I'm not sure I've ever had the flu. But I got my first flu shot Wednesday because they did them here in the office. After the crazy not-swine flu I had back in April, I'll do anything to not get sick this year. I was a bit tired, but I have a feeling that's from overwork and not the shot.

oh flea, why? I am hearing lots of arguments against the vaccine in general but nothing on mist vs. shot.

WARNING - freaky and disturbing!

15 Most Painful Shoes Ever Created

The first one is a shoe that does the same thing as foot-binding. Has a disturbing picture of a deformed foot that apparently resulted from wearing the shoes.

Em got the H1N1 vaccine in the mist. No seasonal flu vaccine though. Not sure if we'll do it this year.

Hil, that story is seriously effed up.

My back has been hurting for three days. This happens with PMS sometimes, but it usually doesn't last this long.

I got the flu shot at an office clinic, and will get the other if/when it becomes available.

So tired today. No particular reason. But it's a lazy Friday anyway with coming in late and employee appreciation day.

Aaand apparently I was just the victim of a phantom bus, so apparently I'll be sitting at a bus stop for a while longer.

12 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits

6 Batman vs Batman: Mayor of Batman city sued Warner Brothers

The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, sued helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros for royalties from mega-grosser "The Dark Knight." Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman accused "The Dark Knight" producers of using the city's name without permission.

"There is only one Batman in the world," Kalkan said. "The American producers used the name of our city without informing us." No one from the town of Batman has explained why it took so many years to take legal action, since Batman first appeared -as a comic book character- in 1939.

FluMust has a live, but weakened virus. The shot is a killed virus. You CANNOT get the flu from getting a shot. You can possibly get the flu from FluMist - which is why they don't recommend it for the most vulnerable people, i.e. children under 2, pregnant women, and the severely immunocompromised. My kids aren't particularly at-risk, but if I have a choice, for them I'll take the shot. And since they just got FluMist for seasonal, I'd rather they get the shot for H1N1 if possible. It's not fully rational, and if my choice is FluMist or nothing, I'll be okay with FluMist.

Also, children under 10 are supposed to get TWO doses of the H1N1, a month apart. How the heck I will manage that i do not know.

Egad, Hil, that's horrible. That poor woman. Those asshole paramedics.

As I was reading down through the thread, one of my bosses popped into the office to announce that our division chief was just diagnosed with H1N1.

eta: From tommyrot's list, the cork shoes and the boxing glove shoes actually look pretty comfy. Ridiculous, but comfy.

15 Most Painful Shoes Ever Created

OMG - it's The CRUEL SHOES!!!

Yeah, some of those shoes look painful on the outside, but the interior part looks fine. The bare metal one, though ...