hivemind question on the pill

Is it okay to go off birth control pills in the middle of a pack, or should I wait until the end of the cycle?

Because when the radio has a snippet about deaths due to a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, and my brain goes, "I'd like a cholera outbreak so I could die," I'm thinking it's time to stop the pill.

catalogs

The print catalogs are flooding in at an even greater than usual rate (yes, they found us after we'd moved). They vary so much in their projection of the ideal vision of like, that I found myself pondering:

1. What catalog that you receive shows the life that most resembles your ideal?
2. What catalog that you receive shows the life that most resembles your actual life?
3. What catalog that you receive do you actually order the most from?

My answers:
1. Garnet Hill, or White Flower Farm.
2. Lands End, I think. LL Bean is a bit more my style, but we're not actually that outdoorsy.
3. Probably Lands End, but Hanna Andersson is probably a close second. If their shipping were cheaper or they had free shipping coupons (which I can almost always find for Lands End online) I'd probably order more - their sales are good.