Heather- thank you for using the word behemoth. It is one of my favorites.

Why does it look more like the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz? Maybe I have been walking through too many poppies, poison poppies.

I know I'm a little late, but I have a new baby, so I'm sure that gives me some excuse.

My most embarrassing moment was kind of like Dooce's. I was in high school, sitting in spanish class and I had a stomach ache. I had this sudden urge to fart. I tried to hold it in, but I finally gave in and tried to let it out silently. It didn't come out silently, but ultra loudly, and made the biggest bronx cheer I've ever heard. Everyone turned and looked at me and I just put my head down on the desk. Then the teacher asked me something in spanish. I was so embarrassed that I didn't pay attention to what she asked, but I know she said the word "burrito" in there.

Oh well.

I hope Leta is feeling better. I didn't get the chicken pox vaccine when I was little. I remember just getting it.

I feel old now.

Love in Christ,
Amber <><

Mrs. Strizzay:
My 10 month old niece is my brother's first child and his wife's second. He doesn't get why my mom and his wife are telling him not to teach her the meaning of "no."
She's at the stage where she says words, but doesn't get the meaning yet, thank god.

cathi ~ Nope I don't live in Maryland and am not 22. The story about the discovery of her clit was actually what my friend emailed me. My experiences with playing with myself were all done in my bedroom at night.

Although I was at the age where I'd still have showers with my sister and my StepBITCH was still bathing us. Or maybe it was just before one of us was having a bath and she called us all in the room to 'talk'. Anyway she says. I know one of you has been playing with herself. I can smell it. Playing with yourself is very wrong. You must never do that its gross and perverted.

Needless to say that messed me up. I mean playing with yourself can be fun and lots of my friends did it and didn't think anything was wrong with it but I felt evil every time I did until I was much much older.

It's legendary in my family that my older brother once had Poison Oak (like poison ivy, but in Oregon) and chicken pox on his nuts at the SAME TIME.

Sucked to be him for a couple weeks. He's lucky he has any nuts left.

chicken pox on his nuts at the SAME TIME....fun time scratching :-)

I agree with getting chicken pox early, I had them when I was 27 Years old! My lovely son passed them on, not fun or pretty, never had them before or any other childhood diseases and in the heat of a Perth Summer! Oh fun days were had with fun times trying not to scratch!!