Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 40 Editor's Choice: 5
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Get even...
[Read the article: Stop the noise!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I used to have a neighbor in an otherwise quiet country neighborhood who had an unnecessarily loud diesel truck and would spin out at the stop sign right by my apartment at 7 in the morning. I got even by waiting until 2 in the morning and going right up to their window and blaring a boat horn and then running off into the dark. They probably never figured out what it was or why, but it gave me some satisfaction knowing that I had disturbed them as they had me. I know, Sick, sick sick.
I'm finding now that I live in the city, I have adjusted somewhat to the constant sound of traffic and ambulances. I'm sure it's still having an effect on my subconscious, but it's easier to handle when the cacauphony is constant rather than silence interspersed with deafening interruptions.
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Have you tried... Have you tried ... Have you tried
[Read the article: My migraines make me feel like driving a pickax through my face!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have a particularly irritable case of IBS and I can't tell you how many times I had people try to give me advice on what I should do to quiet my digestive system. Way too many options to even start. Started to get annoying because everyone has their own take on it and wants to push their own cures on me. Luckily, my doctor gave me a couple of very effective drugs to try after several months of testing and suffering.
I really think these therapy options should be discussed with your medical professional to decide which options are right for you. You can't possibly try them all at once and it could take years to work through to find the right combination of drugs, therapy and alternatives to give you some peace. Meanwhile, everyone is trying to get you to switch to their favored solution. I would recommend thanking them for their suggestions, writing them all down and taking the list to your health professional to discuss. Once you are on a regimen, it's best to tell people who offer new solutions that you appreciate their help, but that you are trying a different path right now and that you will consider their suggestions for the future.
That said, I did see a program about Botox injections being very effective at preventing migranes. ... ;)
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Why here?
[Read the article: What to make of the Edwards fiasco?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why do certain feminists expend so much energy dissecting the personal choices men and women (especially public figures) make in their married lives? The fact is, we know nothing about the personal relationship John and Elizabeth Edwards have outside of the canned political facade portrayed in the media. We have no way of knowing what kind of partnership they currently have, whether they are really still in love, have sex or even sleep in the same bed.
Besides, I hear nothing from Broadsheet about the woman he had the affair with. Was this woman not just as complicit as Edwards? Was she not just as vile? Or did the evil, maninpulative John trick her into sex with a married man? These things happen all the time on both sides of the spectrum; women knowingly sleep with married men and yes, women cheat on their husbands too. Have any of you broadsheet feminists cheated on a mate or slept with someone who was married? It is not a feminist issue and I don't see the upside of bashing men over something like this.
That said, it was really stupid for Edwards to risk it. He knew if he was caught it would be dissected by the media over and over again and it would have doomed his candidacy had he been the nominee. For that reason, it was a bad idea, but to suggest we have any reason to criticize him otherwise (especially from a feminist perspective) is truly
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Here's one for women
[Read the article: Dating don'ts]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't begin a date with a list of things men should not do. Big turn off and makes you look pretty stuck up too. If you expect men to fail your tests (as is apparent by your list of negative expectations), don't be surprised when no one stacks up. Who the Hell would want to try to please such a buzzkill anyway? I prefer to date women who are a little more forgiving and openminded about people and look at their own role in the conversation/relationship as well.