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I know. I said they changed the olympics to every two years (alternating summer/winter), and it seemed like interest dropped from every 4. WFFC is every year (except this one), and would probably draw a much larger crowd if they spaced it out a bit more.

Last nights leftovers, probably. Three-cheese tortellini with sun dried tomatoes and baby portabella mushrooms in pesto sauce.

Veggie or vegan? Veggie usually includes milk/eggs/cheese.

It's probably for an attic fan or water heater, then. =)

Neither is shutting off every circuit in the place, which is what the "mystery switch" did in my first apartment. I hate resetting clocks.

If your new place is a rental, call the landlord and ask.

I've already called the store, and they're checking their other bags and crediting my mastercard for the purchase price.

The collars are about $6-$20. Just get the thing, and put it on her if she's licking, and when you're not home to watch her.

But if a good number of babies who were given those shots did not develop autism, you still haven't proved the vaccines were the cause. If most children who received that batch of vaccines developed autism, you might have a strong case. Knowing the results of just a few cases doesn't provide enough data to prove causation.

According to the CDC:"Today, with the exception of some Influenza (flu) vaccines, none of the vaccines used in the U.S. to protect preschool children against 12 infectious diseases contain thimerosal as a preservative." There is no way to prove that the mercury came from the vaccines, unless you know for sure the vaccines contained thimerosol, rather than some other environmental source, and also no way to prove that the mercury was the actual cause of the autism based on your limited data. All you know is that the kids have both autism and mercury. A correlation does not necessarily equal a causation. The the heavy metal toxicity theories usually hold that lower levels of mercury should be found in the hair of autistic children, because the theory states that autistic children have the same mercury exposure as everyone else, but have trouble getting rid of the mercury in their bodies. It remains inside them instead of being excreted into the hair. "Children who develop autism may do so because they have problems processing the toxic metal mercury, researchers have suggested. US researchers looked at mercury levels in the baby hair of children who later developed autism, a developmental disability that affects how a person communicates and interacts with other people. They were found to have far lower levels of mercury than children who did not have the condition, according to New Scientist magazine." -Medical News Today "Mercury levels and autism link"

Apparently they are even training "autism monkeys" now.

True, but if the point of WFFC is to get a ton of jumpers with a ton of skills together with a ton of cool planes, holding it every year is too much. If you hold it every year, you get some record holders, some cool planes, and some jumpers, but if you held it every four years, a lot more people would make a point to go. Kinda like the olympics... if it was every year, it would be just another competition. Every four years, it was an awesome event that almost everyone sat down to watch, and now, with it every two years, it seems like people aren't nearly as into it.

Spiders don't bother me at all. I used to keep a tarantula as a pet when I was a kid. Maggots, on the other hand... eeeeeewwwwww! They look like tiny white worms, and worms don't bother me, but maggots do.

Call the doctor's office and find out if they have it. If they do, you will probably have to go in person to get it because doctors have been really weird about privacy since HIPAA. You can also try calling her health insurance provider. They probably have it, since most insurance companies want it to begin coverage. You can't file the return without it, if you want the deduction, according to the IRS FAQ:

There are very few things that completely ick me out, but bugs in food would be one. Today, I opened a just purchased bag of smart-puffs (the baked white-cheddar wannabe cheetoes health food stuff), and it was full of pantry beetles. Apparently, some cheese powder prevented the bag from sealing properly. Completely icked out, I threw the bag into a ziploc and tossed it. Sigh. Next time I'll just buy the damned cheetoes. I've never found live bugs in cheetoes. So, I'm staring at my fridge, because I'm hungry, damnit, and see the strawberries that I bought at a different store, also yesterday. So, I'm happily chopping strawberries, and all of a sudden, this giant inch-long green bug falls onto the plate from the berry in my hands. I dropped the knife and the strawberry onto the plate and got a close look at this thing. It was exactly the same color as the green strawberry top. Not moving. I take a closer look at the rest of the strawberry basket, and it's full of these things, all not moving. I tipped the plate and basket into the sink and hosed strawberries and bugs down the garbage disposal, not sure if the bugs were dead or in some strange state of refrigerator induced bug hibernation. So, now the bugs are gone (I hope), but it's 3:00 and I have yet to scrounge up breakfast, and I've got to be at work in an hour. Anyone else have any bizarre food-bug stories or know what those weird strawberry bugs were?

I just spent about half an hour digging through the internet and lexisnexis, and I couldn't find a single article linking autism and meth. One found a faint link between autism and maternal smoking (which was refuted by a half-dozen other articles), but nothing about meth, alcohol or anything like that. I'm not saying that such an article doesn't exist, just that I couldn't find it.

Honestly, I think it would be cooler to have WFFC every four years. That would make it a destination event that people would make a point to go to, rather than just another boogie. With something that happens every year, people can say "ah, I'll just go next year".

Still searching for a dog?

I'd take "pro-ana" out of your title or define it there, because until they read your paper, people may not understand the term. Perhaps something like "Pro-Ana - The internet culture of anorexia and bulimia" or "Starving culture - Anorexia as a lifestyle choice".

Something subdued... black, grey, dark green, or burgundy, either solid or a simple pattern that isn't really obvious. Something like this: http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=220993&CategoryID=27786&LinkType=EverGreen

I think the government would need to drastically reduce spending for a consumption tax to work. Otherwise, the tax would be high enough to encourage a black market on goods because things would appear much more expensive.

I was saying that the theory in the article was that autism was a disease that affected the whole body. That was the author's take on it, not mine. "“Like cancer, autism is a very complex disease,” says Craig Newschaffer, chairman of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Drexel University School of Public Health,"

Jaye- Did you catch the article in Discover magazine last month? It discussed viewing autism as a whole body disease rather than just a brain issue, because so many autistic kids also have digestive and other issues. Apparently, the current thinking is that autism isn't a disease of the brain, it's a disease that affects the brain, along with a lot of other systems. The article was fascinating. If you didn't see it, the website has the article: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/autism-it2019s-not-just-in-the-head

It's acceptable when: 1. They place me in a situation where I need to defend myself. 2. They step into the sparring ring with me. 3. They ask very, very nicely.