they talk about how BMI is just one indicator, and how the percentage of body fat is also a key factor.

thanks! For some reason I was one of those myth-believers who thought that BMI was supposed to measure body fat.

-t, my uncle with four dogs is having to go up to Arkansas to crash with a friend. This is nuts.

My parents' dog should be fine, however. I called the dog boarding place, and while they declined to release any specific information about him to me (I am so not kidding), they said they won't be leaving, and they'll stay with the dogs if necessary. So it really turned out to be a lot of drama over nothing, but my grandmother is not worried about it now. Instead, she has switched to worrying over whether my mother's plane will be able to land on Sunday.

(AB+, sometimes in demand)

My sister's AB+, and she's always being called in.

My mom was told she couldn't give blood because of some sort of hep exposure when she was young, but a few years ago someone told her she could.

My mom was the same, but the policy did change just a few years ago.

Evacing Norleans?

The hurricane is hitting there that bad?

(I guess I could google it, but y'all are faster.)

Projected path of Dennis.

I can't give, but my blood type is very common (A+) and is rarely in critical need.

See! Supafast.

Wow, it's really supposed to jet way inland. Even up to So. Mo., which is so weird for me. No one I know in Eastern SoMO, tho.

Another q, possibly cereal:

What's the restrictions on giving? I don't, because I am horribly needle-phobic, to the point of my doc gives me a Valium before a blood test.

I know it used to be not within a year of a tat or piercing, and also not if you lived in Europe within 2 years. Is there anything else?

Blood donation guidelines:

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US Red Cross Donor eligibility guidelines.