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Pretty and my wallet survived the vet without anything too dramatic happening. Yay. She's at work with me now.

Plane makes emergency landing when dude tries to open emergency door mid-flight. This part of the story makes me furious and puzzled: "A passenger, Casey Coleman, told 7News that flight attendants directed all of the females to the back of the plane and all of the males to the front. Coleman said a flight attendant ordered the men to hold down the passenger over the intercom."

Dogboy & Justine did not win the festival, which is fine and as I suspected. The plays that tied for first place I actually liked a good deal. I remain baffled how one of the others even made the finals and interested in the degree that I don't think short play audiences want the content of these things to linger.

A Buffalo woman has been charged with blinding a lesbian in one eye in an anti-gay assault.

sparkindarkness brings us a list of recent trans-related news items, most of them appalling. I keep saying this over and over, but trans issues, gay issues, and feminist issues are everyone's issues. In a world where gender isn't a supposed dichotomy and "feminine" isn't a dirty word EVERYONE -- even straight cis-gendered men -- is safer.

This story on medical radiation errors is almost impossible to read it's so awful, but should be read anyway. I wonder, to what degree, I can barely read it is impacted by my Cold War childhood. This was, in a way, how we all thought we were going to die.

I like Patty times-evelentybillion. So I'm going to get some work done now (cat is in the office with me!) so I can get home to her!

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[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

i assure you the emergency exit doors CAN be opened mid flight. and would cause a massive out rushing of air as the higher pressure INSIDE the plane tried to leave.

the article i read said nothing about this moving of the passengers.. nor did it say the stews asked anyone to restrain him. the passengers who said they did restrain him acted on their own in the interview i saw? has the story changed this much?

from the stories i saw (and as i said, stories change) he was taking pills, and drinking, prior to the event.. so i suspect other problems.

[malle-babbe.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess I'll make sure my seatbelt is extra snug then...