I heard a reference to this on the radio the other day… as it happens I’ve never relied on the “waterproof” part of sunscreen claims (especially when swimming or snorkeling), but always re-apply after coming out of the water every so often. New Food and Drug Administration regulations mean that, by the summer of 2012, there will be no such thing as “waterproof” sunscreen. That’s because, frankly, there already wasn’t such a thing. A sunscreen might be more water resistant than a competitor. But you can’t assume that one application of the “waterproof” stuff will stay with you through hours…
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This is not all that good and joyful: anti-gay corporate poultry product shills Chick-fil-A are building a restaurant near me, I’ll pass it every day. Ugh. Bet Chick-fil-A wishes this month would end. Over the past few weeks, the restaurant chain’s deep ties to the anti-gay movement have been exposed and uncovered by a number of activists, most notably Jeremy Hooper at Good As You. Whether it’s Focus on the Family, the National Organization for Marriage, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, or Exodus International, Chick-fil-A ties run deep. Of course, the President of Chick-fil-A wants gay people to share no hard…
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Oh for CHRIST’S SAKE. Yes, security is important, but security theater is impotent. An entire US Airways flight was evacuated and the pilot placed a passenger under citizen’s arrest after he refused to pull up his baggy pants, reports NBC Bay Area.According to his mother, her son initially refused, saying that his hands were full. His mother says he then went to his seat where he pulled up his pants.The airline says the passenger refused to get off the plane and that’s when the pilot placed him under arrest. He was later charged by police with trespassing, battery and resisting…
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Some families in Illinois are celebrating tonight. It would be nice if a family member who lives in a group home could benefit from this decision and not have to live quite so far away… due to the extreme length of the waitlist for supportive group housing for disabled adults in Illinois, she was placed in a town several hours away from the rest of us. And maybe it wouldn’t be worth uprooting her now, but at least if it becomes necessary in the future, there may be more options for her and her immediate family. State officials will begin…
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For a second there, I thought she was talking about the US economy, which is in the terlet thanks to the Bush tax CUTS and the continuing War on Women and Children, reducing aid to poor families. Taxes. It seems whether you cut them or hike them, they cause problems for everybody. A year of spending cuts and tax hikes has worsened the recession, now in its third year. The unemployment rate among young people is around 40 percent. via Greek Economic Dilemma Evolves Into Political Crisis : NPR.
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Riley’s been doing really well since we got his prednisolone reformulated as a tuna-flavored liquid treat – he loves lapping it up from a plastic syringe that’s designed for “oral” applications. Thank goodness for Keefer’s Pharmacy: Keefer’s Pharmacy, along with being a regular pharmacy, is also proud to be a Compounding Pharmacy. This means that Keefer’s has the ability to make up medications that aren’t commercially available. The spectrum of compounding is broad, but Keefer’s covers almost everything. And, in addition to compounding for people, Keefer’s Pharmacy makes up almost a significant portion of their medications for pets. via Compounding…
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Sometime next year I’ll get around to blogging about our wonderful recent vacation to the Olympic Peninsula and Seattle – one of the most fun things was dropping in on my friend Seattle Tammy at her store, Books on 7th, in Hoquiam Washington. You can even BUY BOOKS FROM THEIR ONLINE STORE, and I happen to know they just got in a big consignment of old cookery books… Turns out Hoquiam is now famous after a recent incident with a deceased member of the Family Mustelidae put them on the international news wires, and LOLmarten images went viral. “We’re not…
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Listening to Whad'ya Know? on WCPT, happy to discover Michael Perry and http://sneezingcow.com/ # Listening to Mark Marron on WCPT. Is this one of his first shows? Cool. # Correction: heard Mark Maron's first show on @WBEZ and… enjoyed it quite a lot! # D'oh. Spelling FAIL. Sorry, @marcmaron # Santorum running, whips GOP base into frothy mix of pleasurable anticipation. http://is.gd/ohUCmI # RT @NewsHour "Would you vote for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum for president? http://ow.ly/5b01D" # Surely "frothy mix" is trending. Let's see if we can get #Santorumnewsleak trending too. # A news leak from Rick Santorum must…
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Stale leftover pastries left in breakroom: DO NOT WANT Via: Flickr Title: NO NO NO NO By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 9 Jun ’11, 9.15am CDT
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Last full day of #NWFolkLife for us. More music and performance-art people watching today, seeing a friend, and collapsing later. #fb # At St Paul's Seattle for a little meditation and reflection (with music and incense). #fb #episcopal # Wow. ::exhale:: Lovely service, very challenging modern piece by Arvo Pärt called Solfreggio. Acapella! #StPauls #Seattle #Episcopal # My new Taiko career begins! RT @fallingrock "Taiko drummer @GinnyRED57 at #NWFolkLife #fb http://twitpic.com/53x8tq" # At Sea-Tac, homeward bound to ORD. Flew @United out, flying @AmericanAir back, will be interested in direct comparison. #FB # I goofed up our TSA info somehow; at…