'Mom says the pills must be working'

We so enjoyed last">[link] nthigs' Crushpad dinner! The Ivy Wild selections were delicious and so were all the wines you had for us to try! For our glass of wine, four of us chose 4 different wines and then chose the syrah for dinner! Excellent! The music was soft and nice for dinner conversations, but the real entertainment was watching Maria and her helicopter service to you and the cherries! That was amazing to watch. We used helicopters for our Christmas tree harvest years ago and the name of the game for that was speed! For cherry tree operations, it is just the opposite! Do hope that worked for you last night! Thank you for a great evening, and we look forward to joining you again for another Crushpad dinner event!

Katie, Wow, you covered a lot of info in this podcast. I loved hearing your listeners voices.I wanted to give you some insight on the Pfaff machines. I have the quilt expression 4.0. I can be quite persnickety about thread and needles. It has problems with free motion quilting; you can’t go too fast and a single hole needle plate is a must (for everything you use a straight stitch for). You can buy a free-motion/darning foot that does help. Regarding the IDT: It is great for piecing but falls short to substitute for a walking foot for quilting. If you look at it you see that it has only a very small area of “teeth” right behind the needle. A walking foot has “teeth” on both sides of the needle. There is not a separate walking foot to add. I just wanted to let you know what I’ve learned by using this machine. Overall it is a good machine.The day that someone makes a sewing machine that has everything I want and nothing I don’t want is the day I’ll spend some real money on a machine.Also, my dealer has been very helpful in solving my issues; tips, tricks, free single hole plate….. I highly recommend going through a reputable dealer.Thanks again for the podcast and I hope you make it back to Denver someday. Thanks for the compliments about our drivers! [link]

I completely agree that my story is not anyone else’s. My experience is not anyone else’s. I also agree that skinny does not, in fact, correlate to fit. There is plenty of evidence that many skinny folk are not healthy (e.g., many smokers are skinny). So can we perhaps change the vector of the discussion a little bit? Can we agree that there are certain things everyone can do to be [fit/healthy] irrespective of their body type? Can we agree that this discussion is not about getting skinny, but about getting [fit/healthy]? Can we agree that it is worthwhile sharing the knowledge that all of us have gained through trial and error and research and put into practice in our own lives with people who may not have taken the time to learn it independently and who may not have thought about putting it into practice in their own lives?And so I propose that we stop talking about weight loss and perhaps start talking about how to make good food choices and what one means when one says “make good food choices.” That we talk about the importance of cardio vascular health that can only come from actually going out and walking or running or biking for a minimum of 30 minutes 3 times a week. That is a discussion worth having and one worth sharing. Can we talk about the fact that we lose 30% of our flexibility in our 30s unless we do something about it (e.g. yoga, pilates, stretching 15 min a day) and that loss of flexibility can lead to injuries that can make it harder and harder to stay [fit/healthy]? [link]

Cathie May 28, 2011 - Sam, I love how certain swear words appear to carry more weight that others.. really no problem with me, I’m an adult (well, by age, I suppose). But, what’s really amusing is that iTunes appears to think you are Howard Stern or something (“explicit”). Anyway, enjoying these as well as the tv show (I’m lucky, I’m local). I’m never going to catch you live unless you change the time, unfortunately, so glad the show is available after. Now, if you can get Donovans to kick in some freebies for poor viewers like me to win.. of course, when they read my comment, they will know I always watch you anyway (happy that my dvr picks up shows on at other-than-usual times), new show or one I’ve seen a dozen times. “Sam dogs” are such a favorite in this house too! [link]

Outstanding work, and I’m glad you hit on this!Good policy and proceedures are the basis for a top-run organization. An attorney once told me “A handshake’s great for aquaintances but put it in writing and we’re friends forever”. His advice and my policy manual has so far saved me a dozen cases in the courtroom, shielded my company from from a sexual harrassment suit, reduced my insurance premiums, and halted countless arguments about how to approach something.Having a good commercial attorney on retainer at all times is also something worth considering.SOP is such an issue for me, I started using blog software (WordPress, similar to this site) to publish my policy manual. I just write the original policies as posts, then write comments to indicate changes. That way I can organize the policies in catagories, keep track of what’s changed over time, and indicate when the policy was changed and why. It also permits me to make the policy available not only my contractors and employees, but my clients as well.Keep up the great work Scott, and thanks for your contributions to the industry. [link]

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I sure wish my parents had decided to give me pills as a kid rather than simply yell at me for bad grades.

Coulda made a huge difference in an academic career, a life.

I always figured calvin kind of weaned from hobbes to the point where he wasnt dependent on him. Possibly to the point of imaginary hobbes non existance. A less sadder version with a somewhat happy ending.
I figure calvin wouldnt get meds. If his parents put up with him so much in the past comics without getting some sleeping pills and therapy in a straightjacket then im sure in todays world they wouldnt reach for adhd.

For some who must decide if their children do or do not need medication, this strip hits painfully close to home.

That has such people in't.

This photoshop is as old as the internet. It was a favorite within the Something Awful forums around 4 or 5 years ago to the point that it stopped illiciting nostalgic sadness and became a way of seeing who hasn't been around very long.

Don't know if it originated from there, but it sure as hell wasn't created by Watterson.

ah for some reason i thought it was a parody strip since i couldn't imagine this actually being published by watterson.

it's calvin and hobbes, written by bill watterson

All the colour went away...

Made me LOL in web-design class.

That fuckin made me cry.

brave new world.

lmao