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My headshot appointment has been moved to February 3rd due to the photog's schedule. Crap, that's soon!

dimethirwen picks apart Whole Foods new policy that rewards employees with lower BMI's. In short, BMI is a crap measurement and doesn't indicate overall health, shame is a crappy motivators and even if those things weren't true, shouldn't you give bigger discounts to the people who "need" it more?

Recess before lunch is apparently changing the way kids eat and behave in school for the better. I guess what surprised me is that this was news to anyone or new at all. We always had recess before lunch in private school.

Court upholds prison ban on Dungeons & Dragons.

gwyd points us to this article on gender reassignment surgery because it recognizes the non-binary.

The New York Times looks at that thing about if you're female, over-40 and unmarried, give up all hope of marriage.

Look, I know it's naive and possibly even annoying, but seriously, I'm sick of American politics not being like The West Wing. I'm sick of the way Democrats think they have to take this bullying from the Republican party, sick of the way they think that if they just speak softly and rationally they will win (no, they will not), sick of the belief that "bipartisanship" is a magic word that will stop certain elements of the other side from acting like total assholes. Democrats need to stop trying to placate the fringe arms of the Republican party. They need to stop falling for these soft on crime, crazy-spender narratives about themselves. And they need to tell the powers that be in the Republican party that they don't have an exclusive ownership claim to god. And you know what? Moderate Republicans need to step up and say something too, because this is crap. It's not getting anything done. It's intellectually weak. It's dishonest. Etc etc etc etc.

So Internet, you are my second opinion. My 14-year-old cat has significant tartar (but no infection, pain, decay) and has never had dental work. The vet says she is completely, ridiculously healthy in every other way and a safe-candidate for anesthesia for a tooth cleaning, but she also has a severe heart murmur (V/VI on the scale these use for these things). The last time she had anesthesia she took five days to recover from something that should have only take one. And that's when she was about 2. Would you do the tooth cleaning, or figure the cat is old enough she may never have problems and only do it if problems develop?

In light of the arrival of yesterday's mailbox money, I have sent a note in inquiry about some other mailbox money I should have seen by now. This sort of thing makes me crazy and stressed, and I am proud to have done it.

Also the Academic Bi list is open. This is good. You know, until the posts in all caps from dudes LOOKING FOR OPEN MINDED WOMEN@WOMYN TO BE MUSE emails start coming. Oh, oh you do not want me to eviscerate you.

I played with RealAge today for the first time in ages. I'm down to 28.3!

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- I swear, every time you mention headshots, I want to play video games. Conditioning! It works!

- Is it sad that I can't actually remember if I had recess before or after lunch? I just remember what I did with recess, and the times that I (rather perversely) enjoyed avoiding it when they punished me by making me stay in to study. Heck, I think I even liked it more the times I had to "stand on the line" during recess for various infractions. It was peaceful.

- Interesting article about SRS. I know that my overall happiness and comfort has increased during transition, and that my mental health has improved on the whole as well. I can't imagine that trend wouldn't continue after gender-affirming surgery, and wonder what the hell those Brummies were smoking. I love that this surgeon's observed non-binary gender, though. That needs more attention.

- I may have missed something, but looking at those marriage stats, I'm surprised they didn't do the math and think, "Oh hey, a significant portion of unmarried women in this sample may be a) lesbian, b) bisexual and in a long-term relationship with another woman, c) disinterested in marriage/ideologically opposed to it, d) choosing to remain unmarried for financial reasons. Wait, no I'm not. This is the NYT we're talking about. Nevermind.

- Look, I know it's naive and possibly even annoying, but seriously, I'm sick of American politics not being like The West Wing.

This.

- I'd forgo the cleaning. If your cat is otherwise healthy and the tartar isn't causing problems, I'd investigate other strategies for maintaining her oral health (cleaning treats, useful dietary choices, etc.) rather than risk the anesthesia.