OMG! I never thought there were so many of us out there! I thought I was alone with this bug. It started two years ago on a trip to Florida. I picked up seeds off a small palm at a factory outlet. Came home to my zone 5a and germinated the seeds. They all germinated and I became the father of 30 beautiful Washingtonia Filifera. I guess I must have caught the disease when I picked up the seeds. Well ever since then, It's been all downhill for me. Needless to say that this year's trip to Universal and Disney was nothing short of a carnage. I came home with 4 ziplock sandwich bags full of seeds. If your looking for a cure, don't go there, I tried to look away, to walk past the seed pods dangling in my face. They were all over; up down, right ,left. Dodging one seed made me trip on two. I was outnumbered. I so understand you, my fellow seed snatchers, when you talk about the looks, the stares, the comments and wise remarks we occasionally get. Well to all these people passing comments and judgment I say: Oh for God's sake. Get a life! It used to bother me but now I've accepted myself. I am SeedLova and I'm a seed snatcher please accept me in spite of what I am. If I never find a cure, then the world will only be a greener place. To all you fellow seed snatchers, I now officially join your ranks. PS. No joke, Univeral and Disney is like a candy store for a seen snatcher!

Thanks for the link; I'll check it out later. How are the free e-journals progressing? Are the editorial standards as vigorous as for the top-flight print journals? Springer also offers a sort of "best of..." service, in my case I chose Crop Science, articles garnered from an array of their journals. Unfortunately, the notification is monthly and fewer than a dozen articles are posted to me with each email. I had better response from BioMedNet and other similar sites. At one point I received email notifications of a half dozen journals from Springer and could access abstracts. Too often abstracts were not available so I could only access the first line or two of the papers at best. Not very useful or enlightening.

I've always known Kelly is a nut job. Do you think she's on drugs, too??? She wants so badly to be one of the girls but she's not and she never will be. Why does a person keep on and on and on trying to get included when it's obvious you are not wanted? Like Danielle on RHWNJ? They both have severe mental issues. They are downright spooky. Don't even get me started on Luann... oh please don't. Oh that creepy, slimy date of hers.... please do not subject us to Luann's love life. Barf! Jill, I don't know. She seems to be busy with other things besides the show and then her DH had cancer... maybe that's the reason. I've liked Alex this year but would somebody please feed that girl a Twinkie? Chicken and dumplings would do her a world of good. LOL Ramona has actually been sane this year. Way to go Ramona! And you know how to throw one heck of a party! Love Bethenny as always. She's just been so fragile this season. Oh well, it's only a tv show, right? LOL

Howdy Do Ms Calamity! I;m Susan Jean/susiesunshine Remember: Seeeeeeept 26th 18 years!!! (: : ) WELL GIRl...... THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF S T U F F !!!! TO HANDLE !!!!! I I feeeeeeeeeel your pain!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I read your post from back a ways/... I read your post today... and listen if A N Y O N E can do this Y O U * * ** can... together with your friends!!! and with GOD and with the Program !!! remember... H A L T...... STOP>........ Halt ... don't get to Hungry, Angry, Lonley, or Tired !!!!. I toooooo am a friend of Bill Wilson's... and I tooooo have to take it ONE DAY AT A TIME>>> and Nobody said.. it was going to be easy.. I read the post... It was just like you were reading my mail... it happened to me several time.... my hubby is a truck driver. (35 years .. we lived on 120 acres... we have had to move several times... Then his job ended after being there 17 YEARS... and at 51 had to start over...and Move again and I have had to leave my treasures.. and I mean I AM A JUNKIE but by that I mean I do curbside shopping and I remake = remodel - re-purpose everything !!!! It truly hurts.... H U R T S ... deep to leave your home and your personal treasures... BUT YOUR GREATEST TREASURE IS * * Y O U *** and being clean !!! and I know.... God will give you the Grace to get thru this !!! again and probably even another time.... tooo!! (sorry I said that!)eek!!! Keep your chin up.... Halt !!!!! Take it one day at a time!!! Talk to Friends.... and Remember.... this is a Journey!!! YOU CAN DO IT !!!! Thanks for sharing Ms Calamity ! You have helped me on my journey.... I am now stuck in drug city... crime city.... on a little city lot... away from the country and my friends and family.... But I've been getting new stuff.. and getting New Friends.... and GOD never left me... and Now I have this Garden Web and now I just got a new Grand baby !!! GEEEE WHIZZZZ I am from Texas and I am stuck in the frozen cold, icy tundra .. Illinois helppppppppp !!! but I am just stubborn enough and determined enough to say.. I AM GOING TO SCREAM>>> YELL >>>> KICK MY FEET AND C R Y !!! But ....... I AM GOING TO DO IT !!!!! I AM GOING TO MAKE IT !!!! Take care, God Bless You and Your Family Your new Friend.. I'm sure... susiesunshine