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I totally understand. Some actors in some movies just find a place in our hearts forever. That said, if ANYONE has something bad to say about John Cusack - the man who won my heart in "Say Anything" and has kept it ever since - I do NOT want to hear it now or ever.

GWB: Selma's the gal that wouldn't get off the bus, right?

"No, George, they're not going to play Sweet Home Alabama."

I think Kim looks more like one of those Dark Crystal geldings.

This is like, the ur-example of what "privilege" actually is and I will draw on it forevermore.

I just want to be sure I'm following this.

The world needs more Flaca.

I said it before, I'll say it again - it was a bad call to ditch George. They should kept George, axed Rancid and Osbourne, hired Laura Bennett and backed up the money truck in front of Tom & Lorenzo's home.

She's probably getting TPN through a central line now. The PEG will wait until it's time to discharge her to the nursing home where it will take her at least another 20 years to wither and die from the effects of recurrent pneumonia, decubitous ulcers, and drug-resistant urinary tract infections.

I am TheSnowcat, RN, BSN, CCRN and I approve this message.

You really should. You can print out the forms online, and have either two witnesses not related to you sign it or have a notary public sign it. Make your wishes known to those most important to you who would be responsible in the event of something happening, even if you do have a durable power of attorney. These

Good on you for being in nursing school! I hope you love it. I've been nursing 19 yrs, and I can't imagine doing anything else.

I agree. If they take her home to care for, which I doubt, they'll have to hire full time nursing care. I'm sure they can afford that. But in sure you've seen the state of pt's skin when they come into ICU after "home care." Decubiti EVERYWHERE. Sometimes families just don't understand how much physical work it is.

there's a loophole though. In my state, Georgia, living wills and DPOA mean jack. Family can, and do, override them regularly. In GA, they're not worth the paper they're written on. Frequently we consult an Ethics Board, but that's just for show also. A family member with an axe to grind can keep you alive, but in

so they placed a trach. Next a peg tube (permanent feeding tube in stomach)I'm sure. This is not a good thing at all IMO. Looks like they're going to let her be in a vegetative state indefinitely. Prob will be placed in a long term care facility. This makes me sad, and angry at the same time. I'm sorry BK, but you're

Madeleine, it's totally literal. Changing boy baby diapers is like a race, you have to have a wipe ready in one hand while you pull down the diaper with the other, then quick, cover it with the wipe!

ugh. do not STEP to my angel, Diane Rehm, and her tender voicebox.

Is this from In Bruges? (A movie I liked way more than I thought I would.)

A booger picked from someone's boyfriend's nose, for $100, and a tragicomically misguided sense of pride and honour. I was 18 and.... not sober.

Didn't read the books, probably won't see the movie unless it's on HBO - even then, it'll only be because Jamie Dornan - but I am so thankful they made this movie, because the naked discomfort they all have from participating in the press tour is one of the most entertaining things out there right now.