Ooooh! The cats! The kitty island makes me happy.
Jayne: 'Cause I don't know these folks. Don't much care to. Mal: They're whores. Jayne: I'm in.
'Heart Of Gold'
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.
Burrell - Nov 28, 2012 7:59:42 pm PST #2515 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Lee - Nov 28, 2012 8:49:43 pm PST #2516 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Kitty island was hapy making, indeed.
Consuela, I am so sorry about everything. If you ever feel like escaping for a drink or a silly movie or something, let me know.
When I wasn't in meetings or being a ruiner of lives,
Did you laugh evilly while doing the ruining?
Cashmere - Nov 28, 2012 9:46:32 pm PST #2517 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Plus, tomorrow or Friday there will be haldol. Oy
Yay for more psychotropic meds?
tons of surgery~ma for Scrappy's Ma.
Why am I up this morning? Because I've undertaken more stories for the local paper--city government, committee meetings and advisory boards! Yay?
meara - Nov 28, 2012 10:21:25 pm PST #2518 of 30001
This morning?? Even on the east coast it's not morning, it's middle of the night!
I am awake because I can't fall asleep. Not sure why (too much iced tea?) but tomorrow morning is going to suck.
le nubian - Nov 29, 2012 12:18:59 am PST #2519 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Calli - Nov 29, 2012 1:06:10 am PST #2520 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hi zuisa!
Surgery~ma, Scrappy.
The moon was so bright last night that it woke me up around 2:30. And I couldn't fall back asleep for a couple of hours because I was just feeling so happy. No idea where that came from (other than having a basically good life), but I'll take it.
Theodosia - Nov 29, 2012 2:55:42 am PST #2521 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Happy is good. Happy that keeps you up is much better than other reasons for insomnia, for sure!
Consuela, much strength to you and all your family. Just getting your parents on a regular drug regimen can only help, too. You are the kind of daughter that your mother would be proud of if she was in her right mind.
Laura - Nov 29, 2012 3:31:47 am PST #2522 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Consuela, I hope that my children will be as determined to keep me safe and healthy if the need arises. You have done everything you can to treat your parents as you would want to be treated. Nothing more can be expected in this life. I hope things calm down soon.
Jesse - Nov 29, 2012 5:00:27 am PST #2523 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have been at this job 2.5 years, and I am still weirdly resentful of how my former boss did nothing for me when I got here! My current boss just asked me to help cleaning out some files for a new person on Monday, and I literally walked into an office that hadn't been touched since my predecessor left. The computer wasn't set up, every surface was covered with files, etc. Also she didn't introduce me to anyone. Ugh!
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2012 5:04:21 am PST #2524 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am a little confused by that article, LeN. I'm willing to accept their numbers for the amount of pesticides until more testing is done, but some of their language is hinky--they never define quality as far as I saw, but maintain they're proving Teavana is low quality. If they are equating quality with being pesticide free, 1/4 of the article is redundant, because they already said that.
I admit that I wasn't paying attention to whether my favourite tea from them was supposed to be organic or not--I don't recall seeing that, and it doesn't often play into my purchase decisions of something whose taste I already know. So that portion of it isn't pertinent to me.
They are cheating, also, with at least some of the pesticide section, because showing that picture of an affected child is not cricket, even if the text goes on to say that Teavana's use of it is not in quantities related to the photo. And some of their math confuses, but that could totally be me too early:
Fipronil, a GroupC Possible Human Carcinogenaccording to the EPA, exceeded EU limits in five of the pure teas tested. Monkey Picked Oolong stood out with a concentration of Fipronil at 45times the limit, or 4400%. The other four teas, which included Silver Yin Zhen Pearls, Black Dragon Pearl, Golden Jade, and Phoenix Mountain, exceeded their respective Fipronil limits by a range of 120% to 380%, with an average of 265%, or around four times the EU’s legal limit
If their numbers about the pesticide contamination are correct (which I'm still assuming) that's all the reason in the world needed to stop drinking their products. But the article is not just fact reporting, it's deliberately inflammatory, which makes me all the more curious about what Teavana does or says in response. What can they do? It would seem their backs are against the wall.
However, no study can convince me to like Tazo tea. I've got many tea options that I'm drinking right now, and none of them are Tazo. Maybe Teavana is using tasty pesticides or something.