Hmm. I bought these several weeks ago, though. The little tiny print at the bottom says "2006."

I think they are forever, though. I always mean to put them aside for the next rate change, but never remember.

Secret USPS forever stamps!

Though the ones I have didn't have years on them--maybe that changes things.

Doing massive laundry, and tidying. I snapped and bought a Roomba online at deep discount, and now I'm wondering how I'm going to keep the floor clear enough for Puppy to do its job. Still, should help me hugely with the whole allergy thing. There's little practical opportunity for me to vacuum two or three times a week.

And doing my weekly TV catchup. Finish NUMB3RS, watch CSI and the new Doctor Who...oh, and ER and then I'm done. How glamourous am I?

Did physical therapy yesterday and thought too long about beating her up. If I've told you I'm taking a percoset a night, the question "Does the pain stop you from being able to sleep?" is a weird one. Plus she kept telling me to move as far as I could. Until the end of the range of motion, I asked her, or until it hurts?

As much as you can tolerate, she said. So not a meaningful boundary for me.

I thought that the rate change stamps has a letter-series on them - so that the post office knows that the rate-change stamp to 39 cents isn't the same as the rate-change stamp to 41 cents.

Triangular settlement of Jamestown stamps.

As much as you can tolerate, she said.

Oh, yes, the supplemental pain tolerance table. When they ask Hubby how much it hurts on a 1-10 scale, I always remind him, "Factored for you, honey, not normal people."

Hm. On the post office website, they show stamps that look like the ones I have as 39 cent stamps, [link] , except that they list them as only coming as a coil, and I have them as a book of stamps. Also, the picture on the website has the "39 cent" thing in the corner, and mine don't.

Typo Boy said beautifully the last part of what I was thinking. If a vaccination is only relevant to the kid getting it (i.e. not a contagious virus or disease), then I agree that it should be up to the parents. In this case, I completely agree that all children should be vaccinated, male and female. It's not about protecting just your child--it's about lessening the risk to everyone.

I agree with TB. This is why radical anti-vac people drive me crazy. I don't know if they care that in order to avoid the rare complications from vaccines, they choose to put a chink in the immunity armor of an entire population of people (including me and my kids).

The fact that this disease is spread through sexual contact makes it fraught with social and emotional issues. Rather than forcing everyone to get their kids immunized, I'd rather work on convincing everyone that it's the right thing to do. Even if it's compulsory, it's not going to get 100% saturation.

It's new, it's expensive and it's a political minefield.

I think that in the future, though, that will be moot and it will be accepted and widely used.

Rather than forcing everyone to get their kids immunized, I'd rather work on convincing everyone that it's the right thing to do. Even if it's compulsory, it's not going to get 100% saturation.

This! This is what I think is the right way to handle it.

My liberty bell forever stamps say Forever, but have 2007 in fine print. But then, all my other stamps also have a teeny date. Guess it is useful to collectors.

Brothers

Dad & T (my brother looks a little demented there. I'm thinking sleep dep.)

You think you can take me?!

I've had a headache all day. These kinda make me get over it. Jesus, the elder child is adorable. Baby is pretty cute, too.