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Dec. 22nd, 2003 07:50 amYou know those prongs you use for securing papers in a two-hole punch? I just cut myself with one. I didn't know that was a hazard--paper cuts, yes, but metal cuts?
Dec. 22nd, 2003
a fisherman's life must be really lonely.
Dec. 22nd, 2003 01:08 pmFishermen Dress Lobster as Barbie
... The men had wanted to dress up a jumbo lobster, but it was too fat to fit into a Barbie ensemble. Instead, they chose a svelte 1 1/2-pound model.
"They slipped right on, just like Cinderella," Bright said of the footwear.
Costello disagreed, saying it was a challenge to put the high heels on the little lobster legs. There are four legs on each side so the men attached them to the two in the center.
"You try squeezing Barbie shoes on a lobster," he said. "That was the most time-consuming thing."
... The men had wanted to dress up a jumbo lobster, but it was too fat to fit into a Barbie ensemble. Instead, they chose a svelte 1 1/2-pound model.
"They slipped right on, just like Cinderella," Bright said of the footwear.
Costello disagreed, saying it was a challenge to put the high heels on the little lobster legs. There are four legs on each side so the men attached them to the two in the center.
"You try squeezing Barbie shoes on a lobster," he said. "That was the most time-consuming thing."
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Dec. 22nd, 2003 07:04 pmThere were the most ANNOYING children on the bus tonight. Just two of them, obviously siblings (as their mother was with them). They apparently felt that they had the right to speak as loudly as they wanted to. Their mom kept telling them to be quiet--I can't tell you how often she said that to them. But she didn't tell them like a mom tells them (i.e., in a commanding tone); it sounded like she was pleading with them. And it absolutely didn't work.
At one point, they started telling "yo mama" jokes. Yes, again, their mother was traveling with them. It would have been one thing if their jokes were actually funny.
Yo mama so fat, she thought you were a porkchop and tried to eat you!
Then I was privy to this tidbit:
Yo mama gives so many blowjobs that there's cum permanently around her lips.
Now, to give you some idea, I estimate that the older sibling, a girl, was about 10 or 12, and her brother was around 8 (9 at the most). It was the boy who told both of the above jokes. The sister made jokes, too, but for some reason (I'm repressing?) I can't remember them.
The mother pleaded with them, "Stop talking about me." The children went on with their extremely loud conversation until the bus pulled into the station. I, of course, tried to get off the bus as soon as possible to get away from them and to make my connecting bus. "Jesus fucking Christ!" I muttered audibly.
(Of course they needed the same connection. But at least there were no more unfunny jokes. And they took an early stop. I do thank God for small favors.)
At one point, they started telling "yo mama" jokes. Yes, again, their mother was traveling with them. It would have been one thing if their jokes were actually funny.
Yo mama so fat, she thought you were a porkchop and tried to eat you!
Then I was privy to this tidbit:
Yo mama gives so many blowjobs that there's cum permanently around her lips.
Now, to give you some idea, I estimate that the older sibling, a girl, was about 10 or 12, and her brother was around 8 (9 at the most). It was the boy who told both of the above jokes. The sister made jokes, too, but for some reason (I'm repressing?) I can't remember them.
The mother pleaded with them, "Stop talking about me." The children went on with their extremely loud conversation until the bus pulled into the station. I, of course, tried to get off the bus as soon as possible to get away from them and to make my connecting bus. "Jesus fucking Christ!" I muttered audibly.
(Of course they needed the same connection. But at least there were no more unfunny jokes. And they took an early stop. I do thank God for small favors.)
Crude oilslicks of sin
slither inside capillaries: creeping
black blood, clogging ventricles
like cancerous cholesterol.
This isn't agony or bliss.
This is pre-agony, death
coursing like fire
in a far-off field: acrid
but distant, faint
but bothersome.
slither inside capillaries: creeping
black blood, clogging ventricles
like cancerous cholesterol.
This isn't agony or bliss.
This is pre-agony, death
coursing like fire
in a far-off field: acrid
but distant, faint
but bothersome.
