there have also been suggestions that babies conceived through IVF could ultimately face health risks, so good job endangering the health of your potential child to make him/her more convenient to your lifestyle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163580/IVF-babies-health-alert-Test-tube-children-30-cent-likely-defects-warns-watchdog.html
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
eep can you imagine? first ivf, then abortion - this is why they hate our freedoms
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Adoption looks better and better to me as time passes.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
think you're a bit over the age limit ned
― postcards from the (ledge), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
if you adopt at age 17 they'll be out of the house within a year - slam-dunk
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
n/a actually i wouldn't reeeeally take the daily mail as scripture on this issue. or on any issue, actually.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- Brilliant!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
One day I might find a home I can call my own.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 10:45 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah there is definitely debate on the topic but it seems like the uncertainty would be enough to discourage casual usage of IVF (ie for situations other than fertility problems)
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
$200 design objects and young professionals not having babies - I think this thread has been turned inward on ILX.
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
who do i have to fuck to get some IVF treatment around here??
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
“If someone says something like ‘Let’s go walk the High Line and look for people with mullets,’ you think, ‘I’ll have a better chance of having fun with this person doing this activity than the person who just says ‘Let’s go walk the High Line.’ ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/fashion/04date.html
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Often, there are more men than women on dating sites.
The site is free, though to send unlimited messages to potential paramours there is a fee (the best deal is $48 for six months). Upon joining, you are asked to rate a series of date ideas, which helps the site’s algorithm determine your matches. Next, you are shown a list of members and their date suggestions. You can then send a member a message or conduct a search.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Hipster tools for Londoners, not custom, just plain/Shakeresque: http://www.labourandwait.co.uk/
― Vuvuzilla (suzy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
some of those are actually reasonably priced but gaaaaah the whole tone there reminds me of Arabella Weir on Posh Nosh talking about her fucking strainer or whatever and saying "simple but it's lasted almost 200 years - this one was given to me by lady marchmont"
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
LOLTRUE^^^^^ I prefer the Dover Street Market branch, but then, I would.
― Vuvuzilla (suzy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/fish_hard.jpg
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/realestate/04habi.html
CREEPY ALERT
― I DIED, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Mr. Chung settled on a $649,000 condominium on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens
but when it comes to furnishing:
Mr. Chung had about $5,000.
o_O
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Well he certainly saved money by already having the cigar box banjo on hand.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
lonely guy, thinking baout furnishings
― like a ◴ ◷ ◶ (dyao), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
looks like he received his design and furnishing advice from urban outfitters
― sweaty palms, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked the finishing touch
On a metal shelf, tied with lavender satin ribbon, sits a large gift-wrapped box that contained a Hermès umbrella she gave him for his birthday.
― like a ◴ ◷ ◶ (dyao), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
As any fule no if you want a quality Axe you go to Granfors Bruks
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/business/economy/07generation.html
The daily routine seldom varied. Mr. Nicholson, 24, a graduate of Colgate University, winner of a dean’s award for academic excellence, spent his mornings searching corporate Web sites for suitable job openings. When he found one, he mailed off a résumé and cover letter — four or five a week, week after week.Over the last five months, only one job materialized. After several interviews, the Hanover Insurance Group in nearby Worcester offered to hire him as an associate claims adjuster, at $40,000 a year. But even before the formal offer, Mr. Nicholson had decided not to take the job.
Over the last five months, only one job materialized. After several interviews, the Hanover Insurance Group in nearby Worcester offered to hire him as an associate claims adjuster, at $40,000 a year. But even before the formal offer, Mr. Nicholson had decided not to take the job.
Rather than waste early years in dead-end work, he reasoned, he would hold out for a corporate position that would draw on his college training and put him, as he sees it, on the bottom rungs of a career ladder.
― s.clover, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Last para should be quoted too.
― s.clover, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
So, the axes.... this is a slightly altered version of the TGI Fridays aesthetic, right?
― elan, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh! and that guy pays $2000/month rent!
xxpost
f that guy
“Going it alone,” “earning enough to be self-supporting” — these are awkward concepts for Scott Nicholson and his friends. Of the 20 college classmates with whom he keeps up, 12 are working, but only half are in jobs they “really like.” Three are entering law school this fall after frustrating experiences in the work force, “and five are looking for work just as I am,” he said.
“I’m sitting with the manager, and he asked me how I had gotten interested in insurance. I mentioned Dave’s job in reinsurance, and the manager’s response was, ‘Oh, that is about 15 steps above the position you are interviewing for,’ ” Scott said, his eyes widening and his voice emotional.
― s.clover, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Spoiled rotten
― elan, Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
tbf he doesn't pay $2000 a month rent, the whole apartment is $2000 a month, and it sounds like his parents put him there partially as a favor to the brother who couldn't find someone to share the lease.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
It was not to be. In early January, a Marine Corps doctor noticed that he had suffered from childhood asthma. He was washed out. “They finally told me I could reapply if I wanted to,” Scott said. “But the sheen was gone.”
I don't understand this para. I mean, I understand why childhood asthma might be a problem, but does "washed out" have a technical meaning here, and why could he reapply if it was a problem?
― caek, Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I think "washed out" just means "flunked out."
― sinister chemical wisdom (Jenny), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
have you guys never seen Starship Troopers or something
― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
"take that walk down washout lane..."
so is he really refusing to reapply for something he's been working towards for four years because of a fit of pique?
― caek, Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
hey, it lost its sheen
― richie aprile (rockapads), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
“My parents are subtly pointing out that beyond room and board, they are also paying other expenses for me, like my cellphone charges and the premiums on a life insurance policy.”
― like a ◴ ◷ ◶ (dyao), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder if it's a data plan, and i wonder if other types of insurance are being taken care of, too.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Thursday, 8 July 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/id/2259817/
late pass for jack shafer
― goole, Thursday, 8 July 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/business/economy/09rich.html?_r=1
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/your-money/10money.html?src=me&ref=business
― scott seward, Saturday, 10 July 2010 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
haha, I was just coming here to post that
My wife handled it better, noting that if we had spent money on a second home, our daughter wouldn’t have been able to go to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this year or on a beach vacation.
― stuff that's what it is (bernard snowy), Saturday, 10 July 2010 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
He has not yet answered his oldest child’s question [about his salary] directly. Why not? “The honest answer is my own fear about my son sharing it with his friends and it creating pain for them or emotional shame for their parents,” he said. “Why is Brent telling my kid that he makes that much? Does Brent’s ego really need to rub it in?”
― stuff that's what it is (bernard snowy), Saturday, 10 July 2010 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Doug Garr, who lives in Manhattan, said that once his son was old enough to understand that the family had two homes, his son suggested giving one to a homeless person. “His logic was sound,” Mr. Garr recalled. “Why should we live in two homes when so many live in none? I had no answer for that one.
Garr's children obviously needed to be shouted at by "no free lemonade" dude:
http://www.suntimes.com/business/savage/2464546,CST-NWS-savage05.savagearticle
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ his logic was sound
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Love the no free lemonade guy because he expects us to sympathize with the idea of shouting at small girls giving away lemonade on the side of the road. Even the most wacked out libertarian will scratch their head at this one.
― Moodles, Saturday, 10 July 2010 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link