I am with you on that. I loathe bathroom talk.

Nice brows, javachik! I had an eyebrow-grooming mishap the other day, so I guess I'm glad that I have so much brow to work with...

A co-worker was drying her hands after I headed over to the sinks to wash mine, and I had to coo over her baby in the stroller (she popped in to visit the office) and ask the usual new baby questions.

javachick, the brows look really good. I've thought about getting mine done.

Today she's in the restroom when I am AND SHE SAYS HI TO ME. Whut? No speaking!

You don't want my life, then. Random co-workers talk to me all the time in the restroom. Sometimes calling me by name, and I have NO idea who they are.

(My semi-celebrity life. So hard. ::grin::)

Video of a dog rescuing another dog.

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Warning: does contain footage of a dog getting hit by car.

ETA: I hope this works for everyone. I couldn't figure out how to unembed it from Facebook.

Odd headline o' the day: Police barred from penis enlargement

(Reuters) - Forget about getting a job as a police officer in Indonesia's Papua if you have had your penis enlarged. You won't get it, according to local media reports citing the Papua police chief.

An applicant "will be asked whether or not his vital organ has been enlarged," said Papua police chief Bekto Suprapto, quoted on local website Kompas.com.

"If he has, he will be considered unfit to join the police or the military."

The ban was applied since the unnatural size causes "hindrance during training," said police spokesman Zainuri Lubis in Jakarta, quoted by news portal Detik.com.

Indonesia's remote easternmost province is home to Papuan tribes, many of whom are known for wearing penis gourds.

Have More Sue Lowden Fun With Your Chicken Converter

It's Friday, so let's continue to talk about Nevada Senate contender Sue "Keep Redacteding That Chicken" Lowden, shall we? As you may have already read, the DSCC is happily mocking her "chickens-for-health care" plan with a website that sends letters to Lowden, which make requests for certain procedures along with an opening offer of chickens. Which is all well and good, but how do you, as a consumer, know what the going rate of poultry is, and how it relates to the cost of standard health care procedures? Well, the good news is that there's a handy converter you can use, over at The Lowden Plan.

Just select your procedure, and the nice people at the Lowden Plan will tell you how many chickens you need to cart off to your doctor's office to pay for the services. A flu shot, for example, will run you five chickens. A typical OB/GYN visit will cost you 41 capons. If you're like me, however, and worry about prostate cancer, well... your domicile is about to get really hectic. That will run you 3,514 birds.

Thanks, Jilli!

About the bathroom, thing, I should have been more clear. I don't like to talk while anyone is actually in a stall. At the sink is totally cool.

I am with you on that. I loathe bathroom talk.

I like being at a company where I can pee with the CEO.

Stall talking is definitely out. Sink talking is acceptable, unless they're brushing their teeth.

BTW, there is at least one woman who does not rinse out the sink after brushing her teeth--ugh!! I have to wash the bits of spitted-out toothpaste if I use the sink after her.