Is it Russian Navy? I love that color. I wear it on my toes a lot.

I have Russian Navy on my toes right now, AIFG.

Actually, IFAwful, because it's just the chipped remnants of a pedicure I had back before Thanksgiving. Now that my ankle's mostly healed I'll have to do something about that.

Suzi, I think you are describing This one which I also bought.

Yep, that is the one I bought. I haven't tried it yet. Will see if I can find a store that stocks OPI so I can see if my current nail color is Russian Navy.

an infographic comparing health care costs per person to life expectancy

This diagram was redrawn on Five Thirty Eight:

A somewhat misleading (in my opinion) presentation of these numbers has been floating around on the web recently, and so I wanted to post this cleaner graph.

In third place was the first ever woman to be nominated for the award. Rosanne Tippett drove her moped into a flooded river, despite the warning signs.

She was rescued by police, but died after jumping back into the river in an attempt to recover the two-wheeler.

How did this one manage to live long enough to qualify for a moped license?

What's the difference between Christianity and Christianism?

What's the difference between Christianity and Christianism?

Christianism is the belief that all of society (including government) should be based on Christian principles.

Tom, do you agree that the first one was misleading?

I think the Fivethirtyeight's presentation tells a slightly different story for some reason, but it provides an easier ability to do a sort of quick and dirty regression analysis (p val or t val I can't remember).

Also, I think Sullivan is the main one to use the term "Christianism."

The defining element of Christianism is the pursuit of worldly power - which is why I refuse to give these politicians and operators the term "Christian." The move into politics was a decision made by the Christianist right two generations ago. Its main vehicle is the Republican party, but it is not entirely partisan, as the remarkable story of "The Family" by Jeff Sharlet reveals.

Christianity vs Christianism, Love vs Power

know what I am doing to boost my mood?

having some of the yummy chai mix quester gave me.

also bitched to a co-worker friend and that helped to identify part of what is irking me so much today.

ho hum off to do more work, I may hate doing it, but I love a clean desk.

In retrospect I should say that I am also often inappropriately chummy with complete strangers, so it's not like my sister manifested the behaviour in a vacuum. I just think I do it a reasonable amount (though I'm working on cutting out some stuff because I'm old, dammit) and she doesn't always know when to say when. But she's working on self-censoring herself too.