Great point, Melanie. The doctors that agreed to IVF for this woman should be prosecuted for medical misconduct, or investigated for violation of ethics for doing this procedure without insisting she be evaluated by a psychiatrist.

As Whoopi says, every day above ground is a good day. Don’t let a day pass by without acknowledging it - CELEBRATE EVERY DAY! You’ve earned it, girl!

I beg to differ, Sam. I found myself unemployed in 2006 and found my way back to a career on my terms following these four points. Here is how I did it: 1) Move while others are distracted. I work in a pretty narrow vertical in internet applications, so while others in my industry were distracted by the layoffs and determining what to do, I went to Vista Print and printed up 500 business cards, flew on my own dime to a convention, and handed them all out. Others walked around trying to network with one person at a time. 2) Announce and own a grand concept. My cards listed me as the premier consultant in a particular kind of data transfer, and I made my point on this with a few key industry experts whom others go to for advice. I became the premier consultant in a matter of weeks, simply by word of mouth. 3) Get rid of things that have outlived their usefulness. I got rid of time-held industry SOPs and argued that there was a better way to do business. And folks paid me to teach it to them. 4) Concentrate on helping your users, clients, or customers succeed. I worked with customers on-on-one, used my industry contacts to help them get a leg up in the industry, and was rewarded for being customer-centric. 13 months after I charted my own course with these 4 steps, I became a principal in a small company that is now being purchased by a much bigger entity for 9 times our initial investment. Now, I could have lamented about how I lost my job, and been paralized by that, but if you chart your own course, you end up at the destination you seek, not the one that you stumble upon.

I shun doctors. I go once a year because my husband makes me. But I see a slew of doctors with my son, and I have a great relationship with his team of doctors.

By the way - your interview with my EX Governor on Nightline was the highlight of my week last week!

Yep - if I was paid for a 4 day work week, I’d still work 6, so it doesn’t matter.

He may have jeopardized his future earnings potential as a spokesperson. That’s punishment enough.

Liz, I want to be you when I grow up! Happy Birthday!

Check your facts, Beth. I suggest www.factcheck.org, a non-partisan site that checks what public officials spew. For example: “Santorum may also be right about child abuse and domestic violence. We could find no reliable statistics on either that allow comparisons with 1973, and Santorum’s Senate staff did not respond to several requests from us to say where he is getting his information. As things stand, we consider those claims unverified.” And what about this: “The suicide rate for women has dropped by one-third since Roe was decided. According to the Center for Disease Control, the rate was 6.5 per every 100,000 women in 1973, and had fallen to 4.06 by 2001, the most recent year on record.” “According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program the overall rate of crimes reported to police is actually 2 percent lower now.” “The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey shows that crime rates in 2003 are at the lowest levels recorded since the survey’s inception, which coincidentally was the year Roe was decided.” As far as abuse rates increasing, and your question as to why - I give you two reasons, as someone who has been involved with the foster care system for a decade. One, more people. The population of the US in 1973 was about 210 million, according to the US Census Bureau. Today, it’s just shy of 309 million. Second, the poverty level hasn’t changed. It was about 12.3% in 1973, and it’s about 12.6% now. Third, it’s reported more. There were no mandated reporters until the late 1990’s. HHS statistics show that nearly 60% of all reports are by mandated reporters. But beyond all the stats and statistics, I still have one thing to say about those who fight on either side of the abortion issue. I think you’re all tilting at windmills until you figure out how to give every child that is ALREADY born the life they deserve. How many of you foster or adopt children?

I hope we didn’t all have the same boyfriend, because I married the one that did that! LOL!

Concealer is the greatest thing ever invented. I have hereditary “luggage” under my eyes, and a little concealer goes a long way! I also can’t live without moisturizer. I’ve never layered two though - I’ll have to give that a try!

“Personal reasons” seems to be code these days for something else. Like when your boss says a co-worker “left to pursue other opportunties,” that’s code for fired. If she became an ambassador, that would be an appointment, too.

We should hang out - what a party we’d have because my answer? Xanax.

Don’t think this is the last we’ll see of her. She is a lawyer, after all, and if Cuomo takes the seat, New York will need an Attorney General….

To the hat!! Thanks NP!