I'm so sorry Lisa.
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Sue - May 14, 2013 5:48:13 am PDT #22382 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Strix - May 14, 2013 6:00:18 am PDT #22383 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
So sorry to hear about that, lisah.
Consuela - May 14, 2013 6:15:11 am PDT #22384 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm sorry, lisah.
Did you all know that radiolab did a story on micropreemies and didn't tell me
I was listening to that RadioLab on podcast last week, and I thought of you a lot, Kat. It was incredibly moving, and terrifying.
And even on NPR sites, one should be very cautious about reading comments.
Ginger - May 14, 2013 6:30:42 am PDT #22385 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm so sorry, lisah. It's very hard.
why can't it jump from the person being inoculated to someone else and cause them health problems/IRS audits/lycanthropy.
She probably thinks it can. The mere existence of vaccines is the problem.
It's amazing that her chances of breast cancer went from 87% to 5%.
Removing any woman's breasts reduces her chances of breast cancer by 90%.
I acknowledge that there are many wonderful holistic doctors working on alternatives to surgery.
Holistic? I think not. With the BCRA genes, the alternatives are mainly better screening and studies to find treatments that reduce the chances of developing cancer. For example, tamoxifen appears to reduce the chances of developing cancer in women with the BCRA2 gene, but not the BCRA1 gene.
"Family history" is a fuzzy concept. One thing that bothers me about massive coverage of family-related breast cancer is that more than 70 percent of the women who get breast cancer (including me) have no history of breast cancer in their families. It tends to give women with no family history a false sense of security.
Insurance companies these days will generally cover genetic screening for people who have a significant family history of breast cancer before age 50 and/or ovarian cancer, particularly when coupled with being of Ashkenazi, Dutch, Icelandic or Swedish descent.
Lee - May 14, 2013 7:05:19 am PDT #22386 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am so sorry Lisah. Uncle Bud was an awesome cat.
le nubian - May 14, 2013 7:21:57 am PDT #22387 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Good thoughts coming your way, lisah.
Scrappy - May 14, 2013 7:25:15 am PDT #22388 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That photo shows a happy and well-loved kitty--sorry for your loss, but thank you for giving him a good life.
Anne W. - May 14, 2013 7:30:11 am PDT #22389 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Lisa, I am so sorry. I'm glad I got a chance to meet him - he was a special kitty.
WindSparrow - May 14, 2013 7:38:31 am PDT #22390 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Good night, sweet Uncle Bud. A flight of angels wing thee to thy rest.
Kat - May 14, 2013 7:56:00 am PDT #22391 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
oh lisah, I'm so sorry.
I"ve had a morning. Noah and I are back from his dentist -- he had an extraction of a molar. I watched them sedate him (Versed is amazing and has a short half life) and then strapped him down on a table and gave him a crown and extracted a molar. It was pretty scary.
Now he's on the couch watching Charlie Brown Christmas (it was his choice) and I'm here with him. The molar they took came out clean, which is nice. I think the tooth fair will write him a letter and he'll get enough to buy stratego with his saved money + tooth money.