Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border Obviously, science fiction writers are scary people. And his reason for being in Nebraska in the first place (helping a friend move) was highly questionable, so it…
I still have a hymen (or “vaginal corona”) ? And I thought I just had the box it came in!
Swedish group renames hymen ‘vaginal corona’ …(T)he term hymen is rooted in the Greek word for membrane. Rather than a fragile membrane that breaks, however, the hymen is actually multiple folds of mucous membrane. The vaginal corona is a permanent…
“Go ahead, America. You don’t need us.”
“Watch all the topsoil go down the Mississippi. Transport your children in baskets on top of your SUV deathmobiles. Keep playing with your cute and cuddly pal, the atom. Press your nose against the TV screen for even more educational…
Why make an exception for rape and incest?
I always look forward to Dr. Marty Klein’s Sexual Intelligence newsletters, so I was tickled to see one in my inbox today. But one of the headlines took me by surprise: End Rape & Incest Exceptions to Stupak Abortion Ban.…
Long Term Opiate Use Safe; One Woman’s Experience With Savella
There are two great articles from Karen Lee Richards in HealthCentral’s Chronic Pain Connection newsletter today. The first, Long-Term Opioid Therapy – What Are the Effects?, brings us the results of Dr. Forest Tennant’s ground-breaking study. He evaluated 24 chronic…
Stupak is back! Time to call your legislators again!
This time it’s in the Senate, folks. In case you just crawled out from under a rock, I’m talking about the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act that was originally introduced in the House of Representatives…
Whoops!
I’ve discovered that my blog posts stopped cross-posting over to my LiveJournal account at some point in September. Many of my more vocal friends actually read my posts over there, so anything I’ve said since then might as well have…
That’s It. I’ve joined the cult.
Of the iTouch, that is. It started relatively innocently. I got my first iPod this summer, finally giving up the wee little MP3 player that has served me fairly well for years. That and an older Palm PDA were all…
Music from Defying Gravity?
We’ve been watching Defying Gravity on Hulu, and enjoying it. The music is one of the appealing factors, but I can’t find any information about what songs by which performers are used in most of the episodes. TV.com has information…
Vacation?
You’re packing for vacation. What are you most likely to forget? What do you wish you’d packed after you get to your destination?