Yay Allyson!

Depending on the type and stage of cancer, I might consider foregoing treatment. After watching Mom deal with chemo for late stage ovarian cancer, I decided I'd probably go for palliative treatment if I were in a similar situation. But I'd tell any partners what was happening. And I wouldn't go with the theory that bee pollen and mega-doses of vitamin C would work in place of cisplatin.

Yay Allison!

OK, is it weird that I kind of appreciate that I just saw a Domino's ad with a store employee whose gender was ambiguous to me?

then there are the people who hate "BigPharma" because they are only about profit and money and then turn around and spend tons of money on fake treatments.

And let's not forget that fake medicine is also a billion-dollar industry. It turns out you can make a lot more money when you don't have to prove that your products actually do anything. (Or, in the case of homeopathy, when the whole point is to guarantee that your products contain nothing at all.)

Allyson, your car! Yay! BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE INTERWEBS!

And it's not just fake supplements it's also fake gadgets. Like Zappers, EMF protectors. Miracle things that make your water "forget" it's water memory.

OK, is it weird that I kind of appreciate that I just saw a Domino's ad with a store employee whose gender was ambiguous to me?

Hah! I've seen that ad, and was quite pleased.

meara, I thought of you a lot during Lady Gaga's opener last night on the VMAs!

Yay Allyson!

Does anyone remember a continuation of "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" saying something like "it will only frustrate you and annoy the dog"? Or something like that?

Does anyone remember a continuation of "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" saying something like "it will only frustrate you and annoy the dog"? Or something like that?

I thought the "frustrate you/annoy the [animal]" went with "You can't teach a pig to whistle."

There's "Never try to teach a pig to sing; it just frustrates you, and it annoys the pig."

Yay, part!