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Aug. 2nd, 2011 01:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* I can't decide which I am more tired of: boy/men in films or women comics pretending to be little girls. *shudder*
* Given that 2-3 months is most common rabies incubation, the beasties are staying inside until next spring. (Cases of up to a year have been clocked, but it's not like they go out without me right there to supervise them and prevent encounters with wildlife.) I think they've figured out something is going on, as the black cats have stopped complaining about their confinement. I think it helps that we're having a damp, cool Summer, so the temptation is less.`
* Yesterday, all I could manage was lying on the sofa to watch my shows, then back to bed. I'm a touch more functional today, but still rather ick. Tomorrow's going to be exhausting. There will be no swimming until the 22nd. I'm taking this week off, then there's two weeks of annual cleaning. Let's hope my body is working by then.
* The cats are not handling my refusal to follow the expected schedule well. The squabbling is on the upswing, along with subtle competition for mests and pettins. hector, is, of course, vociferous in his protests.
* This year, the cherries are large and the cantaloupes are tiny. I'm okay with the tiny cantaloupes, as they are half price to make up for the higher rind to fruit ratio, and they are extra intence, and i like strongly flavoured melons. May I add, omnomnom.
* Gabby Giffords made it back to Congress for ten minutes today.
* The House passed the crappy give the Republicans nearly everything to the detriment of the long term health of the US economy in exchange for raising the debt ceiling "deal" today. damn. I was hoping this was all maneuvering to get a nice clean debt ceiling bill, but no, it was democrats scoring an own goal. So instead of being thoroughly fucked tomorrow, we've signed up for a slow fuck designed to move more money out of the hands of the poor and middle class into the hands of the rich. The cuts are to things like education, roads, etc.. Meanwhile, not a single tax loop hole was closed. We are trading WIc for corporate jet subsidies, public schools and college money to keep the average income tax payments for the rich at 15% and some corporations not having to pay in a dime. After all, we know tax cuts for the rich do nothing for the economy, so lets make children pay for them with their futures.
I've said over and over, the more we reward them for taking the economy hostage, the more they will demand each time. I'm terrified to see what they demand next time.
* The House is adjourning 'til September 6th, without reauthorizing the FAA. After all, it's only costing tax payers 200 million dollars a week, plus all those folks on unemployment because they are on furlough until reauthorization, and saving money is our top priority, right? could someone explain to me exactly how wasting 200 million dollars a week saves money and how getting rid of well paying jobs creates jobs again, because I'm having a hard time following the republican logic on this one. It seems like "opposite day" to me.
* I have to ask, is this super congress thing constitutional? This is not rhetorical. I am genuinely curious.
* In a bit of good news, it has been decided that under health care reform, they can not charge women co-pays for contraception. Whoohooo!
* Am I the only one thinks using MLK's "I have a Dream" speech to sell cars is icky?
* They are talking about building a theme park near Pompeii.
* The metabolic effects of armour: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719194352.htm
* An interesting find in Northamptonshire: http://www.hindustantimes.com/1-600-year-old-human-remains-unearthed/H1-Article1-725445.aspx
* Clever: http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/978112.html
* Countdown: A Newsflesh Novella is now an ebook: http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/374842.html
* "Sesame Street: SpiderMonster, The Musical:" http://youtu.be/aR1DdMeVqTw
* Given that 2-3 months is most common rabies incubation, the beasties are staying inside until next spring. (Cases of up to a year have been clocked, but it's not like they go out without me right there to supervise them and prevent encounters with wildlife.) I think they've figured out something is going on, as the black cats have stopped complaining about their confinement. I think it helps that we're having a damp, cool Summer, so the temptation is less.`
* Yesterday, all I could manage was lying on the sofa to watch my shows, then back to bed. I'm a touch more functional today, but still rather ick. Tomorrow's going to be exhausting. There will be no swimming until the 22nd. I'm taking this week off, then there's two weeks of annual cleaning. Let's hope my body is working by then.
* The cats are not handling my refusal to follow the expected schedule well. The squabbling is on the upswing, along with subtle competition for mests and pettins. hector, is, of course, vociferous in his protests.
* This year, the cherries are large and the cantaloupes are tiny. I'm okay with the tiny cantaloupes, as they are half price to make up for the higher rind to fruit ratio, and they are extra intence, and i like strongly flavoured melons. May I add, omnomnom.
* Gabby Giffords made it back to Congress for ten minutes today.
* The House passed the crappy give the Republicans nearly everything to the detriment of the long term health of the US economy in exchange for raising the debt ceiling "deal" today. damn. I was hoping this was all maneuvering to get a nice clean debt ceiling bill, but no, it was democrats scoring an own goal. So instead of being thoroughly fucked tomorrow, we've signed up for a slow fuck designed to move more money out of the hands of the poor and middle class into the hands of the rich. The cuts are to things like education, roads, etc.. Meanwhile, not a single tax loop hole was closed. We are trading WIc for corporate jet subsidies, public schools and college money to keep the average income tax payments for the rich at 15% and some corporations not having to pay in a dime. After all, we know tax cuts for the rich do nothing for the economy, so lets make children pay for them with their futures.
I've said over and over, the more we reward them for taking the economy hostage, the more they will demand each time. I'm terrified to see what they demand next time.
* The House is adjourning 'til September 6th, without reauthorizing the FAA. After all, it's only costing tax payers 200 million dollars a week, plus all those folks on unemployment because they are on furlough until reauthorization, and saving money is our top priority, right? could someone explain to me exactly how wasting 200 million dollars a week saves money and how getting rid of well paying jobs creates jobs again, because I'm having a hard time following the republican logic on this one. It seems like "opposite day" to me.
* I have to ask, is this super congress thing constitutional? This is not rhetorical. I am genuinely curious.
* In a bit of good news, it has been decided that under health care reform, they can not charge women co-pays for contraception. Whoohooo!
* Am I the only one thinks using MLK's "I have a Dream" speech to sell cars is icky?
* They are talking about building a theme park near Pompeii.
* The metabolic effects of armour: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719194352.htm
* An interesting find in Northamptonshire: http://www.hindustantimes.com/1-600-year-old-human-remains-unearthed/H1-Article1-725445.aspx
* Clever: http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/978112.html
* Countdown: A Newsflesh Novella is now an ebook: http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/374842.html
* "Sesame Street: SpiderMonster, The Musical:" http://youtu.be/aR1DdMeVqTw