Dawn Smith lives in Atlanta. Four years ago, she was diagnosed with a rare, but treatable brain tumor. Her doctors are ready to remove it, but they can't because CIGNA refuses to pay for the surgery.

Dawn has been fighting CIGNA on her own, but now she's asking for help. CIGNA may be able to ignore her, but they won't be able to ignore millions of ( Read more... )

It's time for your Laugh of the Day!!!

Licking and slurping and crunching.... they make the best things to eat.

LOLOLOL  It's surprisingly apropos! And the combos work!!

Taking time out from LMAO to share this with you:

Topless Robot: Whose Responsible This?

and

The Banning Kerfluffle

Warning: DO NOT DRINK OR EAT WHILE READING THESE. You may choke to death or short out your computer.

Hee.

AH! AH! It's a reality whose time has come to climb outta the closet and into the mainstream. It's only taken over FORTY FREAKIN' YEARS. But that's okay....good wine takes years, too.

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I'm lying here reading in bed, lazy on a Sunday morning, when something struck me. I realized what bothers me about so much of the modern Trek that people are writing in the 2009 movie universe.
( What bothers me is.... )

Has everyone heard of the latest kurfluffle, SurveyFail? I just spent a while catching up on it through various links to blogs, posts on lj & dw....what utter asses those so-called researchers are. My favorite is this post:

http://www.roughtheory.org/content/wearing-the-juice-a-case-study-in-research-implosion/#comment-182110

I ADORE this:

Kruger and ( Read more... )

Subject: Tell Obama: We're Counting on You

Hi,

President Obama will give a major speech next week laying out what he thinks needs to be in the health care bill.

This is a critical crossroads. The president needs to hear that Americans are counting on him to stand up to the status quo and fight for real reform with a strong public health ( Read more... )

I've already done my good deed for the day.... Driving back from dropping my daughter off this morning, there was a work van stopped just inside my street. Next to it was a turtle in the road. I braked like crazy and got out to see if it was injured...nope. The work guys were just looking at it, sheesh. Asked me if I were going to make turtle soup ( Read more... )

This has to be the best quote about fandom in the history of ever...it just about says it all.

(gakked from monanotlisa , gakked from rahirah )

" The trouble with fandom is not the people who don't like the shows or the characters you like. No, the trouble with fandom is the people who like the shows and the characters you like, but in the wrong way. The people who ( Read more... )

Yet another instarec, because I'm just so in love with this storyline/series:

By waldorph, her  "A Beautiful(ly Illogical) Mind"  or  (√π233/hy7 #1)  series.  (Star Trek reboot)

It starts off AU with Jim in a different place than the movie (although not overly different) but it evolves into something that has an underlying truth to it for all characters ( Read more... )