Hil, there's a TB vaccine, now? I know there's the Tine test, but I didn't realize there was a vaccine.

Maybe the listing was for the test; it was on the "vaccines" page, but a lot of their website is pretty badly explained.

I agree with all this Gar, but I'm not part of the government's herd. As I said, I will choose to vaccinate my daughter (and my sons if my pedi recommends it, and if it has been tested on male humans, to prove it is safe for them), but if people can't catch it casually, I don't think the government has the right to force it, even though it is, in my opinion, right that everyone get it.

But it seems like you can catch it casually--not through sneezing but through contact like cuddling and kissing. So if the government does not have a right to put strong pressure on you, that means you think you have a right to endanger others, or that others have a right to endanger your kids.

there's a TB vaccine, now? I know there's the Tine test, but I didn't realize there was a vaccine.

I had one in grade school.

So if the government does not have a right to put strong pressure on you, that means you think you have a right to endanger others, or that others have a right to endanger your kids.

The other thing is, you can choose to get your daughter(s) immunized. Right now, I'm not sure it's possible, and it's certainly not covered, for your sons. Maybe they have nothing to worry about. But what about their first girlfriend? And perhaps especially their second, or thereafter? If it's a crapshoot whether parents were willing or responsible enough to take this step - or had the insurance to cover it - every relationship is possibly a transmission zone. Kind of like now. But why keep it that way if we don't have to?

[The coverage thing is another matter - mandated vaccinations will at the very least not leave the underinsured kids out in the cold. Or the underparented.]

Timelies all!

I spent the day at the Maryland Faery Festival(My dance group performed there) Good music, but still a bit twee for my taste.

One of my errands today was going to the post office. They have triangular stamps!

I wasn't intending to buy stamps (well, some 2 cent stamps so I can use up my 39 cent stamps) but the triangular stamps were so cool I had to get them.

There are triangular stamps? Neat! (I just bought a ton of stamps, though, and I use maybe three a month.)

I'm in the middle of doing five loads of laundry. I decided that today was as good a day as any to wash all of that stuff that I don't wash often enough, like dish towels and napkins and my mattress pad and some throw blankets. I also planned to wash my comforter before putting it away for the summer, but there's now a big sign on the washers saying not to put comfortors bigger than twin size in, so I've got to take that to the cleaners, I guess.

I just noticed that the stamps I have don't say the price anywhere on them or on the stamp folder. They just say "First-Class Stamps." Did I buy the forever stamps without realizing it? It's a picture with the flag in the background and the Statue of Liberty in the front.

No, I think you bought the temporary stamps that they use when they first raise the rate.

The forever stamps I have have the Liberty Bell on them, so I don't know.

Edit: Oh, and they actually say "forever" on the stamp.