It was Hep something, and it was in 3 parts. It was the STD passable Hep.

Wasn't Hep B the three part shot we got in grades 10, 11 and 12?

You didn't get a Hep B vaccination. That's a relatively new program. (So's chicken pox, actually. We didn't get that either.)

so... Mumps...

"Mumps

Mumps is a disease that causes fever, headache and swollen glands around the jaw. Sometimes mumps causes inflammation of the spinal cord and covering of the brain (meningitis) but usually this does not cause permanent damage. In rare cases a child’s brain becomes severely inflamed (encephalitis). Mumps can also cause deafness. About one out of four men who get mumps have painfully swollen testicles that may lead to sterility in rare cases. For one out of 10 women who get mumps, the ovaries will be infected and painful."

Immunizations start next week on campus.


and random question:
were we too early for the grade 5 Hep-B immunization? Did we get it in grade 8? I can't honestly remember if I got immunized for it...

yes! it works!

This is the glacial retreat of the last ice age over Alberta. Cool, eh?

This is brilliant: Meta-analytic study finds no link between violent video games and aggressive behavior and links violent games to beneficial effects:

Once predication of family violence was eliminated by players of violent video games, there is no correlation between [violent games and aggression].

In other words, gamers who play violent video games are more likely to be aggressive due to family violence than by playing video games.

Well took a while but this guy took me 10 months of drawer block to finish.



I'll put up a link for the description later.

I don't think it's mean, alison. (Of course, I'm quickly developing a fascist new perspective on public health and safety.)

Man, I like Eric Duhatschek's hockey writing as much as the next guy, but the first line in this column is really grating:

Some thoughts from Ryan Getzlaf, courtesy of the Anaheim Ducks, on the five-year, $26.575 contract extension he signed with the team today, locking him up until the end of the 2012-13 season and taking yet another quality young player that the Toronto Maple Leafs might have signed off the market.

Is it really apathy that's responsible for poor enforcement of safety standards? I mean, I don't think people expect government to fail them on the basics, or that they should have to constantly be looking over the shoulders of regulators to find out whether they're working or not.

I suppose apathy is responsible for the lack of pressure on the provincial government to do right by us. But an ineffective opposition is just as responsible in a situation where people don't see a direct impact on their lives. Of course, when the people get their ire up (case in point) we do end up seeing changes.

That said, money is as good a reason as any to explain why people don't care about the government dropping the ball.