Ain’t no party like an emergency room party.

[bodlon]

Because emergency room parties don't stop.

Well, okay. Eventually they do. Still, considering that I started gathering my mother up to take her in at around 7 PM and we didn't get home until after 1 AM, I think I might be excused for thinking the whole thing took a little while.

I'm tired. I've been up for twenty one hours straight, and the last few hours featured an experience in which I had to go full-on Power of Attorney on a nurse who didn't pay attention when I told her how to communicate with my mother, whose hearing is severely impaired, and then made some really problematic assumptions about her mental capabilities and state of awareness based on that.

These moments remind me why I show up when something like this happens. Most caregivers are really excellent people who work hard not to do harm. Sometimes, though, someone messes up. Or, worse, sometimes ableism kicks in, or somebody acts out of convenience.

Those people get to find out how I react when somebody messes with my mom.

And now? Bed. So much bed. Lovely, warm, not-the-hospital bed.

~*~

- Hey guys? The Salvation Army do a lot of good, but they do it at the expense of the LGBTQ community, and actively lobby against people like me having equal rights and protections under the law, both in the US and abroad.

- Alton Brown would call this yogurt strainer a unitasker and dismiss it with disdain. Me, I look upon it with terrible desire. Come to me, you sexy, sexy kitchen tool.

- Ever wonder how terrifyingly huge Wal-Mart is? WONDER NO LONGER.

- A 2012 calendar I love, but probably shouldn't own. Pop. Pop-pop. Pop.

- Via AFP, the US Air Force reportedly disposed of the cremated remains of nearly 300 servicemembers by dumping them in a landfill. Stay classy, USAF.

- Author Jim C. Hines makes the season a little brighter in a "devoured by horrifying walking dead foliage" sort of way.

- An incredibly thoughtful essay on why steampunk matters. As someone who hasn't really thrown his hat in with the aesthetic, but enjoys it from afar, this makes me more interested in a strange sort of way. You know, it's been a while since I belonged to a proper subculture...

- Holy crap, you guys. They found two lost classic episodes of Doctor Who. Staggeringly unlikely, and very, very cool.

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Comments

[pocketmouse]

*blinks* It's not that it's a unitasker, so much as wouldn't a piece of cheesecloth over a bowl produce the same results?

[bodlon]

Yes and no. The cheesecloth does the job, but this provides more surface area, has its own container to collect the whey (which I can cook and bake with), and is easier to control than a bag full of dairy product.

[pocketmouse]

I suppose. I mean, cheesecloth comes in sizes large enough that you can make a sachet, twist the ends up, and leave it in a regular metal strainer, over a bowl. Then again, I've never tried it.

Though I do like that as a phrase -- easier to control than a bag full of dairy product.

[bodlon]

It could be threshold of difficulty.

Tying shoes = easier than controlling a bag of dairy product.

Tech = harder than trying to juggle six bags of dairy product.

[stasia]

Re the calendar: I think I'll see about generating a printable to make our own - that way we can pop the WHOLE YEAR and still have a useable calendar. I mean, if you're having a bad month, there's no reason to NOT pop every fucking day of it at once, right?

Stasia