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Laura McCarthy
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MY RECENT COMMENTS

  • “My mother always responded to intrusive questions with, "Why do you ask?&quo…”
    June 14, 2011 05:23PM

  • “I started getting hemiplegic migraines in addition to my "normal" migra…”
    May 18, 2011 02:19PM

  • “Personally, I hope that Elton John decides to donate every single one of Rush Lim…”
    June 07, 2010 03:36PM

  • “If you haven't seen it already, you should check out the Pomegranate Phone, "…”
    May 01, 2010 03:50PM

  • “According to an article I read, one of the reasons he is being tried as an adult…”
    March 30, 2010 12:55PM

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June 14, 2011 05:23PM
“My mother always responded to intrusive questions with, "Why do you ask?" It makes a fair percentage think about the question and how persona…”
About: Are Your Children "Natural?"
May 18, 2011 02:19PM
“I started getting hemiplegic migraines in addition to my "normal" migraines last summer and all I can say is, I'm sorry they're happening to…”
About: Speechless: Stroke(s) at Twenty-Five
June 07, 2010 03:36PM
“Personally, I hope that Elton John decides to donate every single one of Rush Limbaugh's dollars to liberal organizations that Limbaugh detests.”
About: If Elton Hearts Rush, Is There Hope for the Rest of Us?
May 01, 2010 03:50PM
“If you haven't seen it already, you should check out the Pomegranate Phone, "the ultimate all-in-one device."”
About: Swiss Army Phone
March 30, 2010 12:55PM
“According to an article I read, one of the reasons he is being tried as an adult is because he shows no remorse over committing the crime, and in fact…”
About: Twelve year old boy to be tried as an adult in murder case
March 16, 2010 06:14PM
“What makes this recipe especially repulsive to me is the thought of what the ingredients cost. A pound each of scallops, crab meat, and shrimp? This…”
About: Vintage Recipe Card: Creamed Shellfish in Rice Ring
December 14, 2009 05:47PM
“Curse that auto-correction! That should have been poopy, not poppy!”
About: Wife-asaurus Sings the Songbook of Wife-asaurus.
December 14, 2009 05:44PM
“My husband composed the "Poppy Diaper Song" when my son was an infant -- it distracted the baby while changing him. I still intend to transcr…”
About: Wife-asaurus Sings the Songbook of Wife-asaurus.
December 11, 2009 02:22PM
“I'm concerned about the preemie, although "A family spokesman told People magazine that the infant was expected to be fine." Survival rates…”
About: How Much Can A Woman's Body Take?
December 11, 2009 01:22PM
“I'm glad this made it onto the front page now, because somehow I missed it in August. I personally would have gotten angry with the school, decided go…”
About: The Foothold
December 04, 2009 05:18PM
“I took Ambien for a while. It didn't actually help me to fall asleep any faster at night, but once I was asleep I was less likely to wake up and count…”
About: Oh Yeah! Gimme Some Of That Crazy Ambien Sex, Baby!
November 24, 2009 08:24AM
“Salivate.... I can't remember the last time I missed nuts this much. My son has severe allergies to tree nuts and peanuts... Sob!”
About: Recipes for a healthy and happy Thanksgiving
September 28, 2009 09:10PM
“My sister has a policy of not reading multi-part stories until all of the parts are available. I have made fun of her complete lack of ability to dela…”
About: How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Part Two
June 24, 2009 09:24PM
“Mark Bittman's "Overnight Waffles" in How to Cook Everything are definitely worth trying. They're a yeast waffle, and they get incredibly fl…”
About: This is how boring my life's been.
June 18, 2009 08:01PM
“In some weird fluke, instead of "most viewed - past day" my main screen had "highest rated - last month" and I found this moving po…”
About: Suicide's Auditions
June 11, 2009 11:15PM
“Things like this make me proud that my physician-husband is not a member of the AMA. Until I read their literature, I had not realized that the AMA's…”
About: The A.M.A.’s lame statement about the Obama healthcare plan.
June 05, 2009 06:57PM
“MTodd, I don't think teachers think they're the only ones who bring work home, they're just frustrated that other people think they don't. "Wow,…”
About: School's Out! For the teachers!
May 25, 2009 05:39PM
“I am glad that there are palliative care specialists like you. Unfortunately, there are not nearly as many in this specialty as are needed. When I li…”
About: He died. This morning. About 2 am.
May 22, 2009 09:36PM
“I have to say that the best English teacher I ever had was a true stickler for format and readability. This was AP English in high school, and Dr. Smi…”
About: 10 reasons I hate grading your assignment
May 22, 2009 12:15AM
“A few years ago -- perhaps the year of Ruben Studdard or Taylor Hicks? -- people also seemed surprised by the results. Shortly after that, I read an a…”
About: I HATE AMERICAN IDOL
May 17, 2009 05:42PM
“Someone very, very dear to me went through more than a decade of sexual abuse at the hands of hands of her father. It wasn't until years later that sh…”
About: how i sued my childhood perp & lost everything that mattered
April 25, 2009 12:29PM
“I love the cow hat, but I've decided that this other avatar you proposed is much closer to how my hair actually looks in the morning. Thanks for makin…”
About: Freaky Hats Off to Arthur James
April 01, 2009 12:28PM
“Did someone use the emphasize tag and not the italics tag? Second and last try here...”
About: The 28 or 29 Most Annoying Phrases of All Time
April 01, 2009 12:27PM
“I don't really have anything to add here, although I do need to get rid of "to be honest" when I speak -- it makes it sound like everything e…”
About: The 28 or 29 Most Annoying Phrases of All Time
March 25, 2009 06:27PM
“My mother was an ordained minister, and when a crisis struck one of the members of her church, my mom spent a lot of time thinking and preaching about…”
About: Killing Beauty
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