Sunday morning.

[azurelunatic]

Hee, hee. The banter between Connie and Mike is really easy to write. I have to hold off, though, and not take it into the glories it can become, because they're not officially courting yet.

You know how JKR insists on giving symbolic names to her characters? And people who consider themselves "in the know" are chuckling merrily over his name: "Fawkes, that's a good one, 'coz he goes up in flames on a regular basis," when they're ignoring the fact that there's a traitor right in Dumbledore's office! Yes, Snape is small potatoes if he does turn out to be bad after all. Fawkes is planning to blow the Wizarding government sky-high! (!!!!11!one!eleventy!!!1!)

Cheesecake.

Very Barrayaran suggestion for severely disabled babies. I'd like a good long hard look at *that* ethics board. Always in motion, the future is, and -- yeah, it's a screaming debate, especially when Earth's medicine is not Galactic-standard.
Gosh, the US military isn't very fond of Rumsfeld. Or Bush, I think, but they can't say that quite so loud without risking problems for not supporting the Emperor properly when they're in green.
He did deserve a fair trial. But could that have happened?
And parts of the US thinks so too.
Too bad he had to be such a dick about it.

I'm all wound up. It's Sunday, I'm in a reasonable range on my novel (even though it doesn't seem like it), I had a very nice sandwich for brunch, I just spent twenty minutes on the phone with Darkside (alas, my flat!) and the mattress that was rolled up against the scary-book shelf is now half-on my bed, mostly in its nice dark blue protective shell. The proper couch-bed from IKEA shall be forthcoming some other financial period, one after the car is back into full operational status.

There's a bit of a write-in coming up right now, and I'm always up for some socialization and a change of pace. I'm caught up for 50k from yesterday with a total of 6700-odd; now all I have to do is hit 10k and I'm back in business.

Comments

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

"It says "active euthanasia" should be considered for the overall benefit of families who would otherwise suffer years of emotional and financial suffering."

How long would it be before "active euthanasia" would be considered "for the overall benefit of the government who would otherwise suffer years of emotional and financial suffering."

[azurelunatic]

Did you hear of the case where a treatment was withheld against the parents' wishes, by order of the HMO, resulting in the death of the child?

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard about the infant but I did hear about this case:
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/042406HoustonLife.html

I understand HMO's routinely let people die to save a buck.

[azurelunatic]

There are reasons I avoid Texas, especially.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

I've sent you an email with a cartoon attached that I think accurately portrays the situation. I've sent it by email because I'm not smart enough to figure out how to send it in a reply.

[azurelunatic]

Yeah, that about sums it up.