CHICAGO: If Hepatitis C Were Attacking Your Face Instead of Your Liver You'd Be Doing Something About It

i'm surprised the city doesn't clip them, either.

the road up to where i "work" is absolutely littered with roadside crosses.

maybe it's because roadside crosses can often be the result of yr own bad driving, while ghost bikes are generally the result of jerkoff drivers killing cyclists. AND they reflect the personality of the person who died, because it's actually their old bike that gets locked up.

also, religious v. secular?

Or what he said! I didn't know it was the victim's own bike, though.

But you know, could be the person's own plastic flower cross, too.

Shank Hall.

My mom to thread.

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there's one outside the empty bottle from when a dude named esai got hit last january. it was so loud i heard the impact at my old place on augusta. in a sad bit of irony the ghost bike itself got hit by a drunk driver, the same fate that befell it's owner.

i suppose i should read all the way through the threads before responding.

I guess that's why I'm so incredibly straight!

For example, if your baby gets colic from cow's milk, do you switch him to soy milk? Don't even think about it. His phytoestrogen level will jump to 20 times normal. If he is a she, brace yourself for watching her reach menarche as young as seven, robbing her of years of childhood. If he is a boy, it's far worse: He may not reach puberty till much later than normal.

Soy could have horrible consequences for little girls BUT EVEN WORSE it could have horrible consequences for little boys.

Won't somebody please think of the little boy children?

Haha, XP!

*....so do i. eep!

*....so do i. eep!

i will now dust off this nugget of a school yard taunt that i haven't used since 6th grade. *ahem*, EVAN PEES SITTING DOWN.

It's probably one of those things that is good for you if you eat it in moderation but bad for you when it becomes processed as filler into every nook and cranny of the American diet.

soy does effect hormone levels--originally it was touted as miracle food for regulating hormones, and now they've found that it's not so great as they thought, though sometimes beneficial.

from an fda bit on soy:

The recently raised concerns, however, focus on specific components of soy, such as the soy isoflavones daidzein and genistein, not the whole food or intact soy protein. These chemicