Monday, October 31, 2011

The NEW Addams Family ~~ Do Not Want

I think the new Opening Theme is far inferior.
Why?
Bright colors, silly instead of mysterious and desirable.


"This is the opening of the new Addams Family which aired from 1998 to 1999."

Lyrics:
Welcome to the Addams family
How you do? The Addams family
Come into the Addams family
Now! cha cha cha

Wonderfully scary
And pleasantly hairy
Delightfully? Very
It's the Addams family

Welcome to the Addams family
Go into the Addams family
Come into the Addams family
Now! cha cha cha


Cast:

Gomez: Glenn Taranto
Morticia: Ellie Harvey
Pugsley: Brody Smith
Wednesday: Nicole Fugere
Uncle Fester: Michael Roberds
Grandmama: Betty Phillips
Lurch: John DeSantis
Thing: Steven Fox
Cousin Itt: David Mylrea (on-screen) and Paul Dobson (voice)

No! New Addams

College Board ~~ Literature Subject Exam Practice

I used to be a British history and literature major.  I'm feeling stumped by this one: 
Read the following poem carefully before you choose your answers.

View Passage

If the speaker is implying in line 10 that he is not deserving of love, which of the following most strongly supports the implication?

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Thinking about bullying


Enduring bullying is one of our family weirdnesses, Steve's and mine, like the intelligence paired with crippling depression thing we have going.
I don't remember much bullying in Pennsylvania, just a couple incidents {two girls on the playground at Rennerdale Elementary conspiring to get me out in four-square; they did};
the new family with many sons who moved into the big house near "the corner" that used to belong to Carol Last_name_begins_with_B {help me out here?}.
The boys came over one day for a rock fight.  Not a good idea.  Dad was irate.
Everyone was irate the day the boys came over for a three-legged race.


It took layers of skin from my foot.  I still have the scar.
My siblings behaved well, for the most part, except a Neopolitan ice cream pie fight
or locking Jack out of the house so that he had to climb through mom's rock garden

then over the laundry tubs to get in.

But in California, the first school I attended, Melvin Avenue Elementary,

seemed filled with violent children.

Bitter is the new Black by Jen Lancaster


Jen Lancaster was living the sweet life-until real life kicked her to the curb.

She had the perfect man, the perfect job-hell, she had the perfect life-and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice.

This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.

Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
112, Before leaving for unemployment ofc,
"swap out my small Burberry clutch for a large Prada shopper and shove the lot inside."
Pretty sure Prada won't like it

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
page 114 ~~ visit to unemployment office, IDES, meets shrill dude who calls her Miss Prada

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117 ~~ "What I'm askin' is, do you have any job listings that don't suck?" ~~ to Small Angry Woman who gave instructions only in Spanish

Trying to find that strange card system I used to use in college.

It was called something like Indecks, but Google chose to ignore that and gave me a mess of results about index card systems.  Since I'm addicted to stationary products and research, those links will come in handy.  Chest of Books looks quite interesting.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Google Image Search leads to strange results

Might anyone explain why a Google Image Search for "The Eyes of Laura Mars" would lead to  the {infamous} Madonna Inn?  {Sorry, picture wouldn't load.  I'm still feeling my way around here.}

I was trying to explain to Stargazer what I meant by the phrase that I encountered reading this Cracked article.


I don't think the other excuses have much merit.


Except breakfast malfunction.
That one has happened to me too many times.  We used to run out every morning until Stargazer adjusted his grocery staples list so we have enough for some each morning.


And I guess losing hot water in the shower is valid as well.
Maybe "Finish Washing Dishes" should have been included.  That's what I need to do now, but I'd sure like this baby,  
the kitchen assistant robot (KAR).  How does that work?

