Dr. Peter Breggin's article, Psychiatry Makes War on "Bipolar Children," is well worth reading.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 3:19 PM on June 10, 2008

Congratulations! But a word of caution--coming out is not over. I'm a 62-year-old dyke and still have to come out to the people I meet.

Understanding the turmoil your parents are going through might be made easier by your reading "On Death and Dying," by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Finding out that (another) child of theirs is gay had to be a shock. In a way, you died--you whose life they had envisioned as being... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:59 AM on April 14, 2008

AskMeFi (can't figure how to link) Lovers: My best friend and I are sake (rice wine) lovers. Not lovers, because he's a guy. And ugly. But he's a great guy and I'd like to buy him some top quality traditional sake and a set of cups and bottle. December 6, 2007 2:40 AM

As with the comment above that this thread is about, I'm bothered by the unnecessary "cute" remark about the relationship. To me, it screams, "I'm not gay!... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:09 AM on December 6, 2007

Definitely call ahead for appointments. Blood centers often are minimally staffed on such semi-holidays. (Can't join in: I gave on Veteran's Day.)
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 8:13 AM on November 21, 2007

"Weird"? I call it plagiarism.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:03 AM on September 6, 2007

My suggestion: read the posts, skip the comments--except on AskMeFi.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:53 AM on September 2, 2007

That's fine with me!
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:30 AM on September 2, 2007

Why not just flag with the drop-down menu that's already there?
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 12:01 PM on August 31, 2007

Derail: I'm tickled at how many people changed the question to "Can this marriage be salvaged?" Apparently they aren't readers of "Can this marriage be saved?" a longtime Good Housekeeping magazine staple.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 4:20 PM on March 30, 2007

Congratulations! This makes me wish for a time machine, so I could be a gay teenager in 2005! (It wasn't much fun 40+ years ago). Kids today seem so much more accepting of difference.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 10:58 AM on October 8, 2005

I found the original question perplexing. The language employed is that of decades ago (ladies, time of the month). I was immediately irritated. Also, the questioner doesn't indicate his or her sex, nor why he or she is asking the question (personal advice, coping with someone else, to pass the time). AskMetafilter questions ought to include why the questioner wants to know.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 8:34 AM on February 13, 2005

I find the phrase "that time of the month" either condescending or coy, depending on who says it and why. (It is better than "the curse" or "my little friend," both of which make me shudder. Euphemisms are not my cup of Starbucks.) Also, my impression is that most women these days greatly dislike being addressed as "ladies."

So, I began menstruating in 1955 at the age of 9 years and 10 months, several years... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:57 AM on February 14, 2005

I'm clicking the Suicide Girls ad off, since multiple piercings and tattoos turn me off. Far more irritating to me are posts (aka FPPs) which are broken into multiple paragraphs, so they sprawl all over my screen.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:55 AM on February 2, 2005

I'd appreciate it if my name would stop being bandied about on MetaTalk.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:13 AM on February 24, 2002

FreezBoy: We're already choking on MetaChat--we don't need MetaCrap.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:44 AM on February 8, 2002

The press release linked to by eckeric translated the Guardian's whimsy for me.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 4:32 AM on January 31, 2002

Now that things are calmer, I have a request of the men here: Please, don't put girls (and women) down as a way of insulting your fellow males.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:13 AM on January 30, 2002

David Dark: I'm not interested in debating the relative offensiveness of those comments. I just wish men wouldn't insult girls and women, when sniping at others of the male sex.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:25 PM on January 30, 2002

y2karl: I fear you've been Ambrosed!
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:21 AM on January 30, 2002

I am quite troubled by the amount of bashing that's been taking place lately on MeFi, no matter whether it is political or religious or cultural in nature.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:26 AM on January 29, 2002

What's with all the volunteered self-deprecation lately on MetaTalk?
With apologies to Ralph H. Chaplin:

Up from your knees, ye cringing MeFites!
What have ye gained by whines and tears?
...Over the hills the sun is rising
Out of the gloom the light appears.

posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:38 AM on January 23, 2002

No weblog in my name, but according to crewgrrl it dominates a movie (which I've not seen)."In the garage. In the garage. IN THE GAR-AHHHH-HAAA-GE!" --Scott, "Poltergeist III" This movie would make a great drinking game, they repeat everything 650 times. If you drank everytime someone said "Carol Anne," you'd be wasted in about 20 minutes. Oh, my goodness.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:20 AM on January 23, 2002

Time for jonmc to set up a weblog? Eighteen comments on his B&J FPP!
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:16 AM on January 21, 2002

My preference is for the basics: 100% pre-shrunk cotton; MeFi blue; logo on front (above where a pocket would be, but no pocket); plain blue back.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:18 AM on January 20, 2002

An occasional post that also appears at Fark is fine with me, but--please!--no more MetaFark!
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 4:32 AM on January 19, 2002

Bigger isn't necessarily better. Recently, more and more front page posts are (to my mind) Fark material, not worthy of community attention at MetaFilter.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:38 AM on January 17, 2002

I like MetaFilter. I dislike Spoon's self-indulgent, self-referential posts.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:05 AM on January 14, 2002

New category: premium pancake!
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 10:10 AM on January 13, 2002

