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^^This times a thousand. Because if anyone is going to sit around in their underwear playing videogames, it's going to be *ME*.

I have often thought much the same thing...

This thread has made my world a better place. That is all, carry on.

I'm 41. I've occasionally dated younger men (and older men, though less frequently). Sometimes it's great - as has been mentioned, age is not necessarily equal to maturity/intelligence/et cetera. They can be a lot of fun, and they can be every bit as compatible, personality-wise and in sex-wise, as men in the same age…

Looking good! You're doing great, and all your hard work is paying off already. Awesome.

I know it's way out of your comfort zone, but I'm glad you posted this; you've had a rough time of it lately, and today has been the worst of it. And I'm thrilled to see so many people offering their support and encouragement. I know you need it right now.

It's tough but soooooooo worth it. I quit cold turkey about eight-ish? years ago. It was HARD. The first few days were OK, but at about a week, the withdrawal kicked in. What kept me going is how hard that first really bad day was. Because each subsequent bad day was not as bad as the previous bad day. It got easier and…

<raises hand> OOOH, ME! ME! I'm incredibly hesitant to share this much personal stuff, but here goes. Yah. I tried to keep it all to myself until I got caught. My parents *try* to be supportive but often fail. One's an enabler, but will often try to guilt or belittle: "are you still doing your little food thing?" with a…

I gave up caffeine entirely about six or so years ago. The withdrawals only last a few weeks, at least for me. Since aspirin doesn't work for you, have you tried ibuprofen or acetaminophen? You'll start sleeping better soon enough, too. Fewer energy spikes, as well. Most energy drinks have massive caffeine, too, so read…

Well, I think I just found a new favorite. Anybody who loves to curse as much as I do *must* make great recipes, right? Some of these [expletive deleted] recipes look [expletive deleted] delicious, too.

I started OCM a few months before my 40th birthday - it took me a few tries to get the balance right (super-oily skin so I had to increase the castor oil percentage), but I've been doing it ever since and I have the best skin of my life at age 41. No more breakouts (and, as I mentioned earlier, I had constant, oozing,…

Yep, and they're mostly the fine, oily heads like us! I will sometimes try one of the more exotic ones that Vitacost carries, but VO5 is the cheapest by far of the no 'cone conditioners out there, and I always revert back. Plus it's usually 89 cents, or, at most $1.09.

My hair is so fine and thin, when I put it in a ponytail, it's only slightly larger around than a pencil. I do CO - but any (even the expensive ones like Wen) that have any silicones in them (or the mid-range ones that have waxes), will damage fine, thin hair over time. Even with shampoo. For most people, the trick is to…

I'm a no-poo. I have female balding and had a super-oily scalp. I've been doing CO for almost two years, and no longer have oily hair/scalp. My ends don't split, my hair grows better, it's super soft and shiny, and I've had a *tiny* bit of regrowth despite coming from a long line of slowly balding women. Still super fine…

OMG poutine! To die for! You cannot get that *anywhere* around here, though whether that's good or bad is up for debate... but you can get deep-fried cheese curds a few places.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Home-made or store-bought peanut butter cookies. Nutter Butter cookies. Peanut butter cup ice cream. Snyder's Peanut Butter Pretzels. Peanut Butter Snickers. Peanut butter and pineapple ring sandwiches on whole wheat toast. Crunchy peanut butter. Creamy peanut butter. Peanut butter. To a lesser…

Ugh. I used to have this problem in the summertime, from the hot. Or sometimes they'd just last for a week or two. It was miserable. Now that I rarely get them, hot is *still* my worst trigger, no matter how much water I drink to try to stave it off.

PAX East?! I'm so insanely jealous...

This. Is. Awesome.

I used to get migraines every few weeks, and, yes, any kind of exercise made it even worse. For the last six or seven years, I only get them a few times a year, and not when I exercise unless I let myself get too hot. I will also still get them when it gets really hot outside or if I'm in the sun for too long (during that…

I'm 41 and do all my workouts at home (and laps in the back yard!). I just started, so I have a long way to go, but I'm sick of being jiggly and fat. Learning how to cook and eat, as well as get in shape (well, a less round shape, at least). Feel free to add me, the more we all have friends to support and to support us,…

Re the 'geek' vs. 'nerd' labels, many random, rambling, daytime or drunken nighttime (hey, we were all in our twenties once), goofy, and philosophical debates have led me to this conclusion: Geek: collection based Nerd: knowledge based We all love Dr. Who (Tom Baker, FTW, even if that does show my age) and Star Wars and…

^^ This x infinity.

Ooooh, foreign movies. Another favorite thing. I live in the middle of nowhere these days, so no good art-house theater nearby (I can drive to the nicer ones in Sac or SF, but that's a sucky drive), but I do try to get my fix from netflix as best I can.

Skyrim also has some fun DLCs with it. Dawnguard was OK, but added some interesting game concepts. Hearthfire seemed like little more than a novelty, but even with nearly 700 hours logged (because I'm an idiot, and have both the Steam and 360 versions of this and a few other favorite games), I still spend a stupid amount…

[/quote] "Now if only games weren't so flingin-flangin expensive!" [/quote] Have you tried GameFly or one of those? I did GameFly for almost a decade, it's about half the price of a new game for the two-game plan, and you can keep them for months or drop them back in the mail after a hour. Sometimes I would go through four…

I am a *huge* bookworm when it comes to science fiction and fantasy literature - preferably hard science fiction and dark fantasy. I am always looking for new favorite authors, if you have any suggestions. My 'unemployed' reading rate is about two books per day, so right now I'm burning through them like crazy on the days…

Come on, no LEGO Star Wars? I freely admit to having played most of the LEGO Whatever games. Silly fun. And I'm an ancient gamer who started gaming heavily on the Commodore 64, so you know I'm super picky with my games...

This is the first Steam Sale that *didn't* hurt my wallet. But only because I already have everything I wanted that went on sale this time. I find myself slightly disappointed, somehow, that I didn't have the normal, "I spent HOW much?!" problem.

Haha, I didn't do a spreadsheet (and am not quite ready to admit how many things I do spreadsheets for), but I did put a target weight at the first of each month in my calendar to plan things out properly...