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Educational Dino Museum


Stupid Dino Tricks: A Visit to Kent Hovind’s Dinosaur Adventure Land

Greg MartinezFeature


Volume 28.6, November / December 2004

Young-earth creationist Kent Hovind has built a dinosaur-filled theme park in the Florida panhandle and claims to prove that evolution is bunk. A visit there shows that it is definitely a fantasy land.
Old Palafox Street is an aging, two-lane stretch of road running through the middle of Pensacola, Florida. To the east of Old Palafox, the next major road is Interstate 110 and in between those thoroughfares rests the sprawling campus of Pensacola Christian Academy, quickly followed by the even more sprawling campus of Pensacola Christian College. Both campuses are crammed with spotlessly maintained buildings and grounds. They stand out starkly amid the visible economic decline that surrounds them. The area is littered with empty, boarded-up buildings and abandoned strip malls.

this is not the six word novel: Author Visit: Charlie Campbell

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On again off again [Archive] - Interstitial Cystitis (ICN) Bladder Pain Support Forum

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‘Rocky Horror’ still accepts you – GeekOut - CNN.com Blogs

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

X in my Y?

According to the respected source Know Your Meme, the meme X in my Y first popped up in an ad for Content Watch, makers of Net Nanny, "The World's Most Trusted
Parental Control Software."  







Strangely, a variant of the meme appears in that font of derp {according to my husband, "Stargazer"} in the form of Centipedes in my vagina

Troll Janny C wrote "i know there not real centipedes, but they look like them. There tiny little bugs in my vagina and pubic hair.iI tried spraying them with ant spray (its the only bug spray i had) will that work? i need to know if i should get another kind of thing to get rid of them or not. they feel really icky and im afraid they will climb in there and i wont be able to get them all out.  {Spelling, grammer, etc., as in original.  That hurts.}

The answers?  Here's the "best answer":  

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

This is just feaky!

I think you shave yourself bald!!!
50% 2 Votes


The majority of the 29 answers identified the problem as pubic lice, or crabs.  For example, 

That's crabs sweetheart! Please don't spray your hoohaa with bug spray! Go to the Dr or the Pharmacy and get some shampoo!

nrsmdwf  c&p'd some useful information from a seemingly reputable source, but no reference was given: 

"Pubic lice are best treated with a prescription wash such as Elimite or Kwell:

Thoroughly work the shampoo into the pubic hair and surrounding area for at least 5 minutes. 
Rinse well. 
Comb the pubic hair with a fine-tooth comb to remove eggs (nits). Applying vinegar to pubic hair before combing may help loosen nits, but the hair should be dry when applying the shampoo. 
A single treatment is all that is usually needed. If another treatment is recommended, it should be done 4 days to 1 week later.

Over-the-counter medications for the treatment of lice include Rid and Nix.

At the time of treatment, wash all clothing and linens in hot water. Items that cannot be washed may be sprayed with a medicated spray or sealed (suffocated) in plastic bags and not used for 10 - 14 days. It is imperative for all intimate contacts to receive treatment at the same time.

People with pubic lice should be evaluated for other sexually-transmitted disease at the time of diagnosis.
 Pubic lice are best treated with a prescription wash such as Elimite or Kwell:

Thoroughly work the shampoo into the pubic hair and surrounding area for at least 5 minutes. 
Rinse well. 
Comb the pubic hair with a fine-tooth comb to remove eggs (nits). Applying vinegar to pubic hair before combing may help loosen nits, but the hair should be dry when applying the shampoo. 
A single treatment is all that is usually needed. If another treatment is recommended, it should be done 4 days to 1 week later.

Over-the-counter medications for the treatment of lice include Rid and Nix.

At the time of treatment, wash all clothing and linens in hot water. Items that cannot be washed may be sprayed with a medicated spray or sealed (suffocated) in plastic bags and not used for 10 - 14 days. It is imperative for all intimate contacts to receive treatment at the same time.

People with pubic lice should be evaluated for other sexually-transmitted disease at the time of diagnosis."

