Gris, I am so sorry. Much peace and strength to you.
I need to go away for a weekend. This next month is going to be rough. A cabin in the mountains sounds both wonderful and terrifying.
Shh! I kinda wanna hear me talking right now!
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Maria - Jan 11, 2013 7:46:32 am PST #7289 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Dana - Jan 11, 2013 7:47:20 am PST #7290 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I trust my body more than the CDC, FDA, or drug companies.
That doesn't even mean anything!
Jessica - Jan 11, 2013 7:48:53 am PST #7291 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That doesn't even mean anything!
It means WAKE UP SHEEPLE THE CDC IS IN THE POCKET OF BIG PHARMA!
I think. It might be the other way around.
Jessica - Jan 11, 2013 7:48:53 am PST #7292 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Jan 11, 2013 7:49:54 am PST #7293 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I trust my body more than the CDC, FDA, or drug companies.
That doesn't even mean anything!
I know, right? I don't care if he personally chooses to eschew medication, but...I trust my body, too, yo. That has nothing to do with (1) the utility of medication in certain disease states, or (2) the CDC tracking data about factual illnesses happening.
brenda m - Jan 11, 2013 8:00:21 am PST #7294 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I just got an email from the government of Nunuvut - specifically, Kivalliq School Operations - regarding relocation to Rankin Inlet. To which I say 1) no thanks and 2) I suspect you have the wrong email.
Consuela - Jan 11, 2013 8:00:25 am PST #7295 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But I'm concerned enough about this year's outbreak that I'm going to find a flu shot today.
Yeah, me too. Both my sister & my mother are sick, and I can't avoid them indefinitely.
brenda m - Jan 11, 2013 8:00:49 am PST #7296 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That doesn't even mean anything!
Also, what's this about dog vibrations?
meara - Jan 11, 2013 8:07:06 am PST #7297 of 30001
Do you think someone could apply by editing the job listing first?
Only if you want to work there. Eek.
really don't want to have to yell at a friend on Facebook that spouting the phrase "pharmaceutical companies don't create cures; they create customers" is both facile and not only wrong but dangerous.
Yeah, working for drug companies, I can say there's lots of shady shit they've done/do. But if there were a magic cure for all the cancer? Hells yeah they'd be selling it--they'd just be charging an arm and a leg for it. And even if they didn't want to sell it, they'd have to test it first (to prove it works) and the people who tested it (both on my side and on the doctors' side) would never be like "Oh, it seemed to be perfect and work amazing, but oh well, they aren't going to sell it". No.
Statistics aren't witchcraft.
But Nate Silver is still a witch, right?
Gris, that sounds like a horrid logistical nightmare on top of a situation that's already awful.
Jessica - Jan 11, 2013 8:09:23 am PST #7298 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset