May 16, 2006
Just an incubator?
New Federal
guidlines ask health care professionals to treat all women capable of conceiving a baby as "pre-pregnant" from menarche through menopause.
"Among other things, this means all women between first menstrual period and menopause should take folic acid supplements, refrain from smoking, maintain a healthy weight and keep chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes under control."
All women, huh?
I have soooo many problems with this one:
First: We should encourage EVERYONE to be as healthy as possible. Men and women alike. FOR THEIR OWN WELL BEING.
Second: I find this utterly demeaning.
As if the SOLE purpose of my body is to carry around my uterus and anything that ends up growing inside it.
Third, and related: So, basically you're saying that if I choose not to have children or I can't have children, I should be preparing my body to have kids anyway? That's insulting on so many levels I don't have room here to go into it. I can just see some poor soul fighting infertility, finally resigning herself to being unable to bear children, and then being told by some twit doctor that she should take prenatal vites and avoid smoking for the sake of her potential children.....
h/t
ilyka, who also uses a 4-letter word.
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That's just wrong, not to mention creepy to the extreme!
Posted by: Ith at May 16, 2006 05:33 PM (VzEYh)
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Federal guidelines?!?! Ick. Go away Big Brother.
Posted by: Marie at May 17, 2006 06:36 AM (TpiPX)
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Good grief.
Though I guess on the positive side this would mean no woman should ever clean out a cat box, right? Just in case.
I would think that if we really wanted to do something about the low birth survival rates in the US (the stated reason for the guidelines) we might want to look at the statistical groupings with poor infant survival rates and do something to target them for increased health awareness and prenatal care.
Posted by: beth at May 17, 2006 07:12 AM (BuBkx)
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when the government says "should" it is just a step from saying "you will" which means you will have no choice in the matter. Anytime anyone doesn't think so just remember seatbelt laws and helits for kids riding bicyle laws and smoking bans. Be very aware any time the 'guvmit' decides to force you to do something for your own personal protection because I will guarantee you that the primary ageda has nothing to do with you personal protection and has a money goal behind it somewhere.
Posted by: GUYK at May 17, 2006 08:49 AM (iAhlK)
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How did the human race survive before this regulation?
So much for limited government
Posted by: KG at May 17, 2006 09:58 AM (hyH5v)
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::puts arms on hips::
Ha ha! Calm down there, little lady! Just let us do the thinking for you. There, there...
::pats CTG gently on the head::
:-P
Posted by: zonker at May 21, 2006 04:10 PM (VWP8q)
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I just heard Dr. Jim Keating on Handel this morning and he was talking about this. He had a different perspective. The main thing he brought up was this creates a billing number (any one who has ever worked for a consultant knows that billable work is prefeered because you make money on it) so that doctors are encouraged to take the time to help women understand what they need to do to have a healthy baby. Because the fed will pay them back for the time they are more likely to spend more time going over these issues. If they aren't getting paid they will only get a minute or two.
Just an interesting perspective to consider.
Posted by: the Pirate at May 22, 2006 07:05 AM (FvqEB)
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May 09, 2006
Why I will not be seeing United 93
I don't need a movie to remind me how I felt on 9/11.
I don't need to see it on a screen to feel the pain and the horror of that morning again.
I don't need actor portrayals to remember the bravery of the men and women who scrificed themselves to crash a plane into a field in Pennsylvania, rather than allow it to be crashed into the Capitol Dome or the White House.
I don't need their sacrifice shoved in my face for the bargain price of $8.50.
It's in my heart. And I will never forget.
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Ditto here. It's all still very fresh for me.
Posted by: Marie at May 09, 2006 11:15 AM (TpiPX)
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How did you read my mind. For the exact same reasons, I won't see it.
Posted by: Greta at May 09, 2006 11:16 AM (f7y8U)
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Just wait another 30 or 50 years. The then current version of (pick your favorite director) will make his rewrite, to make the movie more acceptable to the future standards, and detracting away from any historical feel or tone we may subscribe to today.
Look at how we do war movies (WW2 or Vietnam) vs movies made 40 and 20 years ago. it's a cycle based on society's mood.
But I won't be seeing the movie either. If it's on TV, I might. But it's not what I'm interested in watching these days.
Posted by: Bill at May 09, 2006 12:29 PM (bpbQx)
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We saw it today. It was very well done. And though I didn't feel I needed a "reminder" at all, I'm glad I went.
Posted by: Richmond at May 09, 2006 12:51 PM (e8QFP)
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I share your sentiments, but I am curious about the movie. Not so much as a reminder, but to somehow, connect more deeply.
I haven't decided, to be honest. I am still very torn on this whole issue.
