We use Dr Bronner's baby soap in a foam dispenser at home - it barely smells like anything, and the foam helps Dylan see where he needs to wash/rinse.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
Jessica - Oct 28, 2009 8:44:40 am PDT #28287 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
brenda m - Oct 28, 2009 8:44:58 am PDT #28288 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
Yeah, Calli, If my first thought is "And?", it's a ker-FAUX-ful and it doesn't matter much to me if it's on a feminist basis or "Ew, Democratic cooties."*(Although I'll try to make up with the feminists cause I like to think we're homegirls.)
I'm going to disagree. I think he was right to apologize, and he framed his apology exactly right. Yes, "K Street Whores" is both a common and as-close-to-factual-without-involving-actual-sex descriptor as you can get. And I do think if he'd been talking about a man in the same position he'd have used the same language.
But, also, there's is an additional context to describing a woman as a whore that shouldn't be ignored. He was right to acknowledge that.
Ginger - Oct 28, 2009 8:58:18 am PDT #28289 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My handwashing is often not up to snuff, because I have the compression sleeve on and handwashing is difficult as a one hand plus the fingers of the other hand operation. Also, public restroom soap almost invariably is scented with something I'm allergic to.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2009 9:01:05 am PDT #28290 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not saying that his apology was any less than well-timed and truly gracious(honestly far more so than some of the women who are dining out on this) Personally, I don't fault him for the comparison, but I guess I can see their point. I'm just ticked because a woman stranger is questioning my committment to feminism because I was amused by someone's comment on the subject, and she tried to "school" me or something. I really hate that. Feminism is not a country club...we should be looking to keep folks(both men and women) in, not kick them out. And it's too hard to explain why something is funny anyway. I kind of love innuendo, but maybe I just needed a laugh *that badly* yesterday, I don't know. Sometimes things just tickle you(and I don't mean porn) what can I say? Nice of her to assume the worst. ETA: She'd really dig my tag, too. Wonder if Rahm ever got anyone to go along with that one.
Jessica - Oct 28, 2009 9:07:37 am PDT #28291 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I really hate to be That Person, but I recounted the penguin story to a co-worker, and they sent me a Snopes link:
Maybe Dudley Zoo has some kind of "got a penguin, leave a penguin / need a penguin, take a penguin!" policy that Snopes is not aware of?
I really want this story to be true!!
Aims - Oct 28, 2009 9:17:14 am PDT #28292 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dammit Jessica! You're why we can't have fun stories!!
Jessica - Oct 28, 2009 9:20:10 am PDT #28293 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It wasn't me! I didn't even Google it!
Fay - Oct 28, 2009 9:20:36 am PDT #28294 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
You're more than welcome to be "That Person" if it makes you feel good, Jess. I've known Natalie for nearly four years, and she's Cordelia-level blunt and honest, so if she tells me that this happened to her, improbable as it is, then I'm going to believe her.
You're getting this at "a friend of a friend" level, so feel free to treat it like junk mail.
Laga - Oct 28, 2009 9:24:49 am PDT #28295 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm so glad Jessica posted that before I did. I didn't want to be the penguin pooper.
What is the polite thing to do? The other day I told a friend she had retold me an urban legend and she seemed kind of miffed. I do it a lot and I feel like I'm preventing people from continuing to repeat stories and being embarassed later on when they find out the truth. If it's a harmless story like the penguin would it be better for me to keep quiet?
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 28, 2009 9:25:18 am PDT #28296 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Is the UK getting a different result because bunches of mid-level sick people DO exist and actually seek medical treatment? Are more Americans becoming critical because they put off/forego medical treatment?
That's a really interesting question. We do have massive Tamiflu centres here, handing out pills to anyone with enough symptoms to be likely to have H1N1. The government's being criticised for this policy - which clearly has some major drawbacks and is a colossal waste of money - but it is potentially saving lives, too. I was so ill before I got hold of Tamiflu, I can see how I might have developed serious complications without it. (But I'm in a high-risk group.)
In short: do you need to waste buckets of money to keep people from getting critically ill? Or is there a better system somewhere in between?
Edit, because I really need to learn to check I've finished all my sentences before posting. (And again because I can't spell.)