noelfigart posted this to a community earlier. I was just going to post a link. Then I was just going to add a couple of excerpted lines. I kept finding more lines that needed to be there, though, so finally,…
Even Obesity Specialists Are Biased Against the Obese
No surprises here for me: Even health professionals who treat obesity are biased against overweight patients From Yale University: New Haven, Conn. — Obesity specialists from physicians and researchers to pharmacologists and psychologists, showed significant anti-fat bias according to a…
2004 Presidential Candidates
Following ideageek‘s lead, I used SelectSmart to check on how my views and the various presidential candidates match up. I wasn’t terribly surprised: 1. Libertarian Candidate (100%) Click here for info 2. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT – Democrat (68%) Click…
Birthdays!
Happy Birthday to bouncepogo and jenngbob! shadowkatt is actually off celebrating a GS troop member’s birthday in addition to the usual meeting today, so Happy Birthday to Dani, too!
Help Identifying Artwork
Waterfall_SH’s Birthday!
Happy Birthday waterfall_sh!
RPing What?
Have you tried roleplaying your own life?
To That Crappy Judge
Dear Stupid Judge Owned by the Telemarketing Scum: Yes, there’s a constitutional right to free speech. There is no constitutional right to make phone calls. There is no constitutional right to be heard. If the first amendment protects telemarketers, aren’t…
Sex and Consequences
(Expanded from a comment I left in someone else’s journal) Any time there’s intercourse between two adults of the opposite sex and of the same species, there’s a chance of pregnancy. Contraceptives fail. Even tubal ligations and vasectomies have been…
Footwear Thievery
Morford again: Up Your Sock Consciousness / When your lover is a also a diabolical, unrepentant footwear thief. A cautionary tale