Hey look, this article got mentioned (by someone a hell of a lot more thoughtful than Cassie): [www.animalnewyork.com]

This is one of the first things I saw on Twitter this morning, and one of the first things I read on Jezebel this morning. So I guess it's going to be that kind of day.

God that's awful. I'm so sorry. I had a boil/abscess on my armpit once that lasted for 6 months and they tested it for MRSA. Thankfully it wasn't, I think it was just in a bad spot that made it hard to heal, but those 24 hrs while I waited for the results were torture. I was so scarred it would be MRSA.

Ever since finding out in middle school how immune systems develop and work, I always thought the obsession with everything involving children being super sanitized sounded like a bad idea. I feel vindicated that my completely non scientific opinion formed when I was still a kid turned out to have merit.

As someone who used to commute on the interstate every day for high school, I can say that yes, it is possible to be cut off by an 18 wheeler. Those things are fucking scary as hell and seem to be driven primarily by adrenaline junkies who get off on giving people in smaller vehicles (ie everyone) heart attacks.

I finished Mass Effect 3 for the first time last night.

They controlled for diet: Since diet, height, puberty onset, and demographic factors were all controlled for, it's not clear why exactly this was the case.

Do these results mean that black teenage girls need to exercise more or that they shouldn't bother to exercise at all?

I doubt red chips would make me stop eating at the appropriate amount of chips.

I think my baby is gaining weight, though it's hard to tell for sure. We moved to a bigger apartment, which equals more running around space, but the old apt was in a basement and had a lot more things to climb on (she still had a big cat tree and other things to climb on now, but the old apt was like one giant…

Oh, not for that mission in particular, the game in general. Apparently some very vocal people really really didn't like something about the way the story ended? Or something? But I don't know anything about what the fuss was over - I don't know if it's plot related, character related, game play related, nothing. …

Either wear and old ugly swimsuit that you can get stained, and wear it into the shower to rinse off, or wear something button up that you don't have to pull over your head. If you don't have any button up shirts you want to sacrifice, clip and old towel around your shoulders. This is assuming you don't just want to…

My baby Vala.

I used to believe that if I lay perfectly still and didn't open my eyes and pretended to still be asleep, then the monsters under my bed and in my closet wouldn't get me. Because in the movies scary things didn't happen until the stupid people turned around and saw the monster. So if I just kept sleeping it would…

I'm craving rice pudding so badly right now. I wish there was a way to make it guilt free rice pudding.

I just started Mass Effect 3 (well, maybe not just started...I'm almost ready for the Priority: Tuchanka mission) and I'm so nervous because I know this is the one that caused all the wank except I've been careful to avoid spoilers so I don't even know what the wank is really about except that it was bad enough to…

Actually, it's here -

I applaud the first lady for trying to focus on getting people, especially children, to eat healthier.

He's not quite that scruffy on the show

I graduated a year ago and ended up a temp which then led to a full time permanent position. It's not the worst job in the world, the people are nice and the benefits plan is decent, but it has nothing to do with my degree and I started at $20,800 a year. I just got a promotion. I'm now making a whopping...$22,256…