Happy Halloween!
Next week: 10 Things You Love Talking About
Sunday Stealing: The AnyHow Meme
1. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain? isn't there always one?
2. If you have a dream come true, what would it be? to never have anyone fight in my house every again. Or outside the house, for that matter.
3. Do you believe in eternity love? why yes I do
4. What feeling do you love most? love
5. What feeling do you hate the most? my kids' feelings being hurt
6. Do you cherish every single friendship of yours? No. I say that because some friendships just aren't meant to last. I'd like to say yes, but I know that there are those that I probably would be better off if they would end. There are a couple choice friendships in my life that I cherish with every fiber of my being, though.
7. Do you believe in God? Mostly, yes.
8. Who cares for you most? Who? I'd like to say my husband or the demons, but the husband.. well, he's just a husband. I mean, he loves me and all that, but cares for me? Thats a different ballgame all around. I'd have to say my dad.
9. What do you think is the most important thing in your life? My kids. That was easy.
10. What emotion do you like to show? sillyness - is that an emotion?
11. If you have something troubling you, what do you do? Call someone and hope they answer.
12. Who do you admire most? It's a toss up. Melissa for being a single mom and dealing with some real bullshit in her life but still standing strong and getting stronger everyday and even though her screwups are right out there in the open, she holds her head up high and tells the world to fuck off.
And Kimber for having 5 demons and a husband and going through what is probably the worst type of hardships that someone can go through and she can still laugh at my stupid jokes.
13. Who did you last chat with in a chat room? LOL I have no idea... thats been YEARS!
14. What kind of person do you think the one we stole this meme from is? Someone who is very nosey... LOL
15. What color did you use to dye your hair? Wait a minute, how do you know I used to dye my hair?
16. Why are you doing this meme? Because it's Sunday and thats what I do on Sunday.
17. What do you do when you're moody? Piss someone off.
18. At which age do you wish to or did you, get married? I was 23.
19. If today is the last day of your life, what will you do? Get the hell off this computer and spend time with my husband and kids and make a few phone calls in the process.
20. Who is the person you trust the most? Myself
21. Last time you smiled? When I answered #17
22. What are you listening to right now? the dog barking, Demon #2 repeating "Chico" over and over again and the sounds of a Sonic the Hedgehog game.
23. Who was the last person you saw in your dream? my husband
24. Are you talking to someone while doing this? No
25. Do you walk with your eyes open or closed? WTF? Open... why would I close my eyes? I might run into a wall or something.
26. Is there a quote you live by? I feel like a broken record - "there's nothing you can't do, some things just take a little longer"
27. Do you want someone you cannot have? just Mel Gibson but thats because the husband says I can't. I haven't asked Mel yet, but I'm sure he'd say yes.
28. Who always makes you laugh? Saki when she falls on her face. Clumsy dog.
29. What was the worst idea you've had this week? Pulling the fridge out to fix some tiles. Then I had to clean what was back there.
30. Do you speak another language other than English? Nope.
brother's wife made the BEST cookies ever. Her daughter, Jenny, and I would sneak into the house and take them while she was baking them. Never in my life had I tasted cookies this good.
Years later, now an adult, I started going to a dentist in another town and wouldn't you know... she was working the desk. I had to ask her for the recipe. She actually laughed at me that I remembered her cookies. How couldn't I? 
Seriously? We were scheduled to come in a few days later and when we did... there was the recipe waiting for me.
1. What's the best new website you've found? TwitterMoms.com it fuels my Twitter addiction
This is nuts. I mean, was he heartbroken? Is he in mourning?TOKYO: A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday.
The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.
"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.
The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said.
She has not yet been formally charged, but if convicted could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.
Players in "Maple Story" raise and manipulate digital images called "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting against monsters and other obstacles.
The woman used login information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married, and killed the character. The man complained to police when he discovered that his beloved online avatar was dead.
Between the husband and Demon #2, I guess this explains why I have such great blood pressure.A smelly rotten-egg gas in farts controls blood pressure in mice, a new study finds.
The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually makes its way, well, out.
The new research found that cells lining mice's blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents' blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure). This gas is "no doubt" produced in cells lining human blood vessels too, the researchers said."Now that we know hydrogen sulfide's role in regulating blood pressure, it may be possible to design drug therapies that enhance its formation as an alternative to the current methods of treatment for hypertension," said Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., a co-author of the study detailed in the Oct. 24th issue of the journal Science.
Snyder and his colleagues compared normal mice to mice that were missing a gene for an enzyme known as CSE, long suspected as being responsible for making hydrogen sulfide. As they measured hydrogen sulfide levels taken from tissues of the CSE-deficient mice, the scientists found that the gas was depleted in the cardiovascular systems of the altered mice. By contrast, normal mice had higher levels of the gas, thereby showing that hydrogen sulfide is naturally made by mammalian tissues using CSE.
Next, the mice were subjected to higher blood pressures comparable to serious hypertension in humans. Scientists had them respond to a chemical called methacholine that relaxes normal blood vessels. The blood vessels of the CSE-lacking mice hardly relaxed, indicating that hydrogen sulfide is a huge contender for regulating blood pressure.
Hydrogen sulfide is the most recently discovered member of a family of gasotransmitters, small molecules inside our bodies with important physiological functions.
This study is the first to reveal that the CSE enzyme that triggers hydrogen sulfide is activated itself in the same way as other enzymes when they trigger their respective gasotransmitter, such as a nitric oxide-forming enzyme that also regulates blood pressure, Dr. Snyder said.
Because gasotransmitters are common in mammals all over the evolutionary tree, these findings on the importance of hydrogen sulfide are thought to have broad applications to human diseases, such as diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases.
The research was supported by grants from the U.S. Public Health Service and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research as well as a Research Scientist Award.
If you realize your house is on fire while you are using the bathroom, do you wipe or just run for the door? I would wipe. Yep I would. Habit I suppose. Especially if it's #2. Thats just gross. Could you imagine running outside with that in your pants? People would think your burning house doesn't smell like a regular burning house.
I Quit Snowmobiling
Your sledding buddies will get a laugh out of this one when they see "I quit snowmobiling" but then see that it actually says "I quit my job so I could do more snowmobiling".
Be very careful when turning on the water, as many bidets can produce a very high jet of water with only a slight turn of the control.
This just sent me into a rolling laugh... seriously.Dry wipe at least once after having a bowel movement and before using the bidet. Excess fecal matter may clog the bidet drain. This can be quite disgusting for someone who uses the bidet after you.
or thrilling....Be very careful adjusting the temperature and pressure on the bidet. You want to avoid scalding sensitive skin, and high pressure can be very irritating.
Drinking from a bidet is not recommended. The stream can ricochet off a soiled area and become contaminated.
