thanks, Typo Boy.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Oct 26, 2009 4:52:10 pm PDT #28032 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
brenda m - Oct 26, 2009 4:54:13 pm PDT #28033 of 30000
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
Wrong Steph, Steph.
WindSparrow - Oct 26, 2009 5:17:28 pm PDT #28034 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ok, not so bad - yes it is getting worse, no it is not too worrisome yet.
Cashmere - Oct 26, 2009 5:24:04 pm PDT #28035 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
A high school classmate of mine has died due to a condition called a Thyroid Storm brought about by H1N1. Yikes.
I had never heard of this. I hope I never do again.
Lee - Oct 26, 2009 5:54:10 pm PDT #28036 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yikes! I'm sorry about your classmate.
Steph L. - Oct 26, 2009 5:54:25 pm PDT #28037 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
congrats, teppy! Welcome to the exciting and terrifying world of home ownership.
Wrong Steph, Steph.
Hee! True 'dat. But let me add my congratulations to Stephanie -- yay house!!!
A high school classmate of mine has died due to a condition called a Thyroid Storm brought about by H1N1.
H1N1 can also cause something called a Cytokine Storm, which is what has been responsible for many of the H1N1-related deaths that occurred in otherwise healthy people in their 20s-40s. It's very freaky.
That's awful about your classmate.
Cashmere - Oct 26, 2009 6:06:52 pm PDT #28038 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm not close to her or anything but my sister knows her family and goes to the same church. It's horrific for her kids, who are still pretty young. I think she may even have a grandchild.
I'm hating on H1N1.
Stephanie, I'm so glad they accepted your offer! The house sounds wonderful!
Ginger - Oct 26, 2009 6:08:56 pm PDT #28039 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's such a shock, Cash. I have ended up in a couple of exchanges with people who say they're not getting the vaccine because it's "too dangerous." I keep pointing out that the flu kills thousands of people every year.
Trudy Booth - Oct 26, 2009 6:13:53 pm PDT #28040 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
That's such a shock, Cash. I have ended up in a couple of exchanges with people who say they're not getting the vaccine because it's "too dangerous." I keep pointing out that the flu kills thousands of people every year.
The swine flu vaccine in '76 killed more people than the flu did. It's not wildly paranoid to be afraid of that happening again with H1N1. [link] [link]
Ginger - Oct 26, 2009 6:33:51 pm PDT #28041 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Approximately 40,000 Americans die each year from flu and flu-related conditions.
The 1976 swine flu vaccine caused one unusual side effect: an increased incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which, while dreadful, is usually not fatal. Each year, approximately 1 out of every 100,000 people in the U.S. come down with Guillain-Barré. Its cause is not fully known, but it seems to be related to severe infections. Experts estimate that an additional 1 out every 100,000 people who received the 1976 vaccine were diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. The vaccine did protect people against that strain of flu; the effort became a political nightmare because the flu did not reach the epidemic proportions predicted.