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Dined on the Weezle's dad's grapefruit for breakfast this morning (with a couple of tasty bagels), and they were jim-dandy, to say the least. Good stuff from Sanibel!

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Young Master Newton continues his silly habit of licking the condensation off of the windows of the living room. I think his purpose is twofold... tasty water, fresh from the pane, and clear view of outdoor squirrels!

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pictures from the licks this morning -


ah fink mah tug ith thuk.

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Um, what?

The Family Un-Planner The Bush administration's crazy new HHS appointment.
By Amanda Schaffer
Originally Posted Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, at 4:50 PM ET in Slate

On Monday, the federal office that oversees the nation's family-planning program got a new boss who doesn't believe in birth control. Eric Keroack is a Massachusetts obstetrician-gynecologist who argues that abstinence until marriage is the only healthy choice for women. Until recently, he served as medical director of a pregnancy-counseling organization that runs down contraception and gives out scientifically false health information—for instance, that condoms "offer virtually no protection" against herpes or HPV. Keroack also promotes a wacky piece of pseudoscience: the claim that premarital sex disrupts brain chemistry so as to create a physiological barrier to happy marriage. ( Read more... )

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