I stuck with that for years, and it seemed to be working O.K., though I periodically wondered if the real, forbidden Retin-A would have packed a much more satisfying punch.
All of this fighting makes the Great Lakes region one of the most grim and complicated places on earth, one where well-intentioned outsiders periodically wonder whether, and how, they might step in to halt the violence.
Throughout my decades of timeless struggle, I have periodically wondered how this could happen to me.
We still think of this little girl periodically and wonder if she remembers the lady that dressed her up as a "Gypsy" because we certainly remember her.
Periodically -- and more often lately -- he'll hear from gay listeners who are wondering how much of their personal lives to share at the office.
I spent part of the morning in the cabin, seated atop a cooler, resting my head against a wall, wondering when the Dramamine was going to kick in, and smiling weakly when my shipmates periodically impugned my manhood.
There are a lot of people who are wondering if they can sue someone else, usually for very dumb reasons like the person who wondered if they can sue McDonald's for messing up their order periodically.
But for Weiland's foibles, which periodically derailed Stone Temple Pilots, one wonders how much more the group who could have achieved with their next five albums, which still made the charts and sold in their millions, particularly Purple (1994) and No 4 (1999).
Periodically, they would learn about a prominent woman who turned out to be a Cornellian and wonder why they hadn't know of her through Cornell.
The Kremlin periodically expresses embarrassment over such fawning, but taken with the final disappearance of independent network television, critics wonder whether Mr. Putin and the country are breaking the Soviet mold or simply reverting to it.
