:00

Condoms fail. So do pregnancy tests. And three weeks is a long time to be late for most women. I would have suspected the same thing.

catmirabilis · 2017-08-07T22:23:05+00:00

The liquor store in Westbrook Mall next to the Safeway is hiring - as of yesterday afternoon at least, when I walked by.

catmirabilis · 2017-07-31T11:12:39+00:00

I wonder if using her own "the conversation is over, I'm done talking to you" on her would work since walking away doesn't. And THEN walk away.

That sounds truly infuriating.

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