Posted by: Dana at May 10, 2006 10:18 AM (mY0KN)
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I saw it. I didn't find it particularly depressing. Since several of the real-life air traffic and military people played themselves, it's not completely an actor-portrayal.
Clearly, the intent was to drop you in like a fly on the wall so that you could see how it unfolded pretty much in real time. It was not propagandistic. There was no real attempt to shape the audience's view.
I think it's worth seeing once.
Posted by: WitNit at May 10, 2006 10:25 AM (m7Be4)
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I'm tempted to go just because I want to support people who make movies like this. On the other hand, I'm pregnant and the last thing I need is something else to give me nightmares. It was bad enough when I was pregnant with my son, freaking out about smallpox and anthrax.
Posted by: silvermine at May 10, 2006 03:28 PM (/JA8O)
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Hey CTG and others. I had similar feelings of not wanting to see "U:93", but went to a matinee showing a couple days ago. It's FANTASTIC. It really is. Yeah, it's hard to watch, but a large part of the film takes place away from the actual flight, i.e. control towers, military defense towers, etc of whom all the characters are trying to figure out what is going on.
I realize some think it is too soon, but once you see it, the film will be appreciated for the story it tells.
Posted by: David Drake at May 13, 2006 03:49 PM (9VnTI)
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Amen! To me, movies are entertainment - a diversion. I don't want 9/11 to be cheapened in such a way. Not yet. Too fresh. Too soon.
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May 02, 2006
Update to yesterday
Before we started using Outlook for our mail at work:
Total SPAM received in my Inbox= 0 since October 15, 2005.
After we started using Outlook for our mail at work:
Total SPAM received in my Inbox= 3 in 24 hours.
Yeah, SOOOOOO much safer for us, Mr. IT Shit for Brains.
PS Still not forwarding my mail.....
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Now now CTG... He MUST know best, right? Isn't that why he makes the big bucks? ;-)
Posted by: Marie at May 02, 2006 04:48 PM (TpiPX)
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I fully agree with you. I don't know why IT'ers like Outlook, other than for the job security. Same same happened at a place I used to work only it was whatever email came with the Netscape Browser. Had virtually z e r o SPAM with Netscape. Switchover to Outlook...and ya needed a shovel to deal with the overload.
Cartman rules!! (most of the time)
opps, got an error message on this, sorry if it posts twice.
Posted by: David Drake at May 02, 2006 05:35 PM (yB5+1)
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I use Outlook. I actually like it, but then again, I have had no exposure to anything else. Not even at work.
This is what you do-
Create a rule that makes the incoming emails have to be sent twice. This will eliminate ALL $pam coming in to your inbox, since most $pammers have no way to counteract because it's the nature of $pam to be sent only once from any particular email addy.
Good luck!
Posted by: Rave at May 02, 2006 06:39 PM (Fir0Z)
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What does Outlook have to do with getting spam or not? Presumably if you were getting none before, there was spam filtering in place that is now gone, so it's a question of addressing the spam filtering.
Are there really people out there who get as few as three a day? That's so cool. If I were taking no efforts to filter mine, between all addresses I would be receiving at least a couple hundred a day.
Posted by: Jay at May 02, 2006 08:31 PM (sW8hP)
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With Outlook do you still have remote access to your emails? With a web-based system, you can check your email anywhere, but isn't Outlook a program on your computer? Seems really inconvenient...
Posted by: Cardinal Martini at May 03, 2006 11:12 AM (c8tlw)
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We also have Outlook Web Access. Which I use, as I REFUSE to use Outlook.
Posted by: caltechgirl at May 03, 2006 11:24 AM (/vgMZ)
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IT departments like outlook because it intigrates perfectly with all the other Microsoft software they use. Its designed to go with Office on the desktop and a Microsoft Exchange mailserver. No compatability worries, seemless intigration. Providing, of course, you only use Microsoft software.
Also, there is a modern variation on a older expression: "Noone is ever fired for buying Microsoft."
The fact that Outlook is actually a quite poor piece of software isn't really relivent.
Posted by: Suricou Raven at May 03, 2006 03:13 PM (45BLI)
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I can relate, as I put in my own home-grown anti-spam system before being assimlited by M$. We use Outlook due to integration reasons - Palm device has to integrate with Billing/Timekeeping which has to integrate with Email. I know when you first are forced to Outlook it really really stinks. I didn't want to buy Exchange and Outlook, but the industry I work in doesn't allow freedom in the software arena.
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We used to use Pegasus... spam = very little cost = free
Now we use Groupwise (Cos we use Novell too)... took way too long to learn but... spam = virtually non existent cost = more than Pegasus :-)
Outlook... wassat? We have it installed but no one uses it cos it sucks...
