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It's for sale on Amazon. But there are also silicon mats available for half that price. I bought one of the latter mats and use it for my cat's food and water bowl. It contains spills (especially water; otherwise water would routinely be splattered all over my kitchen) and prevents bowls being dragged around the floor.

Yes, that happened here too. Technical glitch I guess. Last night's show was great! The lowlight for me was the monologue - such a shame to do a singing monologue with two talented former cast members hosting. I haven't cared much for Tina's two previous monologues when she hosted, but Amy's dream sequence monologue from a few years ago is one of my favorites. I thought when they came out last night in evening gowns they were going to spoof their Golden Globes hosting experience by making jibes at themselves or other former/current cast members.

I know others have speculated that Tyra called her seasons "cycles" to mimic female monthly flows.

Don't forget contestants who were moms at the time they went on their cycle. If I recall correctly, she never gave the ANTM crown to any of them.

"It's so hard being away from my (son/daughter/boyfriend/family), but I'm making this sacrifice to make a better life for my family." How any hamster could say this with a straight face is mind-boggling.

Jessa hasn't posted on her Instagram or Facebook account since Nov 4. A possible sign of the apocalypse?

She says Jessa is 24 - guess she forgets ages. The description makes it sound like a postpartum hemorrhage (defined as >500 mL blood loss in a vaginal birth, or >1000 mL for a C-section). This photo was just posted on the Seewalds' website. Something about it seems....photoshopped.

So, after 22 cycles, our beloved trainwreck of a show is transitioning into menopause.

We already have a thread for this here, but yes, very sad indeed.

Nice story about Glee Project season 2 finalist Ali being reportedly the first actor in a wheelchair on Broadway.

As others have mentioned upthread, Kid Farm is comedy gold. Especially this episode: Note the masterful use of hairspray and the efficient feeding strategies.

How delicious would it be if Josh had chatted up a man posing as a woman on Ashley Madison, and then gone to meet "her" at a lovenest only to discover he'd been double-catfished?

A (pseudo-)self-fulfilling prophecy?

Add some tater tot casserole and I'm in.

Wait wait wait....paying $1K for two separate Ashley Madison accounts held for over two years, plus an OKcupid profile, all of which solicit sex from women, and possibly having the extramarital affairs and/or sexual encounters sought through these profiles, is now reduced to "viewing pornography over the internet"?

Yeah, Josh probably bought Anna some Bic for Her pens to use for notebook doodling. Not for any serious, financial, or official writing.

Let's look at the one silver lining to this from the Duggars' perspective: at least Josh was soliciting women, not men.

Maybe he's just trying to inflate his child count. Weren't Boob and J'Chelle already past 4 kids at his age?

So, now that Michael(a) and Brandon have been married for two whole days - predictions on how quickly Michael(a) will announce a pregnancy? Presuming Michael(a) didn't inherit the same condition that Erin has* which contributed to her miscarriages, I'm going to bet Michael(a) will be pregnant within a few months and announce a pregnancy by Valentine's Day 2016. * I believe Erin's condition is autosomal recessive (meaning she received one mutated gene from Gil, and the other from Kelly). That means that statistically speaking, each of Gil and Kelly's kids has a 25% chance of having 0 copies of the mutated gene, 50% chance of having 1 copy and being normal, and a 25% chance of inheriting 2 mutated copies, like Erin did. To put it another way, let's round off Gil and Kelly's total number of kids to 20, so statistically speaking, 5 will have 0 copies of the mutated gene, 10 will have 1 copy and be normal, and 5 will have 2 mutated copies. I presume that this won't pose a fertility issue to their male children, but if any other female children inherited two mutations like Erin did, they will likely have fertility issues as well.

I've seen plenty of women who progress in labor so rapidly that they don't have time for an epidural even if they wanted one, and it always turns out OK (although they all inevitably scream and cry to varying degrees before the labor team is able to redirect their efforts to pushing out the baby). There are IV pain meds like nubain, local nerve numbers like a pudendal block, and, if all else fails, a local anesthetic like lidocaine if lacerations need to be repaired.

