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JessickerFletcher
11/06/09

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In other TV news, has anyone else been plagued by those Idaho Potatoes commercials? I seldom watch daytime TV but I was sick so today was an exception. Anyway, there are these crazy commercials stressing the health benefits of Idaho potatoes ("not just any potatoes!") with this really raspy-voiced lady who pronounces Idaho like "eye-ho" and it drove me nuts (it could also be my cold). She also claims that "exercise and a diet with potatoes" help you to stay trim, which is true in some contexts but it nonetheless made me laugh because I can totally see somebody going to a grocery store, looking at potatoes, and remembering, "oh yeah, potatoes help you lose weight!" #tyrafaketoenails
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MIXED
11/06/09

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Did Mariah think casually wiping her cleavage and smelling it would go unnoticed? #tyrafaketoenails
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Snowbunny
11/06/09

@MIXED: I usually do. I'm just never on film or famous, so it doesn't matter. #tyrafaketoenails
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MIXED
11/06/09

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I worked at a tanning salon in high school (ooooh the stories) and knew a couple girls that came in who had acrylics on their toenails, but never as long and gaudy as that. I'm not sure the reasoning behind it, as I was always too weirded out to ask. #tyrafaketoenails
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1979semifinalist
11/06/09

@MIXED: I will have nightmares for years over those toenail images. Thank you Tyra. Thank you. #tyrafaketoenails
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JessickerFletcher
11/06/09

@1979semifinalist: They look like bear claws! (not the good kind) #tyrafaketoenails
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1979semifinalist
11/06/09

@JessickerFletcher: EXACTLY. That is exactly what I was picturing. #tyrafaketoenails
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morninggloria
11/06/09

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Whoa. That Sandals commercial's version of "I've Had The Time Of My Life" sounds like the Kidz Bop version. Except, sung by adults who should know better. #tyrafaketoenails
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JinxyMcDeath
11/06/09

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Framebang!!!! #tyrafaketoenails
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hovy
11/06/09

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Kirstie Alley on her coke days.

What are days ending in 'y', Alex? #tyrafaketoenails
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Understater
11/06/09

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Is this supposed to be sexy? Chest stubble and exaggerated nipples?

Ugh, really, Tracie?

And yes to the latter part ::hangs head in shame:: #tyrafaketoenails
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GirlFailer
11/06/09

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Can anyone tell me what's going on in the Michelle Obama video? #tyrafaketoenails
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Ruby_de_la_Booby
11/06/09

@GirlFailer: This was during the campaign, and she was in Iowa trying to get some votes (From the HBO documentary "By the People"). I think she is interrupting him/poking fun when he won't commit. #tyrafaketoenails
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GirlFailer
11/06/09

@Ruby_de_la_Booby: Gotcha, I think the sound isn't caught up with the picture for some reason. Thank you! #tyrafaketoenails
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GirlFailer
11/06/09

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This is pretty embarrassing, but I have had an acrylic tip on my toe. My cleats were too tight when I played lacrosse, and after a long game, I lost my big toe-nail. I was super self conscious about it, so I went to the nail salon and those nice ladies fixed me up with a new talon. I'm glad I'm not alone. Thanks Ty-Ty. #tyrafaketoenails
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clevernamehere
08/12/09

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I really get annoyed at how little we talk about male fertility. 40% of the time the problem is the man, 40% of the time its the woman, and 20% of the time its both (or they just have no idea). Male fertility does decline with age even though it doesn't drop off the way it does with women.
Before I was born, my parents spent 6 years trying to conceive. This was just about the time that IVF was invented, but it wasn't being used outside of research labs yet. They were just about ready to cut my mom open so they could root around for a problem when my old Irish granny (who hadn't even graduated high school) mentioned to my mom maybe it could have something to do with the pills my dad took. My mom scoffed, if that were possible, the doctors would have asked! But she asked anyway and found out my dad's high blood pressure medicine caused temporary infertility. No one had ever asked anything about my dad's medical history and his doctor had never mentioned that side effect. My dad went off the pills and I was born less than a year later, despite my mom's advanced maternal age of 36.
I don't think all that much has changed since then. If anyone is having fertility problems, they should get their partner into a fertility specialist.
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Maritsa
08/13/09