Now if we can just convince TM to drop MSoft and go Linux Apps all the way...
Ah well we can dream can't we?
Posted by: RobC at May 06, 2006 02:08 PM (KsjKj)
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What actually happened to the Star 98.7 DJs --Now UPDATED
The official
party line is that the Star 98.7 DJs are all on "hiatus" and will be back...
Yeah, after Clear Channel figures out whether or not it can get enough ratings to substantiate firing all of them.
So here's the story for those of you out of the area, or unfamiliar:
Star 98.7 is an "adult contemporary alternative" station here in LA. It has been one of the most popular stations in the area for the last decade or so. It is also the launching pad of one Ryan Seacrest, who along with
Lisa Foxx was the host of a morning show -type show during the afternoon drive slot. Due to various corporate acquisitions etc. the station now belongs to that behemoth of broadcasting, Clear Channel (aka corporate muzak).
Seems CC decided that Star was the perfect station to test out its new DJ-less format (think Jack/Alice stations, but more annoying) in a big market. So, as of April 6 or 7, they took all the DJs off the air with NO warning, and refused to discuss the changes with anyone. Announcements were made in
trade media, but not to mainstream press or on the station's website. That website was literally revamped overnight, with all references to the DJs or station programming removed. But you can download songs for 99 cents now.
It took me over an hour of googling to find any answers, mostly buried in the comments of
this THREE YEAR OLD post. Good thing dude didn't turn off the comments....
Most of the comments are regarding the morning show trio, Jamie, Jack, and Stench. Now, I HATE them. Will not listen to them. In fact, Jamie White makes my skin crawl, but they have been done dirt by CC and the station. I'd vote to bring them back just because I hate what Star and CC have done.
I hope the advertisers start leaving in DROVES.
More info here:
Jamie White's Page
Jack's MySpace
1/07 Update: go here for the details you seek
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We have one of those stations here: BOB FM. Ick.
Posted by: oddybobo at May 02, 2006 12:59 PM (6Gm0j)
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Good thing dude didn't turn off the comments....
Believe me, I've been tempted! ;-) That was already the most-commented post on the site, but watching the comments more than double over the course of the last three weeks has been a bit unnerving. I went on vacation for a few days last week and seriously expected to see another 40 comments when I got back.
In general, though, I'm one of those weirdos who prefers to keep comments open on old posts, even though it makes it harder to filter out the spam. You never know what random piece of information might drop in, or what new conversation might launch. (Though really off-topic stuff does bug me.)
At least it's turned out to be informative to people, and the initial deluge has slowed down to something a bit more manageable.
Posted by: Kelson at May 02, 2006 03:18 PM (hgLHx)
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I wouldn't really consider STAR to be Seacrest's launching pad. It was American Idol, he was on the verge of being fired from STAR until American Idol was a hit and clear channel looked to get ratings due to American Idol's sucess. Of course there is the humorous story of Seacrest's dad trying to get on of the big named talent guys to work with Ryan and was refused because Ryan had no talent.
The way the change was handled isn't all that uncommon. If you want to know whats happeneing in radio you don't go to the LA Time or NBC Nightly News (just think of all the format changes 97.1, KNAC, Y-107, etc) that were never mentioned. You have to get trade mags to know about it, ie R&R.
I also wouldn't call STAR one of LA's most popular it comes in at 23rd out of 44 stations with a 1.6 rating. (Thats 1.6% of avalible listeners, not population) By Comparison KIIS comes in 1st with a 4.9, KFI is a 4.0. On top of that thir market share has been in constant decline over the past few years, at about 20% in the last year alone. Mean while since the switch from The Arrow to Jack-FM, KCBS-FM has seen its ratings double (1.7 to 3.4).
Don't forget Clear Channel and their massive amount of billboard ownage.
Posted by: the Pirate at May 03, 2006 08:34 AM (0ZKi5)
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I'm so out of it, I didn't even know Danny Bonaduce had left the morning show...but every time I hear so much as a peep out of that Jamie woman, I am overcome with the urge to KILL.
I'm all for getting rid of DJs, but that Jack FM station has compensated by having some announcer make these stupid remarks that somebody obviously thought were clever, coupled with broadcasting the voice mail messages of stoned listeners babbling dopey nonsense. It's not much of an improvement.
Posted by: Emily at May 05, 2006 06:45 AM (lXDk3)
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You can't imagine how surprised and upset I was to get in my car one morning on my way to work and not hear Jamie, Jack and Stench. They have kept me company for years, crack me up and make the morning commute bearable.
I hate it when things change without warning.
Now I have to find a new station. Believe me
I wasn't listening to 98.7 for the music,
thanks alot.....
