I have no pee shyness. Which is good, because I also have the non-latching bathroom door and the inquisitive dog. It's not a bathroom specific thing with her - she just can't bear to be left on the outside of a closed door.

Well, that Barbie's not quite "Orthodox" -- pretty much all of the accessories are only worn by Orthodox men, not women.

I am totally cracking up at it, though.

US bans Vegemite

An Australian on a list I subscribe to said (mostly jokingly) that this could provoke war between the U .S. and Australia. Just how popular is vegamite in Australia anyway?

Just how popular is vegamite in Australia anyway.

Apparantly, men from a land down under are quite willing to give it away to strangers....

The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite contains folate, which in the US can be added only to breads and cereals.

It's got to be the grain lobby, right? Every woman of childbearing age is supposed to be eating all this folate, but you can only get it in certain ways? Bananas.

In fact, a banana has about 22 micrograms of folate! Most unprocessed foods have some folate. The only reason for adding folate to bread and cereal is because the refining process strips out the bran and germ, where most of the nutrition including folate resides. They're putting back a little bit of what they've taken out.

Point of interest, I think the US is the only country that mandates fortification of food with folate. Other countries are leery about it because there's a "safe upper limit" of 1000 mcg/day, so someone who eats a lot of processed grain food, raw fruits/vegetables, and takes supplements could easily get too much.

The US, though, is big on adding supposedly healthy stuff to our consumables without telling us. Like adding fluoride and chlorine to water.

But I won't rant.

In fact, a banana has about 22 micrograms of folate!

Hee.

Other countries are leery about it because there's a "safe upper limit" of 1000 mcg/day, so someone who eats a lot of processed grain food, raw fruits/vegetables, and takes supplements could easily get too much.

I had no idea!

Bah -- I overcooked my pie, due to turning it up when I meant to turn it down. Der! I think it's OK, just a little mushy, maybe.

I've gotten a little more "personal space" oriented after living with a British dude for a few years. However, when alone in the house, I tend not to shut the door. But I don't like it when co-workers try to talk to me while peeing in separate stalls.

My only exception is my oldest bestest girlfriend, and we would carry on the conversations while one peed with the bathroom door open. That's it though. And now she doesn't talk to me so there's no one that I do that with anymore.

Klingon pumpkin-carving guide: [link]

Haloween... A time for celebration, a time for family... but also a time for BATTLE and HONOUR! Even in the simple act of carving the holiday pumpkin, a true WARRIOR can hone his skills with the Bat'leth! Unfortunately, as human pumpkins are so small we will content ourselves with the more delicate klingon weapon - the daq tahg.

But is it cannon that Klingons have cats?

Also, Haloween tampon crafts: [link] The tampon bats are my fave.

And, brain mold and finger snacks: [link]