My right knee cracks something awful, and so does my right neck/shoulder. But it is my hip that hurts. It think so many years of retail/grocery/working backstage did me in early.

I feel like everything over 35 has been really downhill, so if at 40 it gets worse, I am not sure I can take it!

I was just reading a fic, and I came across an "eggcorn"- "scotch free" instead of "scot free". Normally those things bug me, but this is sort of hysterical, and frankly makes about as much sense either way!

Cass- those sharks (bull sharks) that can hang out in rivers can CLEARLY live in a lake.

Man, I creak all over. It's a sad, sad thing.

oh thank god I'm not the only one with the panic. Allyson, you got all my duck nods this morning.

Best wishes to you all. I am about 3-6 days behind in this thread, so I'll quick post and then catch up a bit later.

I am in instructor Hades this week because of grading AND because one of my students committed plagiarism. Yay. We do not have set procedures for dealing with plagiarism and so *I* need to decide what to do. $15 later and a new account on turnitin.com (and 2-3 hours worth of googling) and I found most of the places in which the student plagiarized.

I met with her to discuss the issue and I am not certain whether I will give her an "F" in the class (an "F" in the assignment would be the same as failing the class since it is the final paper) or if I will ask her to rewrite the paper, take a test on plagiarism and use of APA style.

Re: shampoo.

My hair is curly and kinky and and a lot of shampoos doing do my hair any good. For those of you having problems with the no 'poo method, you may need to change your conditioner. A lot of conditioners have shampoo in them anyway, and your hair may not be connecting with conditioner. I wash mine about once a week because any more often than that and my scalp will rebel. But I do put some product in my hair in between washes.

When you look in the ingredients in your conditioner - what would it say if it also has shampoo in it?

le nubian, have you seen the recent discussion of plagiarism here: [link] and here; [link]

Tiny dragon [link]

I'm in a somewhat different panic, because I really feel like I don't have time left to fix anything.

what would it say if it also has shampoo in it?

Sodium lauryl sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate - those are the two most common detergents in shampoo and conditioner.

sumi,

let me clarify: I think almost all of them have shampoo unless they are "natural" or are dry.

In the Black Hair internet spaces they don't necessarily advocate no shampoo (although many strongly do), they say get rid of the SLS shampoos. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS ) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) - are demonized in the natural hair care communities because they supposedly have negative effects (potentially so) on our health. But these ingredients also tend to mess up curly hair with prolonged use.

Years ago, I made my own conditioner or I would use a natural shampoo/rinse (apple cider vinegar) to help my scalp and hair. That got my hair out of its emergency state.

Sophia,

I'm reading your links now!