There's also the late-life care of a Downs baby, because the parents are less likely to be around for the long-term adulthood needs of the child. It would be a horrible choice to have to make, for sure.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - May 22, 2007 4:23:59 am PDT #8610 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Kat - May 22, 2007 4:53:46 am PDT #8611 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And of course, I'm a good example of what happens with advanced maternal age: fertility issues treated with meds which cause multiple births which causes preterm labor.
For the first time in 40 years, according to the US Vital Statistics report, infant mortality rates in the US are increasing and not decreasing, mostly as a result of advanced maternal age.
GA: WRT Callie also irked because she's not a better choice. She has done NO teaching. It would have been better to have Halfrek be the chief resident. But of course, contractually, Halfrek isn't a series regular.
Oy.
brenda m - May 22, 2007 5:01:28 am PDT #8612 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
None that we've seen, for sure Kat. Which is what makes it so annoying - they could have set this up so much better, but now it just feels like an asspull.
Volans - May 22, 2007 5:09:41 am PDT #8613 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Dude. I'm dinking around in Second Life (for my job. Really.) and you can buy an island.
I'm seriously thinking we need Buffista Island.
Theodosia - May 22, 2007 5:14:54 am PDT #8614 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hee! Can you run Second Life on the Mac? I'll retreat there with you...
In First Life News, I can't find the 100ft extension cord that runs my grass trimmer anywhere You would think it would be HARD to misplace 100ft of anything, you know?
tommyrot - May 22, 2007 5:18:35 am PDT #8615 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm seriously thinking we need Buffista Island.
Totally! Continuous virtual F2F!
ION, there was this painting on the wall of the F2F hotel... it's the third picture here [link] - with an enlarged detail in picture # 4.
So I'm curious - what do folks see in the picture?
I'll post a discussion of the picture in a few minutes....
Allyson - May 22, 2007 5:19:18 am PDT #8616 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I just listened to that cop who called the cops on himself after stealing pot, making brownies, and thinking he was dying...and then dead.
Comedy gold, until I think about the fact that he wasn't charged with any crime, and is still able to breed.
tommyrot - May 22, 2007 5:19:40 am PDT #8617 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can you run Second Life on the Mac?
Yes.
You need a decent graphics card. Which my Mac Mini does not have. I'll have to install Second Live on my HP box....
Volans - May 22, 2007 5:22:55 am PDT #8618 of 10001
move out and draw fire
what do folks see in the picture?
It's clearly The Faceless Mermaid of Orgasm Shoals, captured in the American Mural style "Symbolic Vagina."
tommyrot - May 22, 2007 5:24:52 am PDT #8619 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, the picture thingie....
This is one of those optical illusion things where you can can see two different things. Either an old man, or a mermaid. At the F2F, I was (I think) the only one to see an old man. I was muchly confused when others discussed the mermaid with the boobies....