I should introduce her to the cricket I just accidentally killed. Maybe they can compare notes.

(In my defense, I was trying to get it out of the sink and the water was already going by the time I saw it. I did stop the kittenish from attacking with my clever use of a bit of turkey. Pretty much just means I wasted the protein since the big died anyway. I really wasn't trying to kill it even after it startled the yelp out of me.)

Skipping a few hundred posts to make sure tommyrot knows about the Penguins On Parade in Hinsdale. [link] They are being auctioned at the Brookfield Zoo this sunday. Here's some pics of one penguin. [link]

I was a forceps delivery, and it almost took my eye out. This was 1972, and my doc was called off the golf course to come in and deliver, and he was LOADED. The nurses kept the doc from doing too much, and I was ok.

Ah, the halcyon days before malpractice suits.

t pokes the Internet

Dance, monkey!

So, you're all, like, Grammar people, right?. And I was wondering what you, like, thought of the idea that "like" and "um", in, like, the way people talk, are, um, like, interjections?

Interjections inspired one of the best Schoolhouse Rock songs....

Dykedolls

Interjections show excitement or emotion,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah...

I just realized today, though, that "well" is often an interjection.

They're usually followed by an exclamation point, or by a comma if the feeling's not as strong.

Sometimes, medical supply websites are not worksafe.

[link]

Digital Rectal Examination is designed for training in male and female rectal palpation. Four interchangeable rectal units are included. Trainee can also palpate normal prostate or endocervix.

Life-like rectal palpable to 7cm depth

Set includes:

1 Adult lumbar torso (unisex)

4 rectal units
  1 normal,
  1 rectal cancer A,
  1 rectal cancer B,
  1 rectal with polyps

1 prostate model
1 endocervix model
1 jar of Vaseline
1 storage box