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Thanks for the encouragement. I've got three blogs and sometimes no ideas.

Thanks Katiem. I have suffered from these attacks for about forty years I finally saw a therapist today who may be able to help me more than my research and relaxation techniques have. It seems I also suffer from PTSD and she has been treating these conditions and others for over 25 years. I'm very excited to have finally found a person who is truly willing to go the distance with me; someone I felt comfortable sharing my experiences with.

I bought a used car a few years ago, and was able to have them include a 100k mile warranty on the dive train. It was well worth it, had to replace the bearing on all 4 wheals and at $300 each (if it wasn't covered) ill call that a win

That sums up my take on it. There's a certain beauty, but also a feeling that we're being morbid by looking at them. Then back to beauty, when you think of the comfort that these images brought to grieving families.

Excellent. I find them creepy and beautiful st the same time.

This sound like very interesting mix of different tastes. I believe canned pineapple can do the trick too...

I didn't know there are so many different names for basically the same thing... I always called it shepherd's pie. Never tried it with mushrooms. It's good meal for upcoming cold days.

Good to hear that, SeanMac!

Yes, I've heard that. I've heard sugar has some of the same properties. I think the difference here is that it's easier to make a paste with sugar that will stay on the animal. And the betadine will help too.

We used honey dressings for certain kinds of wounds in the Critical Care Unit where I worked. Many bacterias cannot grow in the presence of honey. THey have found perfectly good honey in jars in the pyramids that is thousands of years old .

Brenda, I look forward to reading your article, you have me very curious now. My daughters are both in high school now. I won't go into details, they would kill me but they are both very dynamic young ladies, they deal with many social issues and appearance is still a common issue.

Jo, Oh how true. Funny how you should be reading that now, did you channel it to me? In fact I thought about this topic some weeks ago, it's been in progress since. I look forward to reading the poll and debate results.Great comment very good contribution. Thanks

very well explained. Thanks for this.

Katie, I have been thinking of writing an article along the same line. I have some specific examples to give. I'll write it with a different spin and link to yours. I couldn't click on any of your polls, because none of the questions pertain to what I would have to say.

I had to smile to find this here today, as I've just been reading about the same debates, but over 150 years ago.

I've just finished re-reading Jane Eyre (and got a lot more out of it than I did when I was 15!). One of the most radical things about the eponymous heroine is that she's plain, bordering on ugly. Charlotte Bronte tells us this about a million times in the narrative.

Other people's reactions to her, within the story, often start with how plain she is. In contrast, characters like Blanche Ingram and Rosamond Oliver are so gorgeous, they're like angels or goddesses.

Jane certainly discriminates against them. She tells the reader endlessly about how much she admires them for their beauty, but then dismisses them in the next breath. It's like their beauty is a metaphor for being the wrong kind of person.

In the context of Victorian times, Jane Eyre was downright radical though. No heroine in a novel (or other literary genre) before her had been plain. They all had to be beautiful. Charlotte got a lot of bad reviews solely on the basis that Jane Eyre wasn't good-looking.

That we are still discussing this now (and with very good reason) shows how little human nature changes in 165 years. :)

My alarm is under my pillow for this very reason. <3

And I can soooo emphasize with the direction of sound thing. Have you ever watched the stereo hearing people? A sound comes and they just turn their heads into its direction. It's weird.