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Many years ago, I ran a marathon. It was a mofo.

Aren't those guys called psychopharmacologists?

I discovered these cool little devices at the dispensary. They are little vaporizers that are preloaded with extract. You inhale from one end and stop when the thing buzzes, so you get (sort of) a metered dose. They come with different formulations of cannabinoids that are designed to have different effects. "Bliss" does just that - puts you in beautiful frame of mind where nothing worries you. "Passion" puts you in the mood for sex. It works great for fisting. "Sleep" did make me very sleepy, but, at the same time, kept me awake. And there are other blends for pain relief, focus, etc. I think they would be great to take along when you're going to meet a man at a hotel. You don't have to worry about smoking the place up.

As a client, I wouldn't want to take the time for a meet and greet. And I wouldn't want to waste the escort's time. Years ago, when I was still in the labor market, if I was looking for a job, and a potential employer called to schedule an interview, I would always ask "Will I be meeting with the hiring authority?" If HR just wanted to talk to me for a screening interview, I would try to get them to agree to a telephone interview. If they wouldn't go for the phone interview, I would go in if I thought I really wanted the job. But if it was iffy, I just thanked them for their interest and told them that I didn't have time for an in-person screening interview.

VapiNG is considerably more friendly to the respiratory tract, but it is still irritating.

My partner and some of our friends complain about the same thing- feeling invisible. Im not looking for much attention from younger men, so Im not even aware of whether they pay attention to me or not. I'm more excited by a foxy 50 yo whos into edgy sex.

I like granddaddy purple. It puts me in a very toppish mood that my partner just loves.

They were both in the military during WWII. She was a dental assistant in the Navy and he was a Marine. At the end of the war, they were both stationed at the same naval base. He came into the dental clinic where she was assigned to have his wisdom teeth out, and she assisted the dentist who did the procedure. After that was done, he came back and asked her out. They had a whirlwind wartime courtship, marrying after they had known each other for six weeks.

My Grandma was my buddy. We would watch TV, have long chats in the afternoon and just enjoyed each other. My Grandfather was a grouchy old guy who nobody liked.

Why not? DNA is DNA, whether it comes from epithelial cells in a saliva sample or blood cells in a blood draw.

Correct. With the mitochondrial and y-chromosome analysis they can determine the maternal and paternal haplotypes.

They can make inferences as to ethnicity but a genetic analysis cannot positively reveal ethnicity-at least not yet. 23andme costs 99.00. I'm sure you can spend a lot more than that if you're so inclined.

Yes. To get the mothers line, they analyze mitochondrial DNA. To get the father's line, they analyze the Y chromosome.

They only extrapolate ethnicity from the genetic information. There is no way to say definitely that a person has certain ethnic makeup. Sibs share 50%, more or less. Depending on the way the genes have sorted, it would be reasonable for the mapping to a particular ethnic makeup to be different. It doesn't mean that the analysis is bullshit. It does mean that the marketing of these analyses causes people to expect too much of them. I'm surprised a physician wouldn't have thought all this through.

I had a 23andme analysis done. One small surprise. There is a story in my mother's family of a native American ancestor. I have never fully believed it. And the 23andMe analysis showed my ancestry as being essentially 100 percent northern European, with the distribution being exactly what I would expect from what I know of my family history. A second small surprise showed some sequences, originating from North Africa, that are common among Ashkenazi Jews. Myself and a couple of my sibs have dark hair and olive complexions and there's no good explanation for it, except maybe the milkman. I also found some very useful health information, that I have a single copy of the apo e4 allele, which means my ability to process lipids is impaired. In fact, without a statin, my LDL level is higher than many people's total cholesterol.

I think there is a widespread belief in the full-moon effect among people in the nursing profession. They all swear that the incidence of death and other untoward events is higher during the full moon. On my very first real job, I worked the night shift as an orderly at a VA hospital. On a full moon, the nursing supervisor would always say something like, "Fasten your seat belts, it's a full moon."

Yes, that's been studied of course. I don't remember the numbers, but there is a high rate of concordance in sexual orientation between identical twins who have been raised together. It gets interesting with identical twins who weren't raised together. There still is a high rate of concordance, but not as high as in the twins who were raised together.

It is possible to rehabilitate your attitude toward your work. You can even do that over and over again. I know because I've done it. I get tired of my work, but being tired of my work is a luxury I can't afford, since I'm self-employed and I have clients counting on me. For me, it's a question of getting a little tough with myself and doubling down on my effort to be the best at what I do.

San Francisco

Where am I from now or where did I grow up?

Wow. Interesting. Makes me think of those above ground burial places in New Orleans.

He's ha He's had a long run.

Control.

For me, cremation, no service, lunch for family and friends at a nice place. Plant a tree in the back yard, dump the ashes in the bottom of the hole.

His sag. There are drugs for that