It is possible that I am way too excited about a possible source for like 80% off pokemon card packs.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
msbelle - May 28, 2008 11:51:44 am PDT #9454 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
msbelle - May 28, 2008 11:56:05 am PDT #9455 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I wouldn't be opposed to telling a kid, here have this, it will help. But I wouldn't tell them it was medicine. Like the ice, or a glass of water, or something to eat. A pill just is too much like medicine scam to me.
Typo Boy - May 28, 2008 11:56:14 am PDT #9456 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I am having such a huge craving for lemonade. Sadly I have lemonade, so it comes down to self-control.
Umm, and the reason you are exercising this self control is....?
shrift - May 28, 2008 12:06:17 pm PDT #9457 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Aurelia, have you been in the alley behind the Ford Center for the Performing Arts (aka the Oriental)?
I walk by it every day, and now it's going to be CREEPY. THANKS A BUNCH.
aurelia - May 28, 2008 12:12:23 pm PDT #9458 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Shrift, how could it be creepy since they they made it all pretty for the tourists?
Burrell - May 28, 2008 12:24:38 pm PDT #9459 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
My completely biased take on the placebo pills is that they are a big temptation to lazy parenting. Instead of telling a child "no, I won't give you medicine for a paper cut" and dealing with the potential tearfest, you just give the kid a placebo. And yes, I have had to tell my kids "no I won't give you medicine" a fair number of times because they like medicine because it is sweet and associated with comfort.
I dunno, I can't think of a situation where a placebo pill would help where an ice pack, a band-aid, or a kiss wouldn't work just as well.
On the other hand, it is kind of funny that their placebo is quite literally a sugar pill.
shrift - May 28, 2008 12:25:11 pm PDT #9460 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Look at how pretty it is! No need to think about fireballs and piles of corpses!
To completely change the subject: balls, I forgot to measure the bathtub enclosure last night. But it's not unreasonably small or large, so I'm guessing a standard tension rod will fit it fine.
tommyrot - May 28, 2008 12:27:24 pm PDT #9461 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.
Random picture o' the day: [link]
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aurelia - May 28, 2008 12:28:01 pm PDT #9462 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Look at how pretty it is! No need to think about fireballs and piles of corpses!
Exactly. When it was dark and smelled of dumpsters and urine those things seemed much more plausible.
Jesse - May 28, 2008 12:31:35 pm PDT #9463 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
they like medicine because it is sweet and associated with comfort.
It does seems like They have made medicine too good-tasting for kids -- I remember cold medicine as being like torture, and I swallowed the children's aspirins whole because I hated the taste of those, too.