We have plushie ebola, norovirus, a krill, a fat cell, a strep, and the set of Christmas ornaments. We gave the heart muscle cell to my niece after her heart surgery. We love them!

I have a friend who teaches classes to doctors. When they get something wrong, she flings a plush microbe at them...

We have this. I take it places and pose it, then post the pictures to Instagram. I am waiting to have the CDC show up on my doorstep.

A few years ago, the agency I volunteer for (helping survivors of domestic and sexual violence) was asked to partner in the "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" walk, where men pay to walk a mile in bright red high heels as a fund raiser. The organizers suggested that only the men walk, and those of us womenfolk from the…

I am pondering the German-ness of this as well. Their hate-speak laws are significantly stronger, as you mentioned, and the sentence structure doesn't read as German. And how do you misspell a word in German? Honestly, I suck at spelling in my native (American) English, but German spelling is so logical, I just…

Y'all can whine all you want... the Birds on the Bat still rule the roost.

I still remember where I was and what I was doing at the moment of that bad call... Sig Ep house, Springfield. All the Cardinals fans got up and went to the keg immediately afterward.

This actually becomes an issue when men are sexually assaulted- but you were hard, so you must have wanted it!

Don't sweat the PRAXIS. Take the on-line practice test; it's pretty accurate. Seriously, don't worry about it. I aced it. Got 'em all right. My principal was thrilled. Have a latte and do the best you can.

Yes, please all the stories! I went to Orlando's Disney when I was 9, then took my girls when the oldest was 9. The youngest was there on her birthday, and when we were on the tram/bus going back to the Animal Kingdom hotel, I wished her a Happy Birthday. A woman over-heard us and announced to everyone "Hey, it's…

So, here are some things from someone in St. Louis...
Captain Johnson is not just a St. Louis native, he is from Ferguson. The MHP, obviously, polices the highways state-wide, but also does investigative work. And their spokesman is kind of cute, but maybe I just like the hat.
There is video of the strong-arm robbery…

Ferguson was beautifully peaceful tonight... until about 10:30pm. Some guy ran up to a news cameraman and punched him in the face several times. Reddit reports that the victim's name is Ryan McDermott, photographer for Eli Rosenburg (KMBC Kansas City). The crowd rushed to help. No word on his condition.

You should check @LauraKHettiger on Twitter for recent events. There plenty last night. also, the Reddit feed is quite informative, but it is Reddit, so bring your grains of salt. Most of it jibes with what my scanner picked up last night, though.
Nutshell: two more shootings in the area. One, a drive-by, had a…

Trying to figure out where I fit in... dragged 75 of my closest friends and family to a small town in Arkansas, a friend did the flowers, I shopped estate sales for months to get mismatched bud vases, candle holders, and knicknacks for centerpieces, bridesmaids refused to wear the seersucker suits I wanted so we…

I live in St. Louis. I can't stand the taste of beer, but it permeates life here. I love the smell of it in the air near the breweries, the sound of the vendors at the ballgame "COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD Bud here!," the sight of the Clydesdales in the field by my house, and being dragged by friends (not liking beer makes…

So, it's almost 4am and I have finally finished my work, checked facebook and found a link to this. This adorable cow! Of course, I had to get out my handy dandy Field Guide to Cows (yes, I actually have one, this is Missouri) and I think Milkshake is a Simmental cow, originally a Swiss breed, now fairly ubiquitous…

That's not needlepoint; it's cross stitch. And she needs to head to Michaels for a class, because that bit of handwerk is, to quote another commenter, rough. Needlepoint is more of a 19th century thing- although at the time it was usually referred to as Berlin work, because so many partial complete canvases were…