This site is just damned cool.
Fiction and Fact
Note especially the differences between rats and humans.
Fiction and Fact
Note especially the differences between rats and humans.
DES and you
Dec. 22nd, 2003 11:45 pmWow. Sometimes you learn something when you surf the net.
DES has been called, "the worst disaster in U.S. medical history." Ten million Americans are exposed to DES, hundreds of thousands exposed in Europe, Australia, Canada.
DES was prescribed to millions of women in the mistaken belief it could prevent miscarriage. Anyone born or pregnant between 1938-1971 in the U.S. may be exposed to DES. In some European countries, DES was prescribed until the mid-80s.
DES became so popular as an anti-miscarriage drug, it was prescribed to women with healthy pregnancies to build strong, healthy babies. DES was shown to be completely ineffective in preventing miscarriage in the early 1950s, yet for decades DES continued to be marketed worldwide.
In the 1970s, DES was identified as a teratogen and cross-placental carcinogen when teenage daughters of mothers prescribed DES began developing a rare, sometimes fatal, vaginal cancer. Over time a range of serious injuries have been linked to DES exposure. DES is linked to increased cancers and reproductive injuries in adult daughters and sons exposed to DES in utero.
For decades DES was added to livestock feed to speed up the fattening of cattle, lamb, and chicken. The majority of hamburgers, veal, chicken, and steaks on dinner plates in the 1950s and '60s were likely from animals fattened on DES-laced feed. DES was banned in chickens in the 1960s, but not in humans. It has taken the USDA decades to get DES out of the food chain. As recently as 2000, a shipment of U.S. beef to Switzerland was confiscated after traces of DES were detected. DES has been part of our culture in one way or another, for decades.
DES exposure is central to the emerging science of endocrine disruption. DES is one of many environmental hormones, called endocrine disrupters. These chemicals can disrupt reproductive function in wildlife and humans. In addition to posing a personal health risk for millions of people, DES is the clearest example of second generation reproductive harm linked to chemical exposure. DES provides key scientific information across disciplines.
DES Stories: Faces and voices of people exposed to diethylstilbestrol
Here's a recent, more personal take from USA Today in April of this year.
DES has been called, "the worst disaster in U.S. medical history." Ten million Americans are exposed to DES, hundreds of thousands exposed in Europe, Australia, Canada.
DES was prescribed to millions of women in the mistaken belief it could prevent miscarriage. Anyone born or pregnant between 1938-1971 in the U.S. may be exposed to DES. In some European countries, DES was prescribed until the mid-80s.
DES became so popular as an anti-miscarriage drug, it was prescribed to women with healthy pregnancies to build strong, healthy babies. DES was shown to be completely ineffective in preventing miscarriage in the early 1950s, yet for decades DES continued to be marketed worldwide.
In the 1970s, DES was identified as a teratogen and cross-placental carcinogen when teenage daughters of mothers prescribed DES began developing a rare, sometimes fatal, vaginal cancer. Over time a range of serious injuries have been linked to DES exposure. DES is linked to increased cancers and reproductive injuries in adult daughters and sons exposed to DES in utero.
For decades DES was added to livestock feed to speed up the fattening of cattle, lamb, and chicken. The majority of hamburgers, veal, chicken, and steaks on dinner plates in the 1950s and '60s were likely from animals fattened on DES-laced feed. DES was banned in chickens in the 1960s, but not in humans. It has taken the USDA decades to get DES out of the food chain. As recently as 2000, a shipment of U.S. beef to Switzerland was confiscated after traces of DES were detected. DES has been part of our culture in one way or another, for decades.
DES exposure is central to the emerging science of endocrine disruption. DES is one of many environmental hormones, called endocrine disrupters. These chemicals can disrupt reproductive function in wildlife and humans. In addition to posing a personal health risk for millions of people, DES is the clearest example of second generation reproductive harm linked to chemical exposure. DES provides key scientific information across disciplines.
DES Stories: Faces and voices of people exposed to diethylstilbestrol
Here's a recent, more personal take from USA Today in April of this year.