And yes, I absolutely include pharmaceuticals in that statement ( Read more... )

So, the Seattle Police Department has expanded the distribution of observation cameras throughout the city. Ostensibly, these are meant to provide defense against potential terrorist activities, so the cameras, for the moment, only cover areas surrounding high-value terrorist targets, like the waterfront and the Columbia Tower. But the city ( Read more... )

And maybe [maybe] repair a bit of its damaged global public image in the process...

From the ACLU's review of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013There are currently 166 detainees being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility - at an annual cost of almost $133 million. Holding these same prisoners in domestic federal maximum- ( Read more... )

Li'l Sparky (not her real name, in case you were wondering ;) was born on Wednesday January 30th. (This makes her birth date 01/30/13 - "013013". For some reason I find that intriguing.) She was 6.5 lbs. at birth ( Read more... )

Hope it was a good day, sir!

The close-cropped beard, the long greying locks, the affinity for sword and shield... Yeah, I can see it. ;)

Your result for Which Dwarf from The Hobbit are you?...
Thorin Oakenshield

75% Extroversion, 72% Intuition, 16% Attachment and 59% Organisation!


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He did it!

THE DOCTOR SAVED US!!!

I saw three ships come sailing in ( Read more... )

Sorry for the late post. Been one of those days, for me. I hope yours was much better!

So at the MAJORHO$PITAL where I work (apologies to rimrunner for stealing her notation style), there's been a full-court press to induce everyone who works there to get the flu vaccine. It's like a freakin' cult, I swear; everywhere you turned, there was someone asking if you'd gotten your shot yet. They actually literally had nurses wandering the halls, ( Read more... )