Interview with creator of Verdana.

Worst hairdo evah? [link]

maybe, but I LOVE that kitchen!

Karl Marx invented the grill cheese as a tool of indoctrination.

Also, a zombie outbreak (with Ottawa as ground zero) would wipe out humanity in ten days.

Well half the people in Ottawa are zombies already, they're just probably waiting for the signal to attack.

Well half the people in Ottawa are zombies already, they're just probably waiting for the signal to attack.

Ack! Burn them! Burn them! Send them back to Hull.

I am also going to get some cinder blocks to put in the trunk.

Suzi, get kitty litter. Big bags of clay kitty litter. As a bonus, if you get stuck in the snow, you an spread the litter on the ground & get traction. (Sand will also work, but is not so available at your local Safeway.)

And we thought the Thighmaster was bad....

Suzanne Somers' New Target: Chemotherapy

NEW YORK (AP) – Suzanne Somers is at it again.

Less than a year after the former sitcom actress frustrated mainstream doctors (and cheered some fans) by touting bioidentical hormones on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," she's back with a new book. This one's on an even more emotional topic: Cancer treatment. Specifically, she argues against what she sees as the vast and often pointless use of chemotherapy.

Somers, who has rejected chemo herself, seems to relish the fight.

"Cancer's an epidemic," said the 63-year-old actress in an interview in a Manhattan hotel a day before Tuesday's release of "Knockout," her 19th book. "And yet we keep going back to the same old pot, because it's all we've got. Well, this is a book about options.

"I'm 'us'," Somers adds. "I'm not them. I've been on the other side of the bed. And it's powerful to have information."

The American Cancer Society is concerned.

"I am very afraid that people are going to listen to her message and follow what she says and be harmed by it," says Dr. Otis Brawley, the organization's chief medical officer. "We use current treatments because they've been proven to prolong life. They've gone through a logical, scientific method of evaluation. I don't know if Suzanne Somers even knows there IS a logical, scientific method."

More broadly, Brawley is concerned that in the United States, celebrities or sports stars feel they can use their fame to dispense medical advice. "There's a tendency to oversimplify medical messages," he says. "Well, oversimplification can kill."

Good idea Juliaia.

In a bit of irony - I paid for the tires yesterday and have the appointment this afternoon to get them put on. We now have 2 inches of snow on the ground and it is still falling.

People buying snow tires makes the Snow Miser hot....

eta: But not literally.

lisa - your post in apocy... made me think of one of the shows on HGTV that I am OBSESSED with - designed to sell. also real estate intervention. anyhoo, I feel like I have learned tons from those shows that I will use when it is time to sell my place (like I am a hugely atypical buyer). their website might be helpful for some tips for him.

ION - I had a to-do list for today with 3 yucky things on the workside (above and beyond normal work which does not go on the list) and 7 things on the personal side. I've addressed 1 on the work side (although it is not complete, just awaiting a response) and 3 on the personal side. DO not think I will make it through the list today, given what is on the normal pile. still, productive.