@clevernamehere: Good doctors examine both patients. Times have changed, some. My regular GYN had my husband give a sample for a sperm analysis before she even put me on Clomid. He had another complete work-up when we were referred to an infertility clinic, which is standard at clinics.
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TRexstasy
08/12/09

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A survey says the average woman spends 16 months of her life crying
This Jezegay is thinking that for me it's more like two and a half years.
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SomeAuthorGirl
08/12/09

@TRexstasy: Heh. For me (jezegirl) it's more like 4.5 years (1994-1998 and half of 2002). 16 months, my patootie.
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LowClassInk
08/12/09

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That duck isn't the only one! (There's a whole slideshow in the Telegraph.)
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sybann
08/12/09

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You just KNOW the rich ducks are footing the bill for that gimpy lucky ducky.
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wtfox?!
08/12/09

@sybann: I bet he doesn't even work.
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nerdycellist
08/12/09

@sybann: he's probably an ILLEGAL!!!
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Runaddict
08/12/09

@sybann: Nah, I bet he has AFLAC.
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fluxus flucker
08/12/09

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I decided that IVF and fertility drugs were being over used when a family member, who already had one kid, decided to use them. She'd been unable to become pregnant after trying for, wait for it, 3 months. Her Doc let her pump herself full of drugs and now she has triplets (would have been quadruplets, but one died in utero). A bit Gosslin-esque.
As for the actual story. That sucks. I mean, really, really sucks. Those drugs can really mess with one's mind.
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Maritsa
08/12/09

@fluxus flucker: Shitty doctor. Wow. My clinic will only let you do IVF if you've been trying for 12 months and have unexplained IF or have a diagnosis of IF (because of PCOS, etc.).
Dr. David had valid points, though this is one place where I don't see sexism (which is shocking, because I see it everywhere). I do think docs resort to IVF a bit too quickly because the results are so much better (generally speaking) than other methods, like IUI or ZIFT and GIFT (I don't know if those two are even used any more).
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NewsBunny
08/12/09

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I've been keeping an eye on a duck with a leg problem at the park where I ride my bike.
First off, no one would help because he's white, and techically a 'domestic' duck, unlike a mallard, which is wild. And domestic ducks don't belong at the lake.
But Delano the Disabled Duck (I named him after FDR) has been slowly improving. He couldn't walk for a while, so I brought him food. Now he can amble about -- slowly -- and swim. There are always a couple other ducks -- the same ones -- with him. Delano's posse.
All of the ducks are ruled by a giant mallard with a majestic white chest. His name is BaQuack Obama.
Yes, I need more human friends.
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TRexstasy
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: I love you for this.
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pond-side-over
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: Somehow the world seems like an ever-so-slightly better place having read that.
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mfnher
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: You must take pictures of this.
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midwesternmom
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: So you're saying no aid is available for the white, male duck under the current plan? I think the right-wingers will be squawking about this.
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WashingMyHair
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: I love you for this. AND, I want you to name my kids.
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NewsBunny
08/12/09

@WashingMyHair: There wasn't much I could do. The city's expert on duck wildlife (I shit you not, this position exsists) said if I was able to CAPTURE Delano, and take him to a vet, maybe the vet could could help him. Or the vet would put him down.
But Delano has been slowly improving since mid-winter. He's going to be okay, in my non-educated view.
I am also friends with Moe the Mallard. He has a band of white around his neck. He's cool, although I'm afraid he's mentally retarded.
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NewsBunny
08/12/09

@mfnher: Both BaQuack and Delano are on my Facebook page!
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