0.3-1% of all pregnancies, according to UptoDate. Abruptions can be partial (what Erin had, in which mom and baby are usually OK presuming baby is delivered quickly) or complete (in which both mom and baby usually die very quickly). According to UptoDate, most abruptions occur before 37 weeks gestation, which may have contributed to why Erin delivered early. I presume Erin could be at risk of this happening again given her clotting disorder and the fact that one placental abruption increases your risk of having another one by 8-12 fold according to UptoDate. But classically the risk factors are smoking, cocaine use, abdominal trauma, premature rupture of membranes, and preeclampsia/eclampsia. I saw a pretty scary case of partial placental abruption a while ago. The mom was early into the 3rd trimester when her waters broke, measures to stop her labor didn't work, and she spontaneously delivered her baby so quickly there was no time for an epidural. She did have some modifiable risk factors though. Baby was immediately carted off to the NICU, and mom suffered a postpartum hemorrhage, but both ended up surviving.

Hilarious but accurate. Tyra sure knows how to pick them.

Yep! I stopped playing after Sims 2 (I think now they're on 4 or 5), but in Sims 2, you could create-a-family with at least 1 adult and then as many kids as the household upper limit (which I think is 8) allows, and you can assign all the kids as the children of the adult sim(s) in the family. The only caveat is at least 1 of the kids must be a teenager. Then move the family into a lot, and have the adult move away using the computer function ("find my own place"). The teen can now be the "adult" of the household, but you still need to use nanny services if the teen needs to leave home (for school/work) while toddlers/kids are at home. If you use game cheats (the tombstone of life and death was my favorite), you can do other scenarios. The tombstone can spawn new babies/children/teens that can be added to the household, or it can be used to make existing household members pregnant or alien pregnant (even teens - though I think you might need the inteeminator cheat for that). Or you could do something creative like have the 2 parents in one household, constantly making babies, and then have them visit their kids' lot bringing along the new kids, and use the tombstone to "add to family->[new kid's name]." Sort of like the actually Duggar setup, where kids essentially get handed off to their teenaged caretakers after J'chelle weans them.

Many years ago, when I had free time, I was playing the Sims and paired up two J-named parents who both wanted tons of kids. Through "God's plan" (aka doing "try for baby" as soon as J-mom gestated her latest blessing), the J-parents welcomed 10 kids within a span of a few dozen Sim-days. Just to be creative with naming, all children were named starting with "Ja-." I revisited my game recently to find: (from oldest to youngest:) Jayden (female; graduated from Sim University, married, and had only two kids. Mostly focused on her career.) Jacob (male; also graduated from Sim U. In a rather unconventional lifestyle choice, he became pregnant with twins through a game hack while his wife became the family breadwinner) Jamie (male; turned blue from frostbite as a child due to lack of proper insulation and heating in the J-home. Currently toiling away at Sim U. I hate that expansion pack - it's so tedious) Janet (female; also toiling away at Sim U) Jared (male; so desperate to escape the J-prison he moved in with his teenaged girlfriend across town) Jacqueline (female; once she became a teen, she also needed to escape the J-compound, and she moved in with her sane older sister Jayden) Jasmine (female; she hooked up with the maid and moved to college with her) Jamelia (female; still a kid stuck in the J-home) Jack (male; toddler still at home) Jardenia (female, baby; still at home) Unlike their J-pseudonamesakes, the J-parents here are anxious to have their kids move out as soon as they become teens. That way there is room for more J-babies in their 3-bedroom home (1 parental bedroom, 1 nursery, and 1 communal sleeping space for the others). Unlike in the real world, there is a maximum to how many Sims can live in a single lot at once, and if a Sim family is over the limit, no new little blessings can be made. For future J'babies, I was considering such lovely names as: - Jaeger - Jarvis - Jarmaine - Jacinta - Jael - Janiyah - Jaslene

I've pretty much stopped watching. The Black Moon arc has been incredibly slow-paced and frustrating to try to get through. I agree - it grates that the four inner senshi are basically one character with four different heads who share a handful of lines each episode and are denied any real characterization or individualization. Chibiusa is slightly less grating in Crystal than in the anime, but Usagi is a much less sympathetic character (and since it feels like 80-90% of each episode is focused on her, it just makes the show unbearable). I might tune back in if they decide to do Sailor Moon S/Infinity arc. If the show is still running at that point. Any idea whether new episodes after the Black Moon arc are being commissioned?