The really sad part is that when these people are seriously injured, their disease gets worse, or they die, it will not be the fault of the idiot who took the extreme risk, but the science behind it.

If I remember correctly, the reason for this whole legal mess was because SLCCC drove an ad-wrapped card around San Diego during SDCC (but not near the convention itself) advertising SLCCC. For me, it starts to get petty because while SDCC is held in July, SLCCC is held in September. While I understand that SDCC owns…

I hate FedEx too. We have to use them for work and they kinda suck. I had sent a very large package with preserved specimens and it never arrived at the destination. I didn’t realize it for a month and called to report the package missing. I can see loosing a small box, but a big, two foot cubed brown box? Not even…

People just don’t get the miracle that is a humidifier! I, like you, and an asthmatic allergy sufferer, and my current cold started as an allergy attack. As soon as my nose started to stop working, the humidifier was chugging away at night. Sure, I’m taking Sudafed (the good stuff that you have to sign your life away…

There a number of filings using my name, but with different addresses, so I’m pretty sure my identity is ok. It’s wonderful knowing that a whole bunch of other ErinB’s support net neutrality!

My homemade orange cranberry sauce is always requested at Thanksgiving. Simple simple. It contains orange zest and Grand Marnier. Just enough to give a hit of orange without being overpowering. It’s been a hint for about 5 years now.

I was just about to post that it’s the right way to hang toilet paper except if cats are involved..

I was lucky enough to catch the Masters of the Sun panel at NYCC. The comic looked spectacular, but just watching will.i.am talk about it was the high light of the panel! He was like a kid on Christmas morning and a kid who had a fun secret that he was bursting at the seams to tell you about all at the same time.…

Somewhere online (years ago), I came across a guy who automated a door to his heated garage. The door opened at sunrise to let them out and closed right after sunset. After 2-3 nights of being locked out, the birds figured out when to high tail it inside. I believe the door was left open during the day, so if they…

My sister is in the same boat, except as a police officer. Just last night, she was called to an OD where the paramedics shot the guy with two(!) doses of IV(!) narcan before he came out of it. Apparently, he had taken a dose of street Percocet which, unbeknownst to him was cut with heroin. The fact that it took two…

I once had an argument with someone who wanted my backing some pro-life thing. They called while I was cooking. I told them that modern science has determined (at that time) that a fetus born before 24 weeks has a nearly 0% chance of surviving outside of the womb. Life means being able to breath, eat, and drink on…

Nutella made in Europe is much better than the stuff made in Canada (but sold to the US). The European version seems to have less sugar. I’m not sure if it really has less sugar, but it’s not blindingly sweet.

For me, AIM was a way better teacher of touch typing than the keyboarding class I had to take in high school (I feel so old saying that). With AIM, you HAD to learn to type fast in order to keep up with the conversation. If you hunted and pecked, you would be responding to a message that probably left the screen…

My blood pressure has been steadily increasing since January, and I think I just found out why...

This is how they used to make lead shot for shotguns. I believe they use a different method now.

I say let them be. Unless you hear crying or see blood, they are just playing. If the second kitten starts to avoid her sister, or if she is crying out, then it has become a problem that needs to be dealt with. Every morning, without fail, my two boys decide to reenact a WWE match on the bathroom rug whilst I am…

This is what I do with my guys. Usually it’s feet first, but sometimes it’s just easier to “dump” them in head first (slowly, and it’s only on end until they are inside). They HATE going into the carrier, but won’t leave it for anything if we are at the vet. I have resorted to completely dismantling it while the…

She was just bending a little to his level to shake his little hand. Here’s a video:

As royals, they technically don’t have surnames. In the past, some surnames developed from a person’s place of origin, usually by dropping the “of”. I suspect this is what is happening with Prince George. He’s George of Cambridge, so in school he’s George Cambridge. It may also help him to acclimate more with his…

From one Boston owner to another: I am so very sorry for you loss! Bostons are a special breed of dogs and only Boston owners would understand how special they are. My Boston James would like to make you smile a bit, so here is a picture of him as a lady bug. *hugs*