-
(makes vacuum noises)
Here is a gem of knowledge from this article, Women on antidepressants may benefit from Viagra, emphasis mine:
"The search for a Viagra equivalent for women has been disheartening. A testosterone patch was sent back for more safety study by the Food and Drug Administration. A handheld vacuum device that increases blood flow to the clitoris does ( Read more... ) -
Facts I felt important to share with my f-list.
Ten Top Trivia Tips about David Tennant!
- The number one cause of blindness in the United States is David Tennant!
- David Tennant was invented in China in the eleventh century, but was only used for fireworks, never for weapons.
- Finding David Tennant on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck!
- Influenza got its name because people believed the ( Read more... )
-
Snowball of horror!
I get approximately twelve million education and autism related newsletters daily. Some of them aren't very good, but I scan them nonetheless. I was excited to see this article linked in one today, with the following description:
Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez understands the desperation parents feel when their children are diagnosed with autism ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Comebacks
Your mom knows a great comeback. -
Autism, again.
Apparently, today was some kind of special awareness day for autism. You know, in case you've been under a rock for the past five years or so and hadn't heard of it. Perhaps that's why PPJ got up in the wee hours this morning. She wanted to make me aware of her autism for several hours before I had to go to work.
Anyway, I was IMing with alexlady today ( Read more... ) -
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
I hardly ever see articles about autism that don't make me want to rock and flap like I have it. So today I clicked on the link to this one, Tracing autism's roots, expecting it to be another disgusting combination of fear-mongering, entitlement, and bad science. I was surprised to find that it's actually a good article ( Read more... ) -
Wait, what?
Previously, I made an entry about the shitstorm that was touched off by LJ's decision to stop the creation of Basic Accounts. Much lulz were had and many tears were cried. Last ETA on that entry, I pointed out that LJ STAFF had apologized in an entry on the community lj_2008. However, I didn't read closely enough to notice the other gems buried in that ( Read more... ) -
Insanity of Many Varieties
First, here's an article about Scientology that reminded me although some of their beliefs might be lolarious, they are really scary fuckers who will ruin your life if you cross them.
Second, since I posted about LJ's quasi-secret decision to stop making basic accounts, many things have occurred. Users got angry, and the mysterious LJ STAFF posted ( Read more... )