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May 01, 2006
I'd just like to point out
**RANT ALERT**
Excessive use of the "F-word" below.
So for months now we've been on countdown here at work because they were going to change over the email program to a new server.
D-Day was today, May 1, protests be damned, full speed ahead.
There were meetings and gnashing of teeth and all kids of emails about this for months. MONTHS.
Let me sum up: New server, Switched email access to Outlook and Outlook Web Access for "security reasons."
As FUCKING IF. Anybody out there got a virus that DIDN'T come in via Outlook and IE?
So know we must use IE as somehow this piece of shit knows the difference between IE and IE open in a Firefox tab. And, although it will open in FF, you lose all of your functionality EXCEPT reading and sending mail.
Fucking Bill Gates. But on to my point.
One of the biggest bones of contention across campus has been that people like to forward their mail to a personal account (in my case gmail) and then reply/send from that account.
What we had been told EXPLICITLY is this: You may forward messges to a personal account (in fact we were given reasonably simple instructions on how to do this), however this software DOES NOT allow aliasing messages from your personal account to look as though they were sent from your work account (via bouncing or POP forwarding).
Yeah. Right.
Guess what? I can fucking send ALL the messages I want from my gmail that look like they come from my work address. HOWEVER, I can not RECEIVE a single piece of mail at my gmail from my work address.
Yep. Exactly the opposite. The not-at-all-practicable opposite.
Two fucking hours on the phone with the IT tech, who is also stumped, since I had already followed the instructions in his book to the letter. TO THE LETTER. He even did a VPN and had me show him what I did, agreeing that I had done it correctly.
I fucking quit.
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Oh jeez... what a mess. I hate dealing with stupid $#*! like that. Hope your afternoon gets better!
Posted by: Richmond at May 01, 2006 01:36 PM (e8QFP)
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tell us how you really feel!
(we're a mac family)
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at May 01, 2006 03:39 PM (0Pi1o)
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I blame illegals for my computer problems.
Posted by: Cardinal Martini at May 01, 2006 09:17 PM (c8tlw)
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Moving TO Outlook? Hmm. Interesting. Nice when the IT people don't know much about IT, huh?
Posted by: Marie at May 02, 2006 06:53 AM (TpiPX)
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Running Mozilla Thunderbird under Linux here. Virus? What's that?
Then again, my computer, my Mandriva Linux boxed PowerPack set, my POP mail account, my DSL line. All paid for out of my own pocket. I and I alone know the root password on my system.
I can only imagine the headaches that come with having other forces embroiled in decisions on how my computer, and my email, shall be run. You have my sympathy...
Posted by: Paul Burgess at May 02, 2006 01:58 PM (7EVyU)
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As a system administrator, I can speculate as to WHY they've chosen to go this route, but...
It's very likely that they've gone to Outlook and Exchange because it has a centralized message store, which makes it easier to backup and archive peoples' e-mail messages. Truth be told, they could have accomplished the same thing with postfix and IMAP and kept client neutrality, since everything from Pegasus Mail to Eudora to Macintosh Mail to Outlook supports IMAP and LDAP, so the decision to go that route seems a little odd to me.
The other advantage that Outlook/Exchange has over, say Thunderbird or Mac Mail is the other groupware functions, like shared calendars and contact list. Yes, these can be implemented using WEBDAV/iCal and LDAP, but the level of integration is not as good, or as flexible.
BUT...the big downside is exactly what you've encountered. Exchange doesn't play well with others. So maybe that's fine in a corporate environment, where the company's paying for the machines and software anyway (and worse, is run by DELL DRONES like my employer - we actually have a former Dell employee working for us, which is saying something for a 10-person company in Rome, NY) but it's really silly in a place where it's "run what you brung"...
Posted by: Andrew Blackburn at May 06, 2006 02:40 AM (WESWo)
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¡Gracias, inmigrantes!
Thanks folks.
Courtesy of your boycott I made it to work in half the time AND I got a good parking place.
I appreciate it. Please do it again soon!
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I'm really tired of these people. About 30 of them marched thru USC's campus today -- were they lost? -- wearing Che! t-shirts and holding incoherent signs about their rights as illegals being infringed.
Posted by: Cardinal Martini at May 01, 2006 12:06 PM (c8tlw)
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No, those were just the communist and anarchists, being confused that May Day was co-opted by the immigration community.
My personal guess is that the rally idea for today was started by the communist/anarchist people, and then they were shunted to the rear.
However, to every business closed today, that I tried to get into and failed, they will not be seeing any of my money for a good long while.
Posted by: Bill at May 01, 2006 02:15 PM (bpbQx)
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April 27, 2006
If you're gonna be racist...
Know your audience....
"Well, apparently, there are a couple of girls in Wee One and the little friend's class who have been picking on the friend because of her "Chinese eyes."
