words, words, words
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If I begin to detail myself here, will you understand?
P. I am me
Q. I don't always know exactly who that is
R. I am Quaker
S. I like words and playing with them
T. I like genmaicha tea
U. I like the word napkin more than most others
V. I spend time walking my neighborhood
W. I cook rice often
X. I sleep well most every night
Y. I eat large amounts of fruit and vegetables
Z. I munch, sleep, write, create, cook, bike, watch, walk, listen, hope, learn, drink, live, breathe, touch, know, question, taste, copy, read, stare, carry, talk, dance, finger, try.
raisin@gmail.com
albums:
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Erasure: I Say, I Say, I Say
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
George Michael: Listen without Prejudice
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
songs:
Wild is the Wind: Nina Simone
Come Undone: Duran Duran
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Rachmaninov
My Funny Valentine: Chet Baker
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate: The Flaming Lips
This Must Be the Place: The Talking Heads
Hyperballad: Bjork
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Thursday, January 08, 2004
I thought we had won one for the troops, when U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered a halt on anthrax immunizations. He agreed with the six plaintiffs and the hundreds of people disciplined and kicked out of the service that the vaccination was not safe for its intended use and was inherently an experimental drug. I've been following this fight for several years, when the military started issuing the drugs to people. I can't say much about it myself, except for that very principled people have tried to stand up against it and have succumbed.
the military has a bad history with experimental drugs, and there's a poignantly bad feeling of commonly receiving shots from health technicians who won't even tell you what you're getting. I'm not one to worry about such things, but it made me feel like cattle when the military simply shoved things inside me because they knew better than I did. The anthrax vaccine has caused many problems, but unfortunately, not enough doctors have documented it, and not enough military members have stood up for themselves, afraid of the discipline so many others have received.
Finally, Sullivan stepped in and said, enough, no more vaccinations. Six days later, the FDA approved the drug for the military's use (it was originally approved for anthrax absorbed through the skin but not through inhalation, the primary worry of the military). Sullivan, in a statement this week, said he was highly suspicious of the FDA's timing and the plaintiff's lawyers are questioning what kind of pull the Defense Department has over the FDA.
10:30 AM
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