While it may be possible, it's definitely not something you would want to do in the winter.
Well, some people do. But yeah, heating can be an issue....
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
tommyrot - May 12, 2009 6:41:38 am PDT #19116 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - May 12, 2009 6:44:57 am PDT #19117 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is cool: Big Cats and Pumpkins
If you recall the kitten eating a melon video, you won’t be surprised at how much the really big cats at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida enjoy pumpkins and other gourds, both for playing with and for eating.
Kathy A - May 12, 2009 6:45:34 am PDT #19118 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Scary flu news--someone at my office has been confirmed with H1N1! They've been quarantined and haven't been at the office since before they got it, so we should be fine here.
Gudanov - May 12, 2009 6:46:18 am PDT #19119 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
They've been quarantined and haven't been at the office since before they got it, so we should be fine here.
Good to hear that you are not all doomed.
Theodosia - May 12, 2009 6:53:21 am PDT #19120 of 30000
'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"
someone at my office has been confirmed with H1N1!
::hums "It's a Small World" in a dirge-like manner::
Kat - May 12, 2009 6:53:59 am PDT #19121 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
A water company is selling spray bottles of de-ionized water that they claim will fight the swine flu, which I think is ridiculous. Apparently it has magic properties, because one would think soap and a scrub would be more important in the keeping hands clean thing.
Hil R. - May 12, 2009 6:54:55 am PDT #19122 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Five confirmed H1N1 cases on my campus.
Trudy Booth - May 12, 2009 7:04:32 am PDT #19123 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I wonder about unconfirmed cases.
I've been sick as hell. I ran a temperature (when not tylenoled) for four days. I returned to work after one day out but I "should" have stayed out two more and easily could have not left my bed all week. It sure seems like a flu and I've had the shot (which rules out a number of swine-free varieties). I have no health insurance. I'm not spending money to hear "rest & fluids" and cure nothing but my curiosity.
Obviously if I became dangerously ill I'd have gone to the doctor and eaten the cost or gotten indigent care or the like.
So how many people get plenty sick with H1N1, go back to work as soon as they can, and never end up in the stats? How many non-critical cases go unreported because the uninsured person is untreated and what does this do to the statistics of critical cases?
Gudanov - May 12, 2009 7:06:04 am PDT #19124 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I sure hope you start feeling better.
Kathy A - May 12, 2009 7:12:39 am PDT #19125 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
So how many people get plenty sick with H1N1, go back to work as soon as they can, and never end up in the stats? How many non-critical cases go unreported because the uninsured person is untreated and what does this do to the statistics of critical cases?
I know that these were key questions in the progressive blogosphere when the swine flu story broke. The lack of public health care in the US could make swine flu, or an equally virulent bug, spread much worse than in a country like Canada or France, where people can go to the doctor and not have to pay out of pocket.