God, the whole political situation is just making me want to hide in the woods for the next ten months. Give me books, tea, and chocolate, and I'll be fine while the country goes to hell.

Speaking of which, Genghis Khan outpolls Romney: [link]

I hope Rick Santorum develops a medical condition for which the only treatment is progesterone supplements. And I hope his insurance won't cover it.

This.

Genghis Khan outpolls Romney

And also, this.

Burrell, I'm sorry about the worrisome bully stuff. Parenting is even harder I think when your kid is the bully as when s/he's the one being bullied, because the responsibility for the bullied falls on your child and you. May msbelle's books be of help.

Sorry for the spam, folks. Should be cleared up now. Let me know if it happens again.

Also? I thought Farscape DRDs, too.

I would not mind having a self-driving car. I wouldn't be surprised if you have to agree to waiver into order to turn off the self-driving feature.

I have to admit I haven't been paying a lot of attention to politics lately, but I'm having a hard time seeing Obama losing unless the economy reverses course and nosedives. Unfortunately, I like Obama the candidate a whole lot better than Obama the president.

mood journals have never work for mac for actually expressing feeling of any upsetting situation. He would rather walk across broken glass on his lips than write.

A huge step for us was getting him to identify what is making him angry: teasing?, not getting his way?, being reprimanded?, the whole day? Because for a long time, he couldn't even do that and his mad was just at everything.

Parenting is even harder I think when your kid is the bully as when s/he's the one being bullied, because the responsibility for the bullied falls on your child and you.

I've been in both positions now, and yeah, parent of the bully is hard. Because he doesn't yet see how his actions affect other people and their perceptions of him. I think he just gets overwhelmed by his feelings, but... grabbing people by the neck is just NOT OKAY.

A huge step for us was getting him to identify what is making him angry: teasing?, not getting his way?, being reprimanded?, the whole day?

Yeah, that makes sense. That's something concrete we can work on.

Antibiotics won’t cure sinus infections

The antibiotics that doctors prescribe for sinus infections do not reduce symptoms any better than a placebo.

The antibiotics that doctors prescribe for sinus infections do not reduce symptoms any better than a placebo.

Well, yeah. Most sinus infections are not bacterial, according to the Mayo Clinic website.

Which is why I'm on steroids.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

It's not your *actual* name. Mine would have my *actual* name in it, and everyone would know it was my car. Only people who know one side of you can recognise you from your plate.

Come back to me when your plate is P_____ *_______ (no, the spaces don't match up to anything, at least not on purpose).

Is it CAS/ITA! you want for your plate, ita !? It is, isn't it?

I obviously need a better ship portmanteau name.

Burrell, has he had the experience of a kid telling him that they "do not want to be his friend anymore"? I am not sure mac got how serious the consequences could be until he was kicked out of afterschool programs thus losing playtime with his friends. As it is now, he realizes that because of behavior he cannot play at one friend's house (he never misbehaved there, but the parent heard about a flailing screaming meltdown at school) and we can't really consider vacations.

I obviously need a better ship portmanteau name.

Y'know, while looking for places to stay on vacation, I did see a "Casita Serenada". So maybe it's FATE!