I am quite sure everyone out there can just about imagine how well that goes over with me.
My mother is Asian, thus, I am half Asian. From Mom I inherited my complexion and dark hair and eyes, but not my stature. My father was Anglo. He was also a brawny man in his day with a large-boned frame and broad shoulders. Unfortunately for me, I inherited from him that large-boned frame. When I was growing up he frequently referred to me as "stout" and my father was not much of a beer drinker.
In any event, unless one is in the know or has more than a provincial outlook of those around them, few actually recognize my Asian features for what they are. Where I grew up in Louisiana it was not uncommon for people to ask or assume I was Creole or high yella, as it was referred to. Here and around South Central Texas, the grand assumption is that I am just Hispanic."...
Read
the rest of what happened to Christina today and how she put the other mom in her place...
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Makes me Sick.
First of all, it's
vandalism, plain and simple.
Second, it's a felony to deface a beautiful historic building.
I walked/rode by this building every day for 6 years, and it was always a pleasure to see the young men and women of the various ROTC groups doing training or ordering the colors. Except of course, when I was laughing at them for wearing their uniforms wrong 
I also never saw a single moment of disrespect, and often people would stop to watch and give respect as the colors were raised or lowered in front of the building.
The building was orginally scheduled to be demolished last year as part of UNC's Master Plan, but was given a new lease on life thanks in part to UNC's naval alumni.
I can't help but wonder if this signals the end for the old building after all.
During WWII the Naval Armory at UNC was the main training site for all naval aviators in WWII, including Ted Williams, President George HW Bush, and President Gerald Ford.
Michelle and Blackfive have more. Here's the story from the N and O.
On a side note, the most grafitti I EVER saw on campus during my 6 years in Chapel Hill was "Duke #1" sprayed on the brick walk in front of the Health Sciences library in 1999-2000....
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It's gone!
I've been talking about it for weeks, and I finally did it. Of course, I would have done it sooner if I had been able to get an earlier appointment.
What am I talking about? Well, I got my hair chopped off. It was down to the middle of my back and she chopped off over a foot, which is going to Locks of Love.
Pictures of both the old and new hair when I get them uploaded. Yay!
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I can't wait to see!!! Do YOU like it?
Posted by: Amy at April 27, 2006 02:01 AM (UxaeN)
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Yaaaa!!! I hope you love it and I'm sure locks of love did.
Posted by: vw bug at April 27, 2006 03:48 AM (G8qpS)
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I'm so glad you donated it.
I chopped off my hair 2 years ago specifically to donate it. Hubby hated me cutting my hair, but understood my desire to donate it.
Still waiting (impatiently) for it to grow back to a length that I like.
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at April 27, 2006 04:46 AM (yHahS)
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I bet it looks fabulous. And I know it has to feel good!
Posted by: Deb at April 27, 2006 05:24 AM (SWcyA)
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Woohoo!
Can't wait to see it!
and YOU!!
; )
Posted by: Christina at April 27, 2006 09:01 AM (KliOc)
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Very cool! It must feel so strange! Lots less hair to wash and dry, huh?
Posted by: Marie at April 27, 2006 10:58 AM (TpiPX)
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YES! And I can curl it now, as it isn't so haevy that the curls fall out.
Of course, it's much wavier on it's own now too....
Posted by: caltechgirl at April 27, 2006 12:24 PM (/vgMZ)
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Oh wow, I have sooooo been thinking about doing this. Good for you!
Posted by: Richmond at April 27, 2006 02:49 PM (e8QFP)
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April 26, 2006
I've heard this before
That the blogger.com captchas aren't always so random....
For example, I just got this one when commenting at a friend's site:
"GWOWWMD"....
Make of that what you will....
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I have made nothing of that.
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Posted by: Ken Summers at April 26, 2006 06:25 PM (YElNr)
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GW OW WMD.... At least, that's what came to mind
Posted by: caltechgirl at April 26, 2006 06:36 PM (jOkK0)
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I picked up on that possibility but damned if I can make anything sensible of the "OW"
Posted by: Ken Summers at April 27, 2006 04:54 AM (UefPN)
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April 24, 2006
So weird I had to post it...
Paper Dolls Traits and Tendencies: Paper Dolls don't do well when separated; they need regular physical contact to keep in sync. If forced to remain apart for a stretch any longer than eight to ten hours, they can sometimes feel untethered, or even dizzy. But once reunited, all it takes is the simple brush of fingers, or a surreptitious foot-on-foot press under the table, and all is right with the Paper Dolls once again.
Paper Dolls is a Sea Sleepers pose. A possible alternate Sea pose you might enjoy: Sixth Posture of the Perfumed Forest.