With no link(s) to written material about parenting, it's junk.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:56 AM on January 13, 2002

I'm content to share my name with many others named "Carol Anne."
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:19 AM on January 11, 2002

Dong?
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:18 AM on January 10, 2002

The etymology of "police" seems apropros: "French, from Old French policie, civil organization, from Late Latin polta, from Latin, the State, from Greek polteia, from polts, citizen, from polis, city." The MeFi/MeTa cops are us.

posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:14 AM on January 10, 2002

Paki: Noun. 1. A Pakistani, but also used as a general and particularly offensive term for any person/immigrant from the Indian sub-continent, such as Pakistan, India, Bengal, Sri Lanka etc. Offens. 2. A shop or delicatessen run by asians. Offens. Paki-bashing: Noun. Racially motivated violence against the Asian community.

I know these offensive, slang terms from reading English murder mysteries.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:36 AM on January 9, 2002

With that pancake on its head, our bunny needs supplemental ears.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:10 AM on January 3, 2002

I lurk at Fark.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:34 AM on January 2, 2002

Jonmc, I can't help but direct you to this. Y'know, for fun.
posted by Hima Otsubusu

Hima Otsubusu: A good thing about Fark.com: its NSFW warnings on nude and/or sexually explicit photos. Wish you had done that (or e-mailed Jonmc.)
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:19 AM on January 2, 2002

"Anglosphere: The Future of the English Speaking People Beyond the Internet Era...despite repeated predictions of the demise of America & other English-speaking nations as the world's predominant culture, James C. Bennett [President and Director of Internet Transactions Transnational, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia] believes that the gap between these nations & others will only widen in the coming decades. The term 'anglosphere' describes a loose coalition of nations based on a common... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 2:45 PM on December 31, 2001

"A guide to the dot.commies and dot.reactionaries on the web," by David Turim of the Chicago Tribune. I particularly like his comments on my fellow red-diaper baby (never my political 'comrade'!): "...frontpage.com, edited by David Horowitz, whose personal political evolution has taken him from one extreme to the other, seemingly without ever having strayed into the vast middle. Thankfully, not everything on frontpage.com conveys the same degree of vehemence as... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:36 AM on January 1, 2002

UPI must be fairly desperate for material. UPI isn't what it used to be.

Unification Press International?: "UPI, a 93-year-old agency, has been a financially troubled operation for the better part of the past three decades, with multiple ownership changes during the past 18 years...When the sale to [Rev. Sun Myung] Moon was announced [in 2000], veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas, UPI's most revered and honored employee, handed in her... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 1:30 PM on January 1, 2002

"And God created Women, giving her three breasts to succor her young...

Read on, all ye MetaMales afflicted with mammary envy!
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 8:17 AM on December 31, 2001

MiguelCardoso: Thank you for tipping me off to Carol Ann Duffy! I will go to a bookstore soon in search of poetry by this "...lesbian who was inspired to become a poet after she 'fell madly in love' at the age of 11 with another girl at her convent school." (She and I have much in common, it appears.) While it's a shame that Tony Blair chickened out on naming her poet laureate, the resulting publicity probably has brought her more readers.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 1:10 PM on December 31, 2001

Requests for more thoughtful contributions to MeFi and MeTa are being misinterpreted and/or misrepresented as demands for "political correctness." MetaFilter Guidelines: Follow the golden rule, treat others' opinions with the same respect that you would like to be afforded. Many websites welcome crude, hamfisted, insensitive, insulting, juvenile, mocking, obnoxious, rude, sophomoric, and tasteless posting. Please, not here.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:58 AM on December 31, 2001

Jason Kent's explanation of his nickname: Well, after seeing the episode of Guiness World Records where that woman made her eyes pop out I decided to commemorate her with two really big eyes. ;-)

I think he's just got a really bad case of mammary envy.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 11:39 AM on December 28, 2001

Congratulations, stavrosthewonderchicken!

In my opinion, Jimmy Townsend's observation on marriage applies to all committed relationships, which includes contributing to Metafilter.

"Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single."
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 4:37 AM on December 29, 2001

How do you pronounce Jason Kent's MeFi nickname? How about "juvenile"?
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 1:06 PM on December 28, 2001

Looking beyond the usual political labels (right/left, conservative/liberal) can be enlightening, as George Ochenski's latest Missoula Independent column--"The conservative contradictions are stacking up"--shows quite clearly.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:22 AM on December 26, 2001

mel_slud: You joined MetaFilter today, presumably so you could complain about airport security. Neither MeTa nor MeFi are the place for that. Write the president and your representatives in Congress with your complaint.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 6:16 AM on December 26, 2001

Jim Romanesko just linked to the OJR article, with a teaser that reads: Meet the news indies: Metafilter and others. Here come the multitudes!
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 11:08 AM on December 19, 2001

The San Jose Mercury News alerts the Bay Area to "Eve's" eavesdropping.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 5:45 AM on December 18, 2001

When living in Albuquerque long ago, I took a class in dialogue writing. The first assignment: go to the Frontier Restaurant and write down the conversations. Why? To find how scattered and disjointed actual speech is.
posted to MetaTalk by Carol Anne at 7:54 AM on December 18, 2001