Todd I'm glad you are feeling better.

That really sucks Dan sorry about that.

Our main email at work (which I'm responsible for dealing with) gets a LOT of ultra right wing political stuff it died down after the election (and after I unsubbed to a bunch) but now we're getting more and due to internet restrictions I have to forward them to my home email and then unsub. Well, I don't have to but they drive me nuts.

We've also been getting a Raw Food newsletter which I found mildly interesting until the latest one where the guy was talking about water and how to properly purify it and how water has memory so you have to reverse the polarity or something to erase waters memory of bad things. And that one of the best things you can do for your water is show it positive love energy by singing to it, praying to it, writing LOVE in the water and and on the container, etc.

The latest today was from some crank anti-vaccine doctor who was shilling for some 3 day alternative med conference where you can learn more about the "lies" of the medical industry. And he was goign on about how most of the epidemics such as anthrax, SARS, swine flu, and smallpox were just made up by the media and the medical industry only makes up a scare so they can sell a lot of vaccines that don't do any good. There were several paragraphs about this and how vaccines aren't a solution and he kept using small pox as an example.

There was a number included and it turned out to be his office, I got busy today but Monday I'm going to call his office and ask for clarification about that because I want to know if he's trying to claim that vaccines were no help wtih smallpox. That's how the email sounded, and if it's true I'm going to report him tot he medical ethics board of his state. Someone like that shouldn't have medical license.

At least I'm assuming he's a doctor and not just calling himself a doctor.

{{{Toddson}}} I'm relieved you're ok. How scary!

Someone who denies the near-eradication of smallpox by vaccine should get it. And Polio. And a dozen other things.

He is probably a Holocaust denier, too.

Ooooooh, Zappos! I've narrowed it down to three.

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[link] (with the beaded thingy removed from the strap)

and

[link] (with the tassley thing removed from the center ring)

Yeah, they're all a bit more than I'm used to paying, but I'm also sick of the interior lining tearing within a month or so. I'm hard on purses, but I hate replacing them, so I should probably shell out a bit.

What say we all?

I like the last two. I have had a couple of their bags and they have stood up to a lot of abuse.

Before I found my One True Purse in Paris, my go-to brand was Tignanello. The leather is incredibly soft and lasts just this side of forever.

(Unfortunately, one of the things I love about my One True Purse is that is has no brand markings at all, so I have no idea how to Google for it.)

Oooh, Jess, do you have a pic of your Paris purse?

Calli, do you live near a Marshalls or TJ Maxx? They have a good selection of well-made (including the Sac) handbags, at huge discount.

Hmm - I could take one. Gimme a sec.

Calli, I like the second one best, and I second that TJ Maxx and Marshalls have great purses.