I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.

Xander ,'Help'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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.


Shir - Dec 29, 2008 10:03:21 am PST #8368 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

And Shari - thank you for your words in Beep Me.


tommyrot - Dec 29, 2008 10:03:41 am PST #8369 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

An anger-inducing article: HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN: A LIFE-AND-DEATH GENDER GAP

Some stats, and lots of anecdotes of women with heart disease whose symptoms were misdiagnosed, overlooked, ignored, etc.


Calli - Dec 29, 2008 10:06:44 am PST #8370 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I am glad to know there is a nutritional reason to have fries with a burger!

Clearly my lunch was more nutritious than I'd thought.

A Molotov cocktail was thrown in my neighborhood, next to a hospital, on the way I walk to university to every day.

While I don't get people throwing Molotov cocktails in general, throwing them next to a hospital lends an extra dose of WTF. Might the throwers not need it someday? Especially if they habitually mess around with burning liquids.

Shir, I hope you can stay safe. Good luck with exploring NGO work. That's what I'm currently doing, and I really like it.


Shir - Dec 29, 2008 10:09:50 am PST #8371 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Thanks, Calli.

Might the throwers not need it someday?

All of the wounded from the riots in the neighborhood next to me were brought in there the past few days, but that Molotov was thrown from the direction of an Israeli-Arab village near by. But yes, you're right.


megan walker - Dec 29, 2008 10:16:00 am PST #8372 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

The idea that Texas and the deep South would submit to Mexican rule is disturbingly hilarious.

The idea that the US would breakup in any major way and California would remain in one piece is also pretty hilarious.


Theodosia - Dec 29, 2008 10:18:29 am PST #8373 of 10002
'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"

There was no blood but a clinic waiting room full of patients, so I grudgingly let them live even though they won't see Mom until tomorrow.


tommyrot - Dec 29, 2008 10:59:32 am PST #8374 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yesterday I had lunch with Miriam at a Thai place, and she had some sort of mushroom salad. But she couldn't find any mushrooms in it. Eventually we noticed that the "noodles" in the salad had these little things on the end that looked like mushroom caps. They kinda' tasted like mushrooms too. Anyone know what these are?


Steph L. - Dec 29, 2008 11:01:54 am PST #8375 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

An anger-inducing article: HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN: A LIFE-AND-DEATH GENDER GAP

Some stats, and lots of anecdotes of women with heart disease whose symptoms were misdiagnosed, overlooked, ignored, etc.

That's not news. (I'm not pooh-poohing you for posting the link, tommyrot; I'm just boggling at the idea that it's "news" that medicine is extremely gendered.)


amych - Dec 29, 2008 11:02:02 am PST #8376 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

tommyrot, those sound like enoki mushrooms, or something closely related to 'em. [link]


tommyrot - Dec 29, 2008 11:04:35 am PST #8377 of 10002
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 not pooh-poohing you for posting the link, tommyrot; I'm just boggling at the idea that it's "news" that medicine is extremely gendered.

Yeah, I'm hoping maybe the article could be forwarded to those who need to read it.