Health Note: Ginger pills, available at any health-inspired market, can sometimes calm the jitters that come when unforeseen factors force two Paper Dolls apart.
via the "
Pinching Koala and Tree"
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Excalibur couples may battle just as much as other couples (and participate in more than their fair share of public huffs), but they look so good together, it outweighs any other deficiencies they may share. It isn't that they're classically good-looking, or similarly sized (though certainly both those pairings are permissible). It's more that the aesthetic chord they strike satisfies in profound ways. Like gorgeously plated food or song filled with unusual harmonies, the wan and freckled hand-in-hand with the tragically tan, the pigeon-toed with the duck-walkers, these Excalibur couples achieve such perfection in their pairing that reminds the world that anything is possible
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April 20, 2006
Lefty Morons get it WRONG again
Go
here quick before they take it down!
You know the whole flap about Michelle Malkin? Well, these assholes tried to do the same thing with some prominent Righty Bloggers and supposed-Righty Bloggers.
Except the contact info is pretty much all wrong. Poor Jonah Goldberg of Forest Park, GA....
And Rusty Shackelford? Umm, that's a pseudonym you morons.
h/t Rachel, who found it here
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apparently the addresses are all autoshops. But yeah, I had to laugh at them putting Rusty's name up there as being real
Posted by: KG at April 20, 2006 09:14 PM (SZsz5)
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I have to be careful. In the phone book, I really am listed under RightWingDuck.
I should have thought this whole thing through.
Posted by: RightWingDuck at April 21, 2006 07:21 AM (1AWMf)
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*giggles*
Steve Green lives in Rancho Cuca*munga?
Jeff Goldstein in MONTANA??
And Rusty Shackleford in Waukegan??
The kicker was ACE. . .ALA-freakin'-BAMA!! (I have no idea where he really lives but I always just assumed New Yawk.)
Next thing you know, you'll be telling me there's not an Easter Bunny!
(An idiot has been let loose in the Blacklist. c*a*m* is questionable content?)
Posted by: Margi at April 21, 2006 07:38 AM (BRtaN)
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Hugh Hewitt has a long commute everyday from his house in MN to his law classes in California. And what's with these morons saying Malkin's actions constitute "fascism, clear and simple"? These people wouldn't know fascism if its boot stomped on their faces.
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Even if we don't always agree
We're with you Michelle. Those who would seek to intimidate you are the worst kinds of cowards and hypocrites.
h/t imao
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Ah, but what of her readers who are phoning in death threats against those whose personal contact information she wrongfully posted? Does it work both ways, or do we only support her and ignore the horrific wrongs perpetrated by her readership against a handful of college students who exercised their right to free speech?
Also, she might consider that in the future contact information on press releases is NEVER published except for companies. Individuals provide it so the press can contact them, not so it can be published for the whole world to use and abuse.
Posted by: jason at April 20, 2006 06:28 AM (2uL2e)
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Actually, Jason, they were not exercising their "right to free speech". Forcing people off campus is not speech. Throwing rocks is not speech.
Please note that she published exactly the info released by the students. She did not publish their home addresses and maps to their homes, unlike what some on the left did to Malkin.
Posted by: Ken Summers at April 20, 2006 06:59 AM (YElNr)
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Regarding how this all started, Michelle Malkin went to a cached page, took a screenshot, and posted the image on her site because didn't like the politics of the people. It's not her place to justify the disclosing of this information because she deemed that they were terrorizing people. That's an issue for the Santa Cruz police department to deal with, not her own brand of vigilante justice.
As for her own personal details - Malkin included that on her own e-mail list and that's how it went public. She launched her personal information about herself BY herself.
Someone took it a step further and used live.windows.com and yahoo maps to do a
Graphic.
Payback's a bitch eh' Malkin?
Her refusal to remove these kids contact information was not from conviction, but from revenue. Every journalist in the world knows that contact information on a press release is for journalists to call for more information or interviews, not to be published (or even pointed out) in the publication itself. If she were any kind of ethical person she would have pulled the information when asked.
If she were something resembling a human being with "feelings", she would not have republished the information once the students themselves removed it. Michelle is a vicious, vindictive, venomous egoist with no discernible ethics nor even a shred of human decency. If she wants to be The Minority Woman Who Believes Minorities and Women Suck, that's her right. But she should at least have the integrity to acknowledge that she has done wrong and to stop compounding the wrong. And she should not give us that disingenuous crap about how she doesn't condone death threats and nobody should misuse her posting and reposting of personal information.
Posted by: themole at April 20, 2006 04:51 PM (mWnOx)
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Posters... Cant... Read...
Michelle just re-posted what the jerks had already posted. It was public.
