Happy birthday, Anne!
Jeez, Calli, that's so sketchy.
I finally had to open my bedroom window last night because I was hot even without the covers on. That's BANANAS. It's not like the super isn't here. Other apartments must not be so hot.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 30, 2006 5:30:24 am PST #3637 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Calli - Jan 30, 2006 5:32:54 am PST #3638 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oooooh, it gets better and better. The distributors of the pricey sugar pills are being sued for fraud and invasion of privacy. [link]
Hil R. - Jan 30, 2006 5:34:28 am PST #3639 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Gronk.
Have taught two classes, and acquired coffee. Perhaps will be awake soon.
tommyrot - Jan 30, 2006 5:35:01 am PST #3640 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh my...
- Mannatech distributors circulated a nude picture of the child and claimed that he had benefited from their products.
- The child actually died in 1997, shortly after using the products.
- The marketing campaign persisted until 2004 despite requests by child's mother to stop it.
That's fucked up.
Dana - Jan 30, 2006 5:41:27 am PST #3641 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Calli, this whole thing reminds me of the time I was at the Atlanta airport, waiting for a flight, and this guy sitting by me spent the entire hour and a half before the flight making sales calls for some sort of mystical product like that. It was really uncomfortable, listening to him leave voicemails for people and talk to people he didn't really know, trying to rope them into becoming salespeople for this product. Your cousin should be ashamed of himself.
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2006 5:43:56 am PST #3642 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mnnf. Morning, all!
I'm taking a sick day today. My body is ten million types of sore, and I need to look into a last-minute chiro session, a massage, and a flexibility class. I'm worried that the body pain will trigger headaches, so I'm moving slowly and doing biofeedback exercises.
I was wondering if I'd be mobile the day after. I expected headaches, but I've managed to quit two so far this morning.
Calli-good luck in getting your parents disentangled. The Herbalife pyramid scheme bothers me enough, but yours is more serious.
Beverly - Jan 30, 2006 5:46:26 am PST #3643 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh Calli, I'm so glad you found some useful information. It's just incensical (is too a word) that people willingly, eagerly do that sort of thing to other people to make a buck. Take cousin-doctor down, and hard.
Jars, my sympathies on your loss. I'm so sorry.
Gudanov - Jan 30, 2006 5:46:59 am PST #3644 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Yikes, hope you start feeling better ita.
Beverly - Jan 30, 2006 5:48:17 am PST #3645 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
ita, I'm sorry you're so sore today. But surely the glow of accomplishment cushions at least some of the worst of it? Best of luck on averting the rest as best you can. And I did say congratulations, right?
Gudanov - Jan 30, 2006 5:52:44 am PST #3646 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Best of luck Calli, that sounds like a sucky situation. I have a basic theory about MLM schemes. If the product is really that good, then you don't need to market it that way.