Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


P.M. Marc - Jul 07, 2005 10:24:05 am PDT #7855 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I totally missed this! Why?

Dunno. Saw it mentioned on my f-list, and that there was a frenzy of posting going on as a result. Hadn't checked it out, though.


Vortex - Jul 07, 2005 10:24:35 am PDT #7856 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

For women, a donor must weigh at least 175 pounds and be at least 5'5" tall."

interesting. the BMI for that is 29.1, which is on the high side of overweight. (30 being clinically obese)


Vortex - Jul 07, 2005 10:25:39 am PDT #7857 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I'd love to give blood, but they're afraid that i might have mad cow. (though I suppose if they exported my blood to england, that wouldn't be an issue)


Pix - Jul 07, 2005 10:25:54 am PDT #7858 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I am A-negative and can't give blood, and it makes me crazy. I know my blood type is always in demand. Feh.


Dana - Jul 07, 2005 10:29:41 am PDT #7859 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

-t, I'm on the phone with my aunt, who's saying that Cindy was a lot worse than expected, so people are freaking out because of the rain.

auuuuuuuuugh.


Sue - Jul 07, 2005 10:29:42 am PDT #7860 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Washington Post staff writer Richard Leiby does a chat who has covered the religion for many years does a very revelaing chat about Scientology: [link]


Aims - Jul 07, 2005 10:31:13 am PDT #7861 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

For women, a donor must weigh at least 175 pounds and be at least 5'5" tall."

I thought it was 110???


lisah - Jul 07, 2005 10:31:37 am PDT #7862 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I don't get how they figure out BMI just from height and weight. What about muscle mass? Doesn't that count?

I can't give blood now because I'm in an HIV vaccine study.


Rick - Jul 07, 2005 10:31:42 am PDT #7863 of 10001

I'd love to give blood, but they're afraid that i might have mad cow.

This is also true for me, but their position is becoming increasingly absurd given that they reject me for living more than six months since 1980 in a European country with no cases of mad cow, yet they have no concern that I have been living 24 years since 1980 in a country (USA) that has had at least two cases of mad cow.


Lilty Cash - Jul 07, 2005 10:32:38 am PDT #7864 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

This got me curious to check- in college I was told not to donate (at least for a while) because of meningitis exposure, but now that I look at the Red Cross list, I don't see it anywhere. They were liars!