Wow - Here's an idea for controlling obesity, although I'm not sure how I'd feel about having to prove my BMI before buying a burger...

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/02/ms_fat.html

Ape Lad: Pappy and the Cryptids.

now, here is something to read when you're bored:

Wikipedia's list of unusual deaths

Yeah, but you know what car Toyota makes? The Yaris. And you know where the Yaris sounds like it's from? Eastern Europe. And you know what system the Eastern Europeans were using for most of the second half of the 20th century?

That's right: Communism.

Plans are for commies. Case closed.

Do you know who else has 5 year plans? Toyota automotive group. From virtually a small bit auto maker in the early 60's to one of the biggest automakers in the world! Every five years they make a new plan of the vision they want the company to go in. To link everything "progressive" or different with Nazis and communist seems a little silly.

Speaking of communism plans, Stelmach unveils plan to train more doctors and nurses:

"We know that waiting lists and delays in seeing health care professionals are mainly due to labour shortages," he said. "The Progressive Conservative plan recognizes this and responds with aggressive actions."

The plan would add training facilities to turn out an additional 225 doctors, 350 registered nurses and 220 licensed practical nurses each year. It would take until 2012 to reach the goal, Stelmach said.

A Conservative government would also step up efforts to recruit qualified foreign-trained health-care workers, he said.College of Physicians and Surgeons questions plan

But the registrar of Alberta's College of Physicians and Surgeons isn't so sure Stelmach's plan will work.

It could be difficult to find enough medical educators to train all those new doctors, Dr. Trevor Theman said Tuesday.

From the people that brought you "gun control is bad because the Nazis supported it", comes "plans are bad because the Commies used them":

We keep hearing about how bad it was that the Alberta government didn't have a plan. I'm not so sure.

During the days of the strong communist regimes in Russia and China, they had five-, 10- and 20-year plans. According to the plans, everything was perfect. In real life, they couldn't even feed themselves.

When Alberta had no plan, we developed one of the best economies in the world. Now that we are developing all these plans, will we soon follow the lead of the Russians and the Chinese?

Seeing 2-3 year olds sick and lethargic in emerg = heartbreaking.

Seeing the same kids mere hours later playful and cruising around emerg = one of the greatest fucking feelings in the world.

I dunno... maybe it's 'cause I was tired, and it was movie no. 2 with the same actors in it... I might've enjoyed it differently on a different night. ... but still... I far prefer a lot of the other inebriation-coming of age movies out there. Though Taylor's right, the penis drawings were hilarious. I just kind-of figured they'd play a larger role or something...


maybe I need to not knit my way through brainless comedies...