Wednesday, December 06, 2006

late evening

First, Do No Pharm

After looking up the Hippocratic Oath, I realize that I have the same misperception as others.  The oath does not say, “First, do no harm”; although, Hippocrates wrote something similar elsewhere.  Anyway, I needed it for the title, so I’m sticking with it.  We were out grocery shopping tonight and when we were putting the bags in the car, I looked up and saw the pharmacy sign.  It was missing an unfortunate letter, which made the pharmacy seem a bit frightening.  I present, Exhibit A:

Monday, December 04, 2006

the wee hours

Two Out of Three Foster Kittens Surveyed Say…

our home was a pretty good place to get healthy and grow up.  Today, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac rather suddenly found a new home.  The woman who does childcare for our groomer’s kids was looking for some kittens to keep her company.  We took the kittens in to the vet’s office to have a meet ‘n greet, and they passed the cute test.  The women who were previewing the cats for the new foster mom decided that they wanted Fannie & Freddie then and there, so we left feeling kind of shell-shocked with just TJ in the crate.  We still need to find a home for little TJ.  He seems a little lost without his siblings, so we brought him upstairs tonight to visit the big cats.  Bing was, as expected, kind of unfriendly.  She was pretty unhappy when Rory showed up on our doorstep and we brought her inside, so we didn’t expect any different treatment for TJ.  Bing hissed at her and was pretty pissed off at us for a while.  But when Rory went home with Leigh-Ann’s brother and sister-in-law, Bing eventually became extra friendly with us.  Well, after she punished us by being snotty.  She really really doesn’t like TJ.  She didn’t even want to play with him, just hiss.  She’s such a dork.  I think that eventually Tie will play with TJ because Tie is the UN of cats.  It’s his dog-like nature.  He gets along well with all species.  His current favorite thing to do is laze about on the living room floor and stare at the aquarium.  He likes the fish and all of the bubbles.  Mostly the bubbles, I think, but Leigh-Ann promised him some fish for Christmas.  I don’t know if he’ll be able to stand the excitement.  Sometimes he has so much fun in there that we hear him squeal.  It’s really funny.

the wee hours

Kiss Me Mint:  A Review

As anyone who knows me knows, I’m a sucker for something labeled “NEW!” at the grocery store.  So when I saw Colgate’s “Kiss Me Mint” in the pretty purplish bottle, and it was on sale, it jumped into our cart.  I had high expectations for Kiss Me Mint because I like their Cinnamint and Freshmint flavors.  But, I was sorely disappointed.  They should change Kiss Me Mint’s name to Robitussin Rush, because it tastes like minty cough syrup.  That might not be terrible for people who don’t mind the medicinal taste of cough syrup or mouthwash (like Leigh-Ann ), but I am not one of those people.  I hate cough syrup and the thought of using Listerine gives me the shakes.  So, Kiss Me Mint gets big bonus points for prettiness, and then loses them all with taste, which is probably not what they were hoping for with the product.

Saturday, December 02, 2006

late evening

A NaBloCoMo Sticky (updated - I’ve decided to unsticky this)

I’m going to leave this up at the top, linking to my daily updated list of new places I’ve discovered this month in main NaBloCoMo entry.  The other entry is too darned large to stay at the top of my blog all month.  There will be new posts below this one.

updated December 4th

the wee hours

A Letter To Harry Reid (or…Dennis Prager, Idiot of the Day)

Dear Senator Reid:

After reading Dennis Prager’s idiotic column about Keith Ellison’s choice to use the Koran for his congressional swearing in, I wanted to write to you in hopes of being one more voice in support of Mr. Ellison.  I’m not sure why the right-wing religious nuts are so up in arms about the use of the Koran in a swearing in ceremony.  (or, rather the posing in a picture with it, since it’s not used for the swearing in ceremony) It’s not as though using the Bible for the same purpose has made the many criminally charged senators and congressmen (I don’t recall any women being indicted, but I could be wrong) act in honorable and law-abiding ways.

The Koran is Mr. Ellison’s version of the Bible, just as Allah is a Muslim’s version of God.  Frankly, I don’t believe in either and I wish that all representatives would leave religious texts out of the whole picture.  Neither the Koran nor the Bible have managed to make this world a better or more honest place.  Honest law-abiding people will be good no matter what book is in their hands; the Bible, the Koran, or “Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners.”

Please make sure that religion doesn’t overtake common sense.  I understand that you’re a religious man, but I appreciate that you are also able to think for yourself, not bowing to pressure from the church regarding your votes and opinions.  Thank you.