Mal ,'Ariel'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
In terms of the French, I guess since we are pretty much throwing out our bill of rights they decided it was time they got over the whole "I disagree with everything you are saying but will defend to the death your right to say it" thing.
French civil libertarians don't like the veil ban though, mostly thinking it a lousy way to protect women and girls, and mainly an excuse for Muslim bashing.
I see my hemotologist this afternoon and may end up with another iron treatment. I do know my labs came back with my Ferratin in the "normal" range. It is 19 and the range is 10 - 232. That seems like a crazy big range and being 9 points away from the low end doesn't seem like a good thing. We will see what he says.
French civil libertarians don't like the veil ban though, mostly thinking it a lousy way to protect women and girls, and mainly an excuse for Muslim bashing.
This. If they want to protect women who choose not to wear the veil, then there are ways to do that that involve actually directly empowering those women, rather than setting it up where one group of women gets to sacrifice their rights for another, and all of them get singled out as other.
P-C, the credit card thing is true.
Thanks for the explanation, meara!
P-C, had you seen this? [link]
Ha, I had not. I actually have no vested interest in Cumbly yet, as I haven't seen Sherlock, but soon!
He makes his own fan art! For charity! Also, and more importantly, he's insanely talented.
So one of my co-workers makes really awesome cards for all occasions: thanks for all your help, birthdays, holidays, whatever. They're creative, personalized, finely crafted, and just plain fun. We keep telling him to get on Etsy. How much would you pay for a well-crafted, personalized card?
I wish I hadn't read this because it makes me paranoid. It could totally happen to you. In the next five minutes. RIGHT NOW, EVEN. Actually, it has happened to me, but not that bad, and I didn't go to the ER.
hah! We are always asking our doctor friend this:
Couldn't they have used a laser or something?
I've run out of work to do AND internets to read!
Fortunately, thanks to ita, I'm now too busy being terrified to yawn to worry about being bored.