The jerks threatened her and her family, and added a map to her house.
There IS a difference.
Posted by: zoix at April 21, 2006 06:25 PM (Oy3af)
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How Moonbat Dipshits Get Elected...
From an email from CaltechMom (who broke her foot yesterday....)
Caution! These people Vote
A guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked to good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50". The next day someone stole it.
These people Vote!
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While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was North because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the North?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the East, (and has for sometime), she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff"...
She ALSO votes!
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I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Pacific."
He ALSO votes!
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My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving".
She ALSO votes!
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My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car. It's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk. .
My sister ALSO votes!
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My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.
He ALSO votes!
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I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I explained that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned.
My friend ALSO votes!
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I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"
SHE ALSO votes!
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To those who understand ~ No explanation is necessary.
For those who don't understand ~ No explanation is possible
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Poor CaltechMom! I hope she heals well and *quickly*!
Posted by: Deb at April 20, 2006 07:03 AM (/05va)
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Winston Churchill said Democracy is the worst form of government...except for any of the others. He also said the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with a typical voter.
Andrea Mitchell (Greenspan's trophy wife) is educated and informed, she works in news. In interview, she said her greatest fears for our future are from what knowledge is shown by EDUCATED people on 'Jaywalking'.
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April 14, 2006
Friday Dumb Meme
Do you have:
(X) your own cell phone... DUH. Since 1996. 10 years of being in touch.
(X) a television in your bedroom....Oh HELL YES. Can't sleep without it.
(X) an MP3 player...I am attached at the hip to my iPod shuffle.
(X) a photo printer...Yes, but it's still in the box.
() your own phone line.... Nope, one house, two peoples
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder...Working on it
(X) high-speed internet access...Can't live without it
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom...No. Too cheap.
(X ) DVD player in bedroom...See above. Can you say White Christmas?
( X) at least a hundred DVDs...Cheaper than going to the Movies.
(X) a childfree bathroom...Unless the dog-child counts.
(X ) your own in-house office...Where my printers and my sewing machine live.
() a pool... I wish
( ) a guest house...As if
( ) a game room... If we had another room. Does the living room count?
( X) a queen-size bed or larger...Oh yeah, King size. Of course, it's for two people and a stretchy dog...
( ) a stocked bar...Only if that means 2 bottles of wine, and a full bottle each of rum, Kahlua, and Baileys.....
(X) a working dishwasher...Oh, Hell yes.
( ) an icemaker...I used to. Until we moved here. First freezer I've had without one.
( X) a working washer and dryer...Couldn't Live without them
(X ) more than 20 pairs of shoes.. DUH
( ) at least ten things from a designer store...Designers don't make clothes that fit me.
(X ) expensive sunglasses... Prescription only.
() framed original art (not lithographs or prints)..
(X ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels....Wedding presents are nice.
(X) a multi-speed bike...Two actually.
( ) a gym membership...I refuse to spend money to kick my own ass.
( X) large exercise equipment at home...Me and my elliptical.
( X) your own set of golf clubs...In my Dad's garage.
( ) a pool table...I wish.
( ) a tennis court...The first place we lived after we were married had one.
(X ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea...Hello, this is LA. The beach is right here.
( ) your own pair of skis...I fucking hate skiing.
(X) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area...Yes, if you like sleeping outside a tent. The army was good to us.
( ) a boat....When I'm rich. Until then, I'll use Bill's
( ) a jet ski...no way
( ) a neighborhood committee membership...My landlord does.
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin...When I retire.
(X) wealthy family members...Yep. Both of us.
( ) two or more family cars...No. Does the bike count?
(X) a walk-in closet or pantry...My closet is bigger than some bedrooms.
( ) a yard...Nope, but a nice balcony.
( ) a hammock...No. No trees.
( ) a personal trainer...See above regarding Gym memberships
(X ) good credit...I rock.
(X ) expensive jewelry...I'm married to a geologist. Need I say more?
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get...As if. Fuck No
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now...HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA
(X) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)...Oh yeah. A lot.
(X) a stock portfolio...Yes, whatever is in the retirement fund....
() a passport... getting there.
( ) a horse...No. My niece does, though.
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)...No
(X) private medical insurance...Thank You Jesus!.
() a college degree, and no outstanding student loans ...Give me a month. Just one more month.
Do you:
( X) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week... Doesn't mean I buy them, though. Shopping is fun.
(X ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores...Yes. Trader Joes ROCKS
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)...does my Husband count?
(X) go on weekend mini-vacations...Those are the only kind I can afford.
( ) send dinners back with every flaw...That's my mother, not me...
( X) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)...Yummy smelling=GOOD.
(X ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon...Starting next week, it's coming off.
