Recent content by GrayDragon

Quote: The irony is if I'd been wearing steel toed boots in the first place my toe wouldn't be broken.

In the areas where the 'first world' is responsible in large part for the starvation, I would state we have a duty and obligation to feed them, regardless of how many children they have.

In Somalia and Senegal the HIV prevalence is under 1% of the adult population, whereas in Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe around 15-20% of adults are infected with HIV. In three southern African countries, the national adult HIV prevalence rate now exceeds 20%. These countries are...

Unfortunately, they've been exposed to so much misinformation regarding AIDS that there are plenty who don't believe it can be spread via childbirth. There are even people here in the US who believe that. Sad, isn't it?

Why is it that when you break a toe, every single creature in a 10 mile radius feels the need to step on it?

Edited for trolling.

Edited to remove trolling remarks.

Let us not fear the dino-chicken. Nay, if you want TRUE terror, imagine this: Dino-GEESE

Quote: Actually, in order to get funding from the US, many of the programs over there have been specifically forbidden from teaching them about birth control, and still other programs deliberately spread lies about birth control (like telling people that condoms cause AIDS).

That actually sounds like an excerpt an English textbook I had took from one of the Dragonriders of Pern books. I think it was from her short story collection.

I've been through a few. I hate them. They are simply a way around the 4th amendment a lot of time, and are simple revenue grabs the rest of the time. They don't actually do much to cut down on drunk driving, they just serve to make people late and occasionally get loads of money from someone...

make a paste of baking soda. That should help a lot.

My in-laws are awesome, but my husband's in-laws stink.

Mine just dropped the whole carton on the way into the house from the store. The dog ran over to eat them, and wanting his pup to be happy, the kidlet promptly broke open the eggs that survived the initial drop. We came back out to grab the rest of the groceries, and found him giggling...