Poor ana...

I told you she's not feeling well... and she was having real problems going to sleep, so I put her in the swing. BIG mistake. Somehow, as I was closing the straps, I managed to pinch her thumb. The three longest seconds of my life were spent looking into her wide round eyes. She honestly couldn't believe that had happened, her mouth fell open, and she kept staring at me.

And then she started screaming. And screaming. Well, I would be too, but that doesn't mean I wanted to hear it, I felt guilty enough! I strapped her in correctly, ran to the upstairs porch, grabbed some snow for her thumb (after checking that it was neither broken nor bleeding) and ran back. That worked, she grabbed it and started sucking the snow, but I feel sooooooo bad!

Before we start this (and you know I love controversy!).. I am *not* debating my views.

Sorry. If you wish to know my feelings on the dairy industry, there is one site on my links list which should make the point very clear, even if you never visit it.

I just have a question. Got that? No arguments over the merits of consuming dairy products or alternate sources of calcium or anything. Just a question.

How could anybody reasonably say that people have to drink milk to be healthy? No species could possibly evolve with a necessity for the milk of another species, or even their own species after a certain age. That's insane! We can't escape our evolution, and we haven't had domesticated animals long enough for us to evolve to need them. So, how is it justified to say we need milk? I'm actually curious here, not argumentative.

People may be missing the point...

Gender equity in public bathrooms

So why might women take longer in the bathroom? Because they often have small children to tend to, they wear more clothes, and, as Councilwoman Yvette Clarke put it, there's that anatomical difference.

"We don't have the same type of equipment that men have," Clarke said.

There's something else, though, which I don't think many people realize....

"We don't have the same type of equipment that men have," Clarke said.

They have urinals and stalls, we just have stalls. Not only does going in a stall take longer (as she said) but I suspect that we have only as many stalls as the men's bathrooms. I don't know this, and would love any evidence to confirm or disprove my theory, but I have seen enough movies and tv shows to say that (if those can be assumed to reflect reality, a bit of a stretch sometimes) men generally have more toilet space in the bathroom.

The whole "santa debate"

Just so you have my views on the subject, I wouldn't tell my kids there is a santa, but I wouldn't tell anyone else there isn't unless they asked me directly. However. I think both sides in the debate are wrong. Let's look at some quotes:

( Hohoho! )

I've also got appropriate *headdesk* quotes from some magazines my mom bought... ( Let's see.... )

So, folks, remember: Christmas is about the presents. Nothing more, and for sure nothing less.

On that note, I know some people who promised me LJ presents... Jenn, this is your friendly reminder that the nineteenth is upon us.

To be edited, as there's only the one quiz...

You are a Sovereign-class Explorer, Starfleet's
biggest, badest, playboy posterchild. You
exceed everyone's expectations in every
department. You're the best, and you know it.


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