Barb, you have definitely earned the best mom ever award.
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Apr 13, 2011 10:08:02 am PDT #19694 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DawnK - Apr 13, 2011 10:20:33 am PDT #19695 of 30000
giraffe mode
Barb that is awesome and thank you!!! I saw the zombie bunnies on April Fools Day and I made a mental note to go back and look to see if they were in stock, but totally forgot to. I just ordered 4 (kids, hubby, brother).
Ginger - Apr 13, 2011 10:47:08 am PDT #19696 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My mother was given information about a fundraiser to raise money to send the great-grandson of one of her high school friends to China for stem cell treatments for optic nerve hypoplasia. She called to ask me if this was a legitimate treatment, because if it is, she'd like to help out.
I went googling, and this article [link] sums up the legitimate scientific thought. However, there are pages and pages of people who have paid upwards of $50,000 for this therapy and claimed that it worked. Doctors who have tested children before and after don't see any difference, but the internet is full of testimonials, once again illustrating that the plural of anecdote is not data.
This condition is tailor-made for this kind of sleaziness, because people are desperate to save their child from a life of blindness and because children with this condition fairly often acquire at least light and dark vision as they get older, without any treatment. It's just so sad.
I'm going to tell Mom this, but I doubt if she can talk them out of it.
Scrappy - Apr 13, 2011 10:49:22 am PDT #19697 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have been clicking on Daisy Jane's links all lunch. Thank you for all the cool new internet places to look at pretty things!
Jessica - Apr 13, 2011 10:52:38 am PDT #19698 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
As far as I'm aware, stem-cell tourism treatments like that are ALL scams. China and Mexico seem to be the most common destinations.
Ginger - Apr 13, 2011 10:55:22 am PDT #19699 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I figured it was a scam when I went looking, but I hadn't realized they were low enough to target blind toddlers.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2011 11:01:39 am PDT #19700 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Trudy, that's SO AWESOME!! If I send you some money, will you buy some some earrings or a necklace?
Sure!
I will do my best to keep a journal but that's not really my strong suit.
Pictures will happen, I just need to get a camera -- something cheap but not awful with a lot of memory.
Atropa - Apr 13, 2011 11:04:07 am PDT #19701 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Alima's stuff is very nicely milled. It looks like they've expanded their color range, so I may even be able to find a match for my peachness.
I think I have a jar of Alima foundation, and didn't use it because it was a smidge too dark for me. Cass, I will try to remember to hand it to you the next time I see you.
Clothing shopping: Newport News, oddly, will come up with some really good things for me. I'm currently ogling the lace frock coat-ish "blazer": [link]
Vortex - Apr 13, 2011 11:22:21 am PDT #19702 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I hate you so muchThank youfor all the cool new internet places to look at pretty things that I shouldn't buy but probably will.
fixed that.
Daisy Jane - Apr 13, 2011 11:41:20 am PDT #19703 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."