Melinda, Lynn - I was frankly surprised to hear the n-word (narcissist) used to describe Sandra Tsing Loh, an essayist whose works on parenting culture I have adored for years. Like Delia, I'd like to put forth that often, her tongue is practically poking through her cheek. (She's not suggesting everyone leave their husbands any more than that everyone eat their babies -- although I bet ...

... Right after I wrote this fate-tempting post, things went all what the Brits call pear-shaped, and there was much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. I will draw a veil over it. Instead I will say: Today ... staff meeting day). But instead of feeling lucky I was feeling exhausted, due to a combination of hormonal cycle and the Beastly Rainy Weather and RW and me staying up too late talking the ...

... puffy, water retentive dry hair skin eyes low urine not much sweat but also all opposites in repertory lots of weeping liver, kidneys, lung, hormones, menses *LBP, agg by menses GENERALS **2am-4am ... gassy, constipated, painful hemorrhoids inefficient labor pains violent backache palpitations, arrhythmias big hormonal remedy: hot flashes stomach and liver **sudden shock in solar plexus nausea from ...

... car was manufactured by safety-conscious, obsessive-compulsive Volkswagen. (I believe I howled "Come on, you German bastard" at one point.) Eventually, defeated, hormonal and weeping hysterically, I phoned my mum and yodelled for help which was provided - bless him - within ten minutes by my stepfather. It remains to be seen what tomorrow will bring. I ...