Sterile saline and sterile gauze. It works like a charm.

It smells of burnt microwave popcorn and three-day-old faeces. As opposed to pseudomonas, which smells of juicy fruit and rotten meat.

I like to roast portobello mushrooms until they've got a puddle of mushroom juice inside them, then pop them on the bbq with an egg inside, griddling until it's just... set. Served on homefries with spicy sausage and salad. SO YUM.

Also wrapped in an enigma. Then a mystery.

I absolutely agree. Unless there is a defined medical issue- like, one from a doctor, not Internets MD, there is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE to not immunize. Nor is there any real reason to put kids on a delayed schedule. Get it over with, then it's done, and your kid is less likely to kill, or be killed, by other tykes.

Did anyone actually interview Ruth? Or do any research at all? I've known her for a looong time and worked with her in a number of forums. She's one hell of an ass-kicking feminist activist here in East Van, and I'd hazard a guess that a large part of this forum- which I was intending to attend with my partner- would…

I, too, work in situations where people are often sick or damaged beyond any hope of help. Watching family members insist on all possible interventions, overwhelmingly to the detriment of the patient, is ethically agonizing- A person may bodily live another four days, or a week, or three months, but what of quality…