Grant M was more philosophical: 

I tell you what some of the questions on here are so far out that in order to give a good answerer you would have to be on LSD to give it properly... For one thing if you did in fact have anything that was similar to a centipede crawling out of your vagina, the first thing you would do is scream to the top of your lungs. I know any guy who had a look a like centipede on his Johnson or I'm his pubic hair would surely panic and want to know exactly what it was and where it came from... Back to you now and why I think this is a made up question... I could believe this being a night mare and rightfully so... Go see a DR ASAP if in fact they are there.. Seems to me they might be maggots from having some bad meat in there... Good luck... Grant M in Pennsylvania

Tactical went 16th century with it:

Shave thine snatch and then douse your privates with something like a watered down bleach solution or something acidic. It'll work.

Graziean also tried the helpful C&P approach and referenced the source:

 Crab Lice
What are crab lice?

Crab lice are tiny wingless insects that look like crabs when viewed with a microscope. They are 1 to 3 millimeters long, or less than 1/8 inch. They live in hairy areas of the human body (usually the pubic hair).

Lice bite through the skin to suck blood. They also lay eggs and attach them to hairs. These eggs, called nits, hatch in 8 to 10 days, producing more lice.
How do people get crab lice?

Crab lice are passed from person to person through close body contact. The lice can live for 1 to 2 weeks away from the body, so you can get the lice from such items as bed sheets, towels, and sleeping bags.
What are the symptoms?

The most common symptom is itching. At first, however, when you have only a few lice, you may have no symptoms.

You may see one or more lice or nits in your pubic hair. The nits look like tiny white dots attached to a hair. They look like dandruff. Dandruff, however, is easily brushed out of the hair. Nits cannot be brushed or flicked off. They must be pulled off the hair with your fingers.

Crab lice sometimes live in other hairy areas, such as the chest, abdomen, underarms, and head. They may even be in facial hair, such as beards, eyebrows, and eyelashes.
How is it diagnosed?

Your health care provider looks for lice or nits in your pubic hairs or on other parts of your body.
How is it treated?

Lice will not go away without proper treatment. Nonprescription anti-lice products, such as Nix rinse or RID shampoo, can be used to kill lice and nits.

Use the anti-lice rinse or shampoo according to the instructions on the package or your provider's directions. One treatment is usually enough, but your provider may recommend that you repeat the treatment in 1 week.

If a nonprescription product does not kill the lice, your provider may prescribe a shampoo containing the medicine lindane. However, the nonprescription medicines are safer than lindane for preschool children. Lindane can cause seizures if it is not used correctly. Carefully follow the directions for its use, and do not overuse it. If you are pregnant, check with your health care provider before you use any type of anti-lice product.

Do not have sex until you have completed the treatment and the lice and nits are all gone. You need to remove lice from your clothing, towels, and bedding. Machine wash all items that you used in the last 3 days before you started treatment. Use the hot water cycle to wash the items. Use the hot setting on your dryer for at least 20 minutes to dry the laundry. Anything that can't be washed this way needs to be dry cleaned. Contaminated clothing that cannot be washed or dry cleaned should be sealed in a plastic bag for 2 weeks to ensure death of nits.
What can be done to help prevent crab lice?

Tell your sexual partner about the crab lice because he or she may also be infested. Since these infestations spread easily, all members of your household should also be examined carefully. Anyone who has lice should be treated promptly to avoid spreading the lice to others.

The best way to prevent crab lice is to have one sexual partner or avoid sexual contact. Condoms are not good protection against crab lice because they do not cover the hairy areas where the lice live. You should also avoid contact with contaminated clothing, bed clothing, and toilet seats.

Source(s):

http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/aha_c…
Adult Health Advisor 2005.4: Crab Lice

You won't want to click on these results from a Google Image search for pubic lice.

That's all for the first post.  Feedback greatly appreciated.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

why i'm here, not there

I don't want to aggravate family {think children} and friends with endless Facebook posts when I find links of interest.  I'm not happy with the "new" fb that dropped the "share link" option.  Now I must jump through many hoops to post a link, which fb  leaves sticking out at the end of my text, which looks ugly.  WGD {wonderful geek daughter} suggested I blog instead.  So here goes . . .