Wow. Only a little while to go.

[silveradept]

Yep. After next week, I'll be all finished with my internship thingy. And then the classes begin anew. Whee?

Also, according to the new definition, Pluto was voted off Survivor: Sol System today. Didn't quite measure up to the new definition. We'll see if something comes along later that allows us to restore the ninth planet.

Plan B available without prescription...to those 18 and older. One step forward, we suppose. Having it available means that access should improve. The under-18 crowd still has to have a doctor's note, though. That's not entirely smart, as they're likely to be the people who need it.

If you blow the whistle on someone, could your cell phone end up getting you killed? Especially if you're talking about the tracking software installed inside your phone that governments and others can use to find you? If you're in the military and you entertain doubts about the veracity of 11 September, don't use your government e-mail to express doubts. It could get you discharged for saying things that are "disloyal to the United States", something that just can't happen in military personnel.

Used FAQs. For those sorts of questions that you're sure have been asked, but aren't sure where to look... or if you just want to see what other people actually have put into a FAQ list.

The ice caps aren't the only things shrinking due to global warming. That's not even an original joke, but it does fit the idea.

An inexpensive way of manufacturing photovoltaics? Maybe. I wonder what the efficiency on them is, though. It's no use printing 'em cheap if they aren't efficient enough to be worth it.

A pairing: Seven warning signs of bogus science, and jokermage's take on those same seven signs. Interesting to turn over in your head.

The slacktivist notes that in regard to embryos: You cannot have it both ways. The position on destruction of embryos by IVF clinics must match the position on destruction by stem-cell research to avoid hypocrisy.

Lastly, is dating a career gal a good or a bad choice?

Comments

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

Like i said, it's a giant leap for women, but I'm not 100% satisfied. I still say that if a girl is old enough to physically have sex (as in, body developed and all that jazz) then it ought to be available to her. I'm also intersted in the price of it. Yesterday I went to the CVS at Liberty & Stadium and I asked the pharmacist about it. My words: "This morning the FDA approved to allow pharmacies to sell Plan B over the counter and I was wondering when it would be avaliable and how much it will cost" and the pharmacist looked at me and told me I must be mistaken...so, good to know people are on top of things.

Is the article on wire-tapping/deaths insinuating that the US had these people killed? YIKES. That's really kind of scary.

In regards to stem-cell reaearch...rarely does the president make sense, anyway. If IVF facilities are throwing out the unused embryos, why not use them for stem-cell research? And if IVF alredy removes one cell to check for diseases in the embryo before implanting, why is it different to remove the cell for research purposes? The thing that the white house isn't quite grasping is that an embryo isn't a human yet. It's been scientifically proven. Hmm. So, what if a couple gets IVF and then wants to donate the unused embryo's to stem-cell? would that be ok? I just don't understand the hyprocracy of it being ok for a clinic to toss the embryo's, but not OK to "recycle" them into stem-cell research.

I wish my friend mmmjournal didn't lock his entries so i could link you to his right-leaning opinion...it's some intersting stuff....

[yarha.livejournal.com]

Lastly, is dating a career gal a good or a bad choice?

I have always been an advocate of the idea that men should marry women smarter than they are and with an income level high enough to maintain them in the fashion to which they are accustomed.

Yarha, Seeking a 'Guilded' Cage