Well-written erotica, perhaps with illustrations.

What Do You Do With Your PM Box? I delete all PM's as soon as I read them.

We also make macaroni and cheese without boiling the noodles. It has a different less creamy texture but the short cut is worth it and my kids say that the taste is as good as the old fashioned way (making white sauce on stove, adding cheese, cooking and draining noodles, mixing together and baking). 12-16 oz plain uncooked macaroni noodles 12-16 oz shredded sharp cheddar cheese about 1/3 - 1/2 stick of butter enough milk to cover salt and pepper Spray Pam in Corning Ware casserole dish. Cover and bake for about an hour at 350 or 375 degrees. Stir once or twice. You can experiment with getting a creamier texture probably by putting little sour cream in toward end of baking time or by mixing up with combination of undiluted cheddar cheese soup and real grated cheese. This is something to fall back on those days you're short on prep time. Counteract the carb overload by serving with a garden salad.

I've been making lasagne with uncooked regular (not no-boil) lasagne for years. Yes, it should be fine to refrigerate a day or two prior to baking. Here's the recipe I use: 8 oz. lasagne noodles (usually 10 noodles) separated into 3 equal groups 1 lb ground beef (or 1/2 lb ground beef, 1/2 lb Italian sausage or ground turkey) Sauce Mixture: 26-32 oz. jar or can of prepared spaghetti or pasta sauce or make your own about 1 1/2 - 2 c. water to add to spaghetti sauce Cheese Mixture: 12-16 oz shredded mozzarella 15 oz whole milk ricotta 1/2 c grated Parmesan or Romano 2 eggs, whisked with fork a little fresh parsley or dried parsley some salt and pepper Brown and drain the meat. Add spaghetti sauce and water. Let simmer about 5 minutes. Mix together the items for cheese mixture in a big bowl. Divide into 2 equal parts. In a 13x9x2 pan, build layers as follows: 1 c. sauce spread across bottom of pan 1/3 of the noodles 1 1/2 c. sauce 1/2 of the cheese 1/3 of the noodles laid in opposite direction 1 1/2 c. sauce the other 1/2 of the cheese the last 1/3 of the noodles pour rest of sauce over top of noodles Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour. Remove foil and bake another ten minutes. Let sit about 15 minutes before serving.

Our experience here parallels that of you and your husband, Jenny. We celebrate 30 years of togetherness next May. We were so sure that we were right for each other that we moved in together about a month after meeting for first time. It helped that both of us had the life experience that enabled us to not confuse lust with overall compatibility. Nor do I feel that our union is tainted, regretful, or any less special for having lived together prior to marriage. In fact, when I think about our ultimate deaths, I sometimes wish we could go together.

I agree wholeheartedly! Sexual compatibility is far too important in a relationship to take a gamble on. There is no substitute for living with someone to get to know them. You have the opportunity to see them without their party manners. Of course, living together is something I would recommend only if both parties' goal is a long term or life term relationship.

Personally I find the strong emphasis on virginity to be objectifying to young adults, regardless of gender. The pledges typically are performed in a group setting and, thus, are public in nature, especially when advertised by wearing of certain symbols. It reduces the pledgers' sexuality to perishable commodity. But unlike rotten produce, the young person who falls short of the pledge can reverse the expiration date of their commodity, regaining "purity" through more rituals.

Dr. Lonnie Barbach's "For Yourself" and "For Each Other." Obviously the first title instructs woman how to be responsible for her own pleasure and second title extends play to include partner.

Beverage made from crushed peppermint leaves. Technically I suppose that would be an infusion, not tea. But Celestial Seasonings calls it peppermint tea. Plain, no sweetener or milk/cream.

I do not make New Year's resolutions.

Brutal honesty time: Is this weird? It is not weird that she maintains a collection of treasured stuffed animals, but I would expect her interest to wane soon. Yes, the rationalist in me definitely finds it weird to purchase new Christmas gifts so that an inanimate object will not be excluded from the celebration. But it is a harmless oddity so I certainly would not have any concerns. And I'd diplomatically tell relative to mind her own business.

We use Rhapsody but it is not Ipod-compatible.

I made same mistake.

Grrr. I agree with your sentiments about people who brag about being busy as if it were a status symbol. I make it a point to avoid those people. Everyone has 24 hours in their day; they use the time presumably by doing what they deem most critical.

I don't send Christmas cards. I maintain at least occasional contact with the people that I wish to have in my life. I've always been perplexed when I receive a card from relative or acquaintance that I hear from only once a year at Christmas, especially if it is nothing more than a signed preprinted card with no personal note. Here the cards are tossed into trash after opening and reading. Sometimes we don't even open them before they hit the can.

We celebrate christmas as a family holiday. We are not at all religious or spiritual. Commerce mostly comes to a halt, and offices are closed. It is convenient to take one's holiday at such a time.

Most of the cooks I know do indeed invent many of their own recipes. I do not measure ingredients in the dishes I develop myself. However, if someone asks for the recipe, I will either estimate the amounts when writing out the recipe or simply make the dish again, taking exact measurements of ingredients.

I would request that the phone company change my number free of charge. We did this very thing when we had a similar problem years ago. Our old phone number was just a digit's difference from that of a popular business.

My kids are older now, but I sure can share your frustration about the washing machine. One of our teenagers had been repeatedly warned to not overload the washing machine. We had just replaced our 20 year old machine. Two weeks later, he stripped the gears on the new machine by overloading it with towels. The wet towels weighed in at about 100 pounds.

It's more of an addiction to sweet, cuddly infants than it is bravery.

No, it is not fundamentally immoral when used responsibly. No more immoral than responsible use of alcohol or tobacco or prescription amphetamines, barbiturates, tranquilizers, or sedatives. And probably less addictive and damaging. Our marijuana laws are terribly unjust and hypocritical when compared to alcohol and tobacco laws. Former president Carter recognized this and recommended decriminalizing marijuana. Our irrational drug laws are part of the reason why we have 25% of world's prison population but only 5% of world's population. Actually, I'd prefer that drugs be legalized in general and go the way of eighteenth amendment. Continue to fund programs that *honestly* educate the public about consequences of drug use. Offer addiction rehab services to users who are genuinely interested. Otherwise, leave users be as long as they are using peacefully in privacy of their own homes. I'm not much on saving people from themselves. I could possibly have benefitted from marijuana during pregnancy when I suffered from severe dehydrating hyperemesis gravidarum for 13 - 16 weeks. As it is now, I would not seek out medical pot since it is illegal. I would not want to risk the consequences.

Well, the 21 age requirement makes sense because that probably is legal drinking age in most states. And the beer companies reasonably assume that the rebate user will purchase their beer.

Why would a beer company give a shopper a rebate without requiring purchase of their product? How can that be a sound business practice?

My husband refuses to move northward specifically because he unequivocally states that he is finished forever with shoveling snow.

Amusing yet pathetic, isn't it? A low star rating is the last WTM refuge for small mean-spirited souls to dabble in anonymous nastiness. The star raters are known only to the admins/mods.