From my cousin in NO
Just got this in an email from my minister: The Knight Templars are making arrangements for a 30 seat plane and a helicopter to fly us from New Orleans to Jacmel and then to La Vallee. We are ready to staff our hospital in La Vallee which is intact, well stocked with surgical supplies, with 3 OR beds ready, a recovery... room, post op areas, a 50kwatts generator, a water tower and an ambulance.
We need: surgeons, orthopedists, anesthesiologists, nurses, civil engineers, those in construction
We need: analgesics, anesthetics, antihypertensives, antiglycemics, antibiotics, toiletries, IV fluids, chloride tablets, etc
Dana, didn't you say something about Katrina flashbacks?
Happy Birthday msbelle!!!
OMG, my boss, my boss. We just had this talk about "white privilege" where she talked about how she told the one black, gay man at our school that she identifies more with him than with rich white people because she doesn't have any privilege either. I'm thinking he LOVED that. then she said "See, he pulled himself up out of a bad situation and so did I. And look at him, the way he dresses and speaks and carries himself-- he is the epitome of "professionalism" @@ I had to refrain from mentioning that she would not even THINK about saying the same thing about our white male professor, who is actually sort of frumpy and wears turtlenecks and lab coats. Do people even fucking listen to themselves.
In other news, I hit a dog last night on the way home. Killed the poor thing pretty much instantly (which may be a blessing in disguise; since it was laying down in the middle of a highway at rush hour, I suspect it had been hit and immobilized by a car up ahead of me). And I'll be buying a new radiator instead of the laptop I'd planned.
Do people even fucking listen to themselves.
Too many assume they don't have to. Which brings us back to privilege.
ETA: Oh, I'm sorry Matt.
Dana, didn't you say something about Katrina flashbacks?
Pretty much, yeah. I'm not listening too closely to the coverage.
Sophia, your boss is beyond @@. Someone is going to punch her in the neck one day. And I hope you get to see it.
I think my future giving will be targeted through Partners in Health. I like that it's run by Haitians, not foreigners, and they operate 10 hospitals that are outside the capital and not damaged by the quake. [link]
Today is payday, so I want to donate, and I keep dithering about which organization. My thinking goes, what if they need food and water more than medical care? And then I think, well gosh, I imagine DWB/MSF would feed their patients, so I'm being fairly insane.
Does anyone know anything about Wyclef Jean's organization?
I don't know what the undercooked/raw seafood link to pregnancy is, but with a couple of miscarriages, she might be being extra careful.
There's a risk of parasites in raw fish and meat, but it's also very much a regional/cultural thing. (Pregnant women in Tokyo eat sushi, pregnant women in Paris avoid raw vegetables, etc.)
Great. Now I want sushi.
It looks like the late night kerfluffle may have made it onto Craigslist: [link]
4 SALE: BARELY-USED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW – MAKE ME AN OFFER!!! (Universal Studios)
This is a chance of a lifetime to own your very own late night talk show–guaranteed to last for up to seven months!! Really must see to appreciate.
The Star.com thinks it's legit.
Oh, and
Happy Birthday, msbelle!!!
Happy Birthday, msbelle!
Also an image of Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon from a British tv movie.
Oh no, Matt. That sucks.
Sophia your boss is full of fail.
I gave to Partners in Health because I am parochial, and they are based in Boston.
