It's quite warm here today. Nice breeze, though.
Naked mole rats have two genes that act to inhibit cell growth. Humans only have one. The result: naked mole rats never get cancer.
Is there a drawback to having two of those genes? Any reason we shouldn't experiment on giving humans another one?
Oh, did I say "human" and "experiment" in the same sentence? Sorry. Well, I never actually did promise to use my powers only for good.
I have been trying to get a certain store to stop reporting my mother's credit card on my credit report for 10 years now.
Argh. I've been trying for nigh-on 15 years to get (a) a complete stranger's name off my credit report, and (b) to get a tax lien removed that was paid off in 1997 and still shows up "live". One company will take them off, and another drags its feet, and next time I look, it's back on all, apparently re-seeded from the one that didn't do anything about it. Is there an organization that goes to battle with credit reporting companies for the hapless consumer?
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Ugh, I need to get new credit reports. It's been forever, and given how much identity fraud I've had, I need to keep an eye on.
Now I'm thinking about putting my new air conditioner in the window. I don't really have anywhere to store it, and haven't had that window open at all, so I'm kind of thinking why not.
I am impressed by all of you people who have been up and doing stuff. It is not yet noon here; I have been out of bed for under an hour. Of course, my plans for the day involve attacking the Storage Room o' Doom, so I am eventually going to be productive.
I was up at 6:30 hacking my lungs out from the massively inappropriate amounts of pollen in the air. I love that it's warm enough to sleep with the windows open, I do NOT love that sleeping with the windows open means that the gentle spring breezes wafting in contain 2 parts pollen to every 1 part air.
So D and I had an early breakfast and then the whole family went to Tribeca for brunch (Kitchenette = noms) and the Tribeca Family Festival which is kind of associated with the Tribeca Film Festival but is basically just a massive street fair. The highlight from Dylan's point of view was the bubble garden (sponsored by the Gazillion Bubbles Show). Now we are attempting naptime.
Well this has not ended well. At least we are about to be on our way home.
Bummer msbelle. At least you got some stuff done, huh?
yeah I got a large quantity of clothes dropped off. Everything else was for him and that is it for a while. I will do all my shopping stuff without him for a while, even if said shopping is for him. So not worth it.
Now I think laundry, so it will be done.
Xposted from Bitches: I've got some things I need to get done. Anybody want to do a mutual motivation thing over email or gchat?
Vitamin D is good for burning out the sick, right?
Yep. I heard in the ubiquitous "somewhere" that some people are more vulnerable to colds and whatnot due to low levels of vitamin D.
In other news, I passed my FAA Airman Knowledge Exam today! Next step, flight training in actual planes. Yay! And now I'm gonna goof off for the rest of the day. I think walking the cat qualifies.