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice...Again, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals...No
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs...I wish.
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you taxis...Hell no.
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner...The fact that he remembers what we were fighting about is a miracle
Are you:
(x) an only child..Thank Jesus!
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person...Nope, and I could care less.
(X) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way...I ALWAYS get my way. Dammit. Respect my Authoritah!
Have you:
( ) been on a cruise...No
(X) traveled out of the country...Canada.
(X) met a celebrity...Several of them.
( ) been to the Caribbean...Not yet
( ) been to Europe...It's on the list.
( ) been to Hawaii...DH wants to go. Maybe I'll go meet Dog....
(X ) been to New York...Loved it.
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle...No, didn't make it to Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America...No. Skipped that on PURPOSE
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris...No. See above.
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York...It was still closed when I was in NYC.
( X) moved more than three times because you wanted to...Fresno to Pasadena to Fresno (briefly) to Carrboro to Chapel Hill, across town, and back here to Pasadena.
(X) dined with local political figures. In Fresno, at USC, and at Caltech.
(X) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast...I've lived near both, too!
Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon...Nope, but we went to the ocean.
(X ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party ...The bastard.
(X) take riding or swimming lessons as a child...When I was allowed to swim....
(X ) attend private school...In college.
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you....Fuck that.
That makes 43. Eat it
Benny :-P
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It's a girls' quiz. You're a girl. You should have more than me
Posted by: Ben at April 14, 2006 11:54 AM (6O5DM)
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You are something else!!!
Posted by: vw bug at April 14, 2006 12:37 PM (0LvyK)
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Ben
VW: Is that good or bad?
Posted by: caltechgirl at April 14, 2006 01:27 PM (jOkK0)
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CTG: Which brand elliptical do you have? And do you like it?
Posted by: Cardinal Martini at April 14, 2006 05:04 PM (mR1K4)
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April 13, 2006
It wasn't a DC-8, I assure you.
Headline:
Tom Cruise flies off in vintage plane as Holmes awaits baby
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Better than a Hobby
Go
here. Scroll down. Laugh. Refresh.
Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
note: The management apologizes if you actually agree with this stoopid moonbattery and wish to add a sincere message of your own. NOT!!!P.S. Look for Mohammed....
h/t
Beth
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Oh yeah. An IntarwebNetAoL petition is really carrying some weight with TPTB.
Hilarity.
Posted by: Margi at April 16, 2006 10:40 AM (BRtaN)
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Right. Online petitions mean nothing.
I dont expect a war anyway. I have no doubt Bush would like one - I cannot be sure, but I suspect he sees himself as on a holy mission to bring civilisation to the islamic barbarians. But cant launch an invasion without the support of congress, and congress isn't going to support another invasion with Iraq so precarious. Iran knows this - they wouldn't be developing nuclear technology otherwise.
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I hate you guys. Especially [Comedy Central]
Just
20 minutes after showing Mohammed in the
group shot at the end of the opening credits of the episode, CC pulls a hypocritical
BONER and refuses to show Mohamed handing a "salmon helmet" to Peter Griffin in part 2 of South Park's "Family Guy" spoof.
Comedy Central has
confirmed that this was a network decision, but somehow I can't help but think this is
all part of the plan.....
Predictably,
Michelle Malkin,
OTB,
Captain Ed,
Wizbang!, and
the Jawas are all over this.
Two thoughts:
1. LOVED Bart Simpson working with Cartman. Hell yeah!
2. You can show Jesus getting pooped on but not Mohammed at the front door? WTF?
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You can show Jesus getting pooped on but not Mohammed at the front door? WTF?
Posted by: Xrlq at April 13, 2006 11:59 AM (IqF37)
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Exactly...no Fatwas from Christians. It's all part of a perpetual double standard.
Posted by: American Crusader at April 13, 2006 01:48 PM (c9386)
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I find salmon helmets offensive.
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You can show Jesus getting pooped on but not Mohammed at the front door? WTF?
I agree with you, a total double standard.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 15, 2006 02:23 PM (tj1zH)
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Having a Spaz...
Seems the Brits are up in arms because Tiger Woods, in a post-Masters interview, said that he "putted like a Spaz".
See, in Britain, they call children with Cerebral Palsy "spastics". Spaz being a derogatory form of the above.
But then again, Tiger, you've got no reason to worry, after all, these are the same folks who call their smokes "faggots".
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They're called "fags". In this country, Van Morrison would be accused of a hate crime.
Posted by: Ken Summers at April 13, 2006 05:32 PM (YElNr)
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Yeah, they burn faggots over in merry ole England. How's that for hardcore, eh?
Posted by: zonker at April 13, 2006 09:45 PM (XfdCj)
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