Fascinating article on estrogen and its under-studied relationship to psychosis.  In fact, estrogen seems comprehensively under-studied and under-explained. I am a conventionally well-educated Western woman and I had no idea what perimenopause was until my periods changed into the prom scene from Carrie (not the more discreet locker room scene, as ( Read more... )

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1. SPN: ( spoilers mark you up )

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New icon on DW from a piece of art that is way too expensive for me, but that I love anyway (because of the X-Files, of course).  It's made from a crumpled dollar bill.

I got a delightful Sleepy Hollow story for Yuletide! Three Gifts is the kind of Ichabod/Abbie pining that really does it for me.  This is a relationship with real barriers and I ( Read more... )

So, one of my son’s second-grade assignments was to think of as many things as possible that could be picked up with a spoon but not a fork. He returns home with a list in which three of the about eight entries-“alcohol,” “beer,” and “liquor”-have been carefully erased, as per his teacher’s policy. Now we are amusing ourselves imagining the first ( Read more... )

Lessons learned today: (1) my hair really needs more than one box of color per treatment, and (2) Splat dye is exponentially more hardcore than dyes I’ve used previously. These things in combination are particularly funny/appalling. Sadly, I wanted red and got pink, so now I have to figure out the best correction options, but at least my bathroom ( Read more... )

Thanks to shoofus for the virtual panda!

I’ve been listening to Alanis Morissette’s Jekyll & Hyde, a delightful bonus track on the iTunes version of havoc & bright lights. That album, plus the new Pet Shop Boys, made me realize that putting together b-sides is getting to be as complicated as it was in the bad old days, what with Amazon and iTunes having ( Read more... )

I am looking for people who have experience as nonfiction e-book formatters and cover designers. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Covert Affairs: ( Spoilers include premise of preview )