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Bitten by a horseflyPosted by melodieshouse on August 27, 2008
This is a pic of the back of my right calf about 4 days after getting bitten repeatedly by a shiny golden-yellow fly while in a garden digging out some tomato plants: The fly was only slightly larger than a housefly, and I hardly believed it when told by my hubby and stepdad it was [...]
Contemplating my navel, part 3 (finale)Posted by melodieshouse on
My brain’s a little fried tonight so I thought I’d post on something arcane though it’s the wrap-up of a couple earlier posts. I had minor surgery to fix an umbilical hernia a year ago, and I thought I’d show off my barely-noticeable scar. I just can’t get over how good my belly button looks. [...]
The erosion of our Constitutional rightsPosted by melodieshouse on August 23, 2008
This is absolutely outrageous: Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFYM06p0hvA97H1VyrK6x4G6dzqQD92NRQ4O0 Satellite GPS to Track Truant Students: http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=4137166 The worst part of this is that the anklets will be on 24/7 until a judge orders them removed. This is a blatant disregard of Fourth Amendment rights, which are also interpreted to protect [...]
Birth Glorious Birth Pt.1Posted by melodieshouse on August 20, 2008
I’d like to share some of my favorite childbirth videos on the web here. WARNING: These are graphic videos, so don’t go there if you don’t want to look at women’s crowning privates. 1. An Asian (I believe Japanese) hospital birth that appears to be from the 1980s. The rhythmic chanting performed by the nurses [...]
Back to my regularly scheduled bloggingPosted by melodieshouse on
You’re going to get a burst of postings one right after another, to make up for the lagging, so stay tuned…