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I love simple things like a plain black ribbon around the next, or I simple silver ring on the pinky. If I want something more elegant I usually go with pearls or rubies (more pink than red, for me).

They're both delicious. I also have to add homemade pumpkin pudding to my list. It's not really a pudding but I don't know what else to call it. I cook up some pumpkin and mash it up, then add spices, raisins and walnuts (and sometimes carob chips!!).

Mild curry with tofu and veggies, served over rice. My comfort drink is coffee, which is probably the worst when you're stressed. But it's what I crave. I also love warm milk or hot chocolate, but I have limited tolerance for lactose so I don't indulge often.

I love the itty bitty bloomers.

More from Lise Charmel: I love the colours!

Found something great with Nathalie Lefebvre. So excited!!!

I've often found that the good and the bad in life are thoroughly intermingled. I believe that trying to avoid the bad will not get you the best outcome a lot of the time. There's a lot of chance involved, and a lot of luck comes from your ability to adapt. So I like the following observations by Casanova and Sartre. My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good. Giacomo Casanova Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. Jean-Paul Sartre I like the next quote because it explains something I never could without sounding bleak and depressing. I have always tried to explain it this way: I can't think about the past without feeling some sense of impending doom. I couldn't put my finger on it for a long time, but I eventually worked out that my sense of continuity between who I was and who I am is not very strong. So the feeling of doom was the feeling that in a few years I would be gone and someone else would be there. It's not as awful as it sounds, and as I said, the next quote puts it much better than I do. All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. Anatole France

I also love this style: It's beautiful and obviously not as structured as some of my other favourites.

I love lingerie by Fauve or Masquerade. Fauve: Masquerade: I wear a specialty size so I really love having these brands that look fabulous and fit properly.

Congratulations Gabriella! Very well deserved! Your contributions are part of what make this board so fun to be a part of, and your ads are phenomenal!

Great job for posting so many wonderful comments. I always enjoy reading your contributions -- you have a very candid and sincere way of writing.

Congratulations Pete, for five years of being awesome. You were one of the first to welcome me to CERB and sent me a very kind message my first week here. You made me realise what a great place CERB can be. Cheers to many more years!

All I really have to add, because I think WiT covered the most important points, is that I thoroughly despise the "sexy" topic of forced prostitution being used to sell papers and generate clicks. The feigned indignation as they howl about trafficked women with invented numbers, well, I just find it trivialises the issue. I understand that this is how the media works with everything, but it adds confusion to a serious problem when officials and the media give in to sensationalism. One case of forced prostitution is too many. Do they really think people won't care if there are "only" a few hundred women trafficked a year? If anything, it gives people a sense that it's something they can fight. Tens of thousands of women - that they can't see and can't seem to help - well that just becomes something you give up on. It would be nice to move past the sounds bites on prostitution so those who need help can get it and those who are not doing harmed or being harmed have to liberty to buy and sell sex services as they will.

Congratulations Short Cake! Great job and well deserved!

Congratulations Nathalie! For your very much deserved ascent into Goddesshood. Nathalie is a wonderful companion and a very special woman. She is very down to earth and calm, with beautiful positive energy. Her recommendations speak for themselves. Nathalie's profile is here.

I've bookmarked this site. It's not actually an article but I found the short anecdotes really interesting. I'm going to put my recommendation behind it, as well. It also has the advantage of being quick reading among the much longer and more in depth articles and blog posts being mentioned.

This is a thread to recommend the most thought-provoking, expressive articles you've read in the past year (or so). Any topic is open, as is any forum from which the article can be pulled (blog, news magazine, etc.). The only restriction is that other CERBites must have access to the article from your post -- so don't forget the link! You can discuss the articles recommended, or recommend your own. Most of us don't have time to read every article, so it would be a great idea to limit it to one article per post, and give a brief synopsis of the article and it's argument, as well as why you found it worth recommending. That way other cerbites can decide which articles really appeal to them. So to start things off, here is my first recommendation: Inside the Political Brain, from The Atlantic Except: "When lots of individuals blow holes in one another's claims and arguments, the reasoning of the group should be better than the reasoning of the individual. But at the same time, the individual -- or the individual in a self-affirming group that does not provide adequate challenges -- is capable of going very wrong, because of motivated reasoning and confirmation bias. Thanks to these flaws, the sole reasoner rarely sees what's wrong with his or her logic." My reason for choosing it: I've always been wary of finding myself in a mutually affirming snuggle-fest. I think it's very easy to get stuck in an intellectual rut, or to miss gaping holes in your own logic. For this reason I really like to challenge ideas, both mine and those of my friends. As you can imagine, this can lead to a world of trouble (I've had many lessons in tact in my life) but I still think it's worthwhile. I think affirmation can be a great thing when it's needed. But I think to get the most out of life (or at least the most out of your own brain) you need to keep you own side of the debate accountable by talking regularly and honestly with those who disagree with you. I'm looking forward to seeing what others will share. Enjoy!

Thank you for posting this, Nathalie. I have been a big fan of that article for over a year, I believe, and have shared it with many of my friends and acquaintances. I'm so glad you have it and thought to post it on CERB. I have a feeling there are quite a few introverts in our community. I think being an introvert can be a wonderful thing, and not something to be fixed. I wouldn't try to change this aspect of myself. I'm glad that people are recognising more and more that it is just a different way of relating to the world. Being introverted has its own strengths and advantages, just as being an extrovert does. Great thread!

Aww, too bad the illusion is shattered. I loved the running joke. I thought Gabriella and RG's CERB marriage was cute! Oh well, much better to avoid misunderstandings.

I had a very enjoyable conversation, today, with a beautiful consort about website design and photo shoots. I can't wait to get started! So much so that I'm staying up FAR too late thinking about it.

Thank you everyone! I was very surprised when I noticed it. I am glad to be part of the wonderful pantheon of CERB gods and goddesses.

I have a right-sided bias for both friendly and intimate embraces, as well as when kissing. Knowing I'm so one-sided on this bothers me a little. I like to think I'm very well-rounded, haha!

It seems like everyone has agreed that thinking and looking is perfectly okay. People often conflate thinking with saying, and then complain that they can think what they want. No one has said we can't think a woman has a great ass (I do it all the time). No one has said we shouldn't look (I do that, too). But you shouldn't confront people with what you're thinking about them. Just as you are allowed to think a stranger is wearing an ugly shirt but you certainly shouldn't walk up and tell them your opinion. The only issue I took with your post was that you said a woman should thank a man who walks up and tells her she has a great ass. It's quite well known that women do not want to hear those comments so telling them to be gracious and say thank you is a pretty unfair. I would never pepper spray or verbally abuse a man who said something like that to me, but I wouldn't thank him either. Men certainly don't ruin my day with their comments about my body. But they do annoy me and they do make me think that they lack sense and grace. The OP asked what women would think and I gave him an honest answer. I think toine gave him some great advice about what would be a better compliment in place of "You have a spectacular ass!" So I think overall the thread has been pretty informative. :) (I thought the story with the Russian co pilot and your wife was cute, but the key for me was that it was unintentional. He didn't thrust his opinion at her, he just unwisely assumed that neither of you would understand Russian. From what you said he was quite chagrined when he realised his error.)