I've overheard girls talking about that as well - how you "don't have to use the goggles if you don't want to". Hello, eye cancer.

Risk factors for preterm labour listed on March of Dimes don't include either of those things: [www.marchofdimes.com] I see where you're coming from but I think you're misinformed.

significance for the win!

n = 12, so don't go throwing out all your gifted perfumes just yet...

very good point.

If a licensed midwife is attended, s/he will have the usual equipment, medications, oxygen etc. that responsible homebirth midwives carry, and a transfer plan.

uhhh... no. I'd advise you to read the other ones, but it sounds like your opinion is fixed.

This is one of my favourite series from the last few years - powerful, beautifully written, complex. I'm nervous about what an adaptation will do to it, but I'm very glad for Ness that this will get him some more exposure (not that he needs it, given all the UK awards he won).

It's a great shot. Great try, too!

Flight of the Earls - Keith Earls in the Ireland -v- Italy RWC match today.

I thought it was interesting that they went there, given that Bill is gay.

Someone else linked to a more detailed piece on CBS - she has used hearing aids since she was a toddler, so presumably she has enough of a frame of reference to interpret the higher-quality sounds she's hearing now.

Yeah I was about to say pretty much the same thing - I've never heard anyone who grew up deaf speaking (out loud) so clearly.

hearted for awesome.

Ditto, and you too!

I've had a 3-hour nap, 5 cups of tea and a can of Coke and I'm still not recovered! Happy that next week is at a slightly more civilised time.

62-12 are some lovely numbers...!:)

I can taste when my partner is turned on. Kissing would be super-handy because of that if I didn't want to, you know, just ask him if he wants to do some "penis touching activities".

German (and almost any other European language) is easy compared to something like Dyirbal (Australian) which has four: some languages have 16 or so and different forms depending on the gender of the speaker.