If anyone does want her VCR and also wants tapes, I'm going to have about a bajillion blank after I finish transferring them to dvd. I also have sumi's collection of Buffyverse videos which I'd be happy to pass along.
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Happy 221st Anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, Americans!
The replacement bridge for the 35W bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis last year opened this morning at 5 Am local time. [link]
It has LED lighting, BTW.
I may be overreacting or maybe I am the last to know about it, but here: [link] just in case you happen to be curious about the lead content of your vitamin supplements, or the ones you give your kids.
For those of you with your own blogs/websites/etc.:
Mentalfloss asks if you'd like to help promote their new scholarship program. [link]
eta And if I read it right, they'll give you a mention on their blog as well.
Buffistas! Please consider sending Health and Human Services a comment on their proposed rule to allow doctors and other health care providers to refuse to give treatments they find objectionable to patients.
See yesterday's Opinion piece by Hillary Clinton and Cecile Richards in the NYT: [link]
LAST month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to undermine women’s rights and women’s health by placing ideology ahead of science: a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would govern family planning. It would require that any health care entity that receives federal financing — whether it’s a physician in private practice, a hospital or a state government — certify in writing that none of its employees are required to assist in any way with medical services they find objectionable.
The regulation, and instructions for comments (due by Sept 25th) are here: [link]