I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

I second that, Scootaloo...

I "third" that.

Yippeeee! We got breast cancer!! Pretty, pink and smiling!!! Just like a celebrity - yowza - how impressive!

WR - I heard an NPR show about coffee and the two gourmet coffee afficionado guests both agreed that percolation is a CRIME, an out-and-out CRIME, against coffee.  Be careful or I may introduce coffee bean personhood legislation.

Speaking of all things terrifying, did you all see the forcible rape via transvaginal ultrasound and personhood bills passed the Virginia House?  So if the bills pass all hurdles, either early early abortions will be illegal in Virginia and/or if you want an abortion you must must must have a medically unnecessary transvaginal ultrasound before you can have it.  Yes, folks, you must be raped by the government before you can make a decision about your own body.  This is not hyperbole - "rape" is exactly what would happen.

Has anyone read The Handmaid's Tale, by the inimitable Canadian write Margaret Atwood?  It's the most frightening book I've ever read because it could happen.  And what do you know, it sure looks like things are heading that way.

Okay, so - no contraception unless you can afford it, and no abortions.

Persons who don't have the means to support a child either tell their husband "no" or get pregnant.

Woman gets pregnant.  Probably can't afford daycare, so has to stay at home.  Husband's job doesn't pay the bills.  Oops....food stamps, no health insurance, etc., needs public assistance.....   Obviously, this is just one outcome out of many possibilities but it's not unreasonable.

How can the far, far right think this is a good thing?  Oh, I know.  You just say no to sex.  'Cause that's practical.

I just rolled my eyes so hard that they fell out of their sockets.

And who's going to pay for the medically unnecessary TVA?  Insurance companies?  The government?  WHO?

gracie -  I share your concern about the internet, and about mandatory sentencing, and about the gun registry (although you may agree with that one), and just about everything else he has done, is doing and hopes to do.  But then, once they got rid of the Progressive in the name, could we really expect anything else?  Okay, even if the name WAS an oxymoron!!!

Glad you're better Blue. Sorry to delete...made a comment without thinking it through.

WR -

I grew up on percolated coffee and was totally unaware that it's a crime.  Coffee is the nectar of the gods, no matter what form it takes. 

My brother got me a Keurig for Christmas and I love it.  However, the coffee cups are, pound for pound, as expensive as gold.  Hmmm.....a new currency standard, I'm thinking. A K-cup based economy.  I like it.

Good answer!

I remember that toaster! I love vintage stuff ... DH bought me a vintage Mirro aluminum cookie press a few years ago because I kept whining about my last one that broke and all the new ones don't work right.



Great to see you back, Blu! Things aren't the same without fearless leader!



Thanks for the hug, WR. Explanation for the general readership: my sister died Tuesday (Valentine's Day) from complications of ILC mets. DX in early 2009 at IIIb, she progressed last November to Stage IV with peritoneal mets. They could never get good control of them (abraxane) and she contracted c.diff a couple of weeks ago at her rehab facility. She had her colon removed last week, and died of kidney failure at hospice. She was 69. I am pretty shattered ... My Stage II DIEP surgery is tomorrow. So far, 2012 blows worse than 2011 ... But my beloved friends here help me get through. To paraphrase the Beatles, "I get by with a LOT of help with my friends."



Off to eat a whole package of Marshmallow Pinwheel cookies just because I can.



Oh, and to throw a couple of sticks on the bonfire, government agencies are created by Congress, not by "gummint bureaucrats." And Congress passes the laws for agencies to enforce. The agencies have to create rules and regulations to meet the intent of Congress as expressed in the laws. It is like this: Congress provides the car body and tells agencies to make it go. The agencies have to come up with ways to make an engine, drive train, seats, etc., to make it go.



And it is not illegal for government agencies to monitor emails of government employees. Official time, official equipment do not grant an expectation of privacy -- terms of employment, and disclaimers and warnings every time an employee logs on. Suppressing whistleblowers is illegal, but plain monitoring of employee emails is not.



There. Trouble made, cookies to consume, and I am not even medicated.



Love you all.



L

HL -- You know we'll all be outside the OR wishing for the surgeon's steady hands, and then we'll head to Recovery and be there when you wake up!  Figuratively speaking, if course!

Rabbit -- I got one of those toasters as a wedding present in 1970!  Funny how appliance styles stayed the same for a decade or three, while back then car styles changed dramatically every year!  

Athena -- Gracie and I were sharing our disdain for a certain very, very senior (if you catch my drift) political figure up here.

Cheryl -- Hope your day is turning out to be particularly nice for you, sweetie! 

Condolences and hugs to HL--I'm so sorry to hear about your sister.

Happy Birthday to Cherryl--have a good one!

We're still on the road but the GPS says we're 20 minutes from home. A stop at the Post Office to pick up the held mail, and we'll be there. I am so ready to be home!

otter

Thanks, ladies ... And a special hug to Otter, also so recently bereaved. Dontcha wish you could just make it STOP?



Two more funny stories from my day off to clean my house before keeping my date with my adorable PS. I went to the grocery today to get stuff for DH to eat while I am potentially unavailable. I got my Tylenol 3 and Duracef prescriptions filled too. I was quite startled to notice on the receipt on my way out that the grocery cashier had given me the senior discount. I am 54. !!! Their senior discount starts at 60. !!!!!!!! I sat down in the car (after a perfectly delightful conversation with a gentleman who was admiring my car, an FJ Cruiser, when we discovered we were former colleagues at a foreign affairs organization for which I had worked when I was just a sprout) and called DH. I told him I must look particularly haggard today, since the clerk had automatically given me the senior discount. Silence. I said, "Did I look bad this morning?" Trapped silence. "I don't know," said he. "It was still dark when I left." Nice dodge!



Then, to top it all off, I forgot the prescription at the checkout stand. I did all my errands, returned home, and got the message that someone had found and turned in my prescriptions. What a day!



L