Jetgirly

I'm not bulemic but every time I get stressed out or upset (about work, school, friends, whatever... NOT about body image) I think to myself, "If I could just throw up, everything would feel so much better." I feel like I carry my stress in my stomach and throwing up would get rid of it. I don't ever let myself actually do it because I don't want to start down that path. Is this totally crazy? Or is it normal? If I never actually do throw up is it really a problem?

I am making a red lentil daal. The recipe says to let it simmer for twenty-five minutes, but it doesn't say whether or not to cover it. What do you think I should do?

The grocery store near my house just brought in a line of infused olive oils, and there is one that is a vanilla-infused olive oil. What can this be used for?

In the summer of 2005 I was in Turin and I somehow ended up being invited to the birthday party of a famous policitian (I think he may have been the most-recently-retired president or prime minister). I think the birthday boy's name was Giancarlo, and he was definitely turning 30. It was a "Red Passion"-themed party that was held in a castle outside the city. I'm still kicking myself for not figuring out whose actual birthday it was. Does anyone know of a famous retired politician from Italy who has a son who is now 31? Who is probably named Giancarlo?

What is the plural of "ascertainment"? Do you add an "s" at the end? Do you add nothing? Is it even countable? Can you have two ascertainment(s)? I looked in the Oxford English Dictionary and it wasn't much help.

I want to quote a list that is is bullet point (from a book). I am using APA format. I understand how to reference a book, but when I actually quote the list in the text do I have to keep it in bullet-point list format, or can I simply eliminate the bullets and the line breaks to make a long sentence? The sentence would be gramatically correct if all I did was eliminate the bullets.

I just bought a new cable TV for my apartment in the university residence. When I get it plugged in and set to cable (not air) there are really bad ghosts on most (not all) of the channels. I don't have a car so I can't drag the TV all the way back to the store- what could I do to fix this problem? Would an antenna help get the picture clearer?

I'm 22 years old and staying w/ my parents for the summer, after working for 1 year and before starting a Masters degree in September. This summer I have a very high-paying job (I only need to work 15-20 hrs per week) and do 5-6 hrs of tutoring per week.

My mother constantly nags me! Today there were no clean towels in the linen closet, so I went downstairs and got a clean one from the dryer. I also put the clean towels in the dryer and washed the ones that were sitting on the machine. When my mom got home, she screamed at me for being lazy and not checking in the master bathroom to see any other towels needed washing. This kind of thing happens almost daily- she gets upset with me about a job I didn't even know needed doing, and she constantly, CONSTANTLY nags. I help out in a lot of ways but she never even says "thank you"- instead she nags me repeatedly about not completing jobs she never asked me to do.