hmm.. my cat mostly types in welsh and turns on strange pieces of software that I didn't know existed ( like sticky keys) Occasionally, he closes things.

no porn of any kind

I wanted to ignore Sarah Palin, but her contribution to the health-care debate should perhaps be noted:

The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.

But then a lot of Republicans are saying stuff like this, right?

[link]

Palin: bleah.

ION: I went to Six Flags White Water here in Atlanta, and did not burst into flames. In fact, I spent EIGHT HOURS in the sun, shirtless, and didn't burn at all. In chlorinated water no less, to which I used to be very, very allergic (chlorinated water in my nose/eyes used to equal great difficulty breathing)

I consider this a great victory over the Daystar.

Hee. I was just reading about that, tommyrot, and boggling at the ridiculousness. Dear lord. Death panel!

But if there is going to be a death panel, can I PLEASE serve on it? Pretty please?? With a cherry on top??

But if there is going to be a death panel, can I PLEASE serve on it? Pretty please?? With a cherry on top??

Was it Tom Servo or Crow who said, "I want to get to decide who lives and who dies"? I think that was his Christmas wish.

ION, this HuffPost summary is so perfect that you don't really need the details:

Birther Lawsuit Struck Down By 10th Circuit Court

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals slapped down another birther lawsuit this week, referring to the plaintiff's argument as "somewhat difficult to distill."

But then a lot of Republicans are saying stuff like this, right?

Yes. I really want to know who all of these people thinks is making these decisions NOW.

My current health care issue: I have a chronic pain condition. Recently, my ankle has started hurting. A lot. The prescription painkillers I have do nothing for it -- I need something stronger. I log onto my medical care website and request an appointment with my doctor, note that I am in a lot of pain, and ask for the earliest appointment available. I get an appointment in October. I talk to my physical therapist, who I am seeing for my shoulder, and she tells me that she's not allowed to do anything with my ankle until I have a prescription form from my doctor that says "ankle" on it. My doctor can't do anything over the phone, because he can't really tell me what to do about my ankle without examining my ankle first. I have a feeling he'll want to order x-rays. I can go to Student Health for minor stuff, like sinus infections and whatever, but they won't prescribe painkillers there and they can't give physical therapy prescriptions. I have an ankle brace that I can wear, which helps a little, but really, until I get this treated, which can't even start until two months from now, I can't walk more than about five or six blocks, and even that is painful. Also can't drive unless I figure out how to push the pedals with my left foot.

But, of course, health care reform will put bureaucrats between us and our doctors, and will make us have to wait months for appointments.

(And I know from experience that trying to get an earlier appointment than the one that they tell you is the earliest at this place is a lost cause. If you tell them that it can't wait, they tell you to go to the emergency room. Or, as happened once, they tell you that even if the President wanted to see this doctor, he couldn't see him any time in the next two months.)

A very cute, yet curiously nummy-looking, puppy: [link]

What movie should I watch tonight?

I have three choices, none of which I've seen before.

Infernal Affairs (and does someone want to give me a gore rating on this one?) Secondhand Lions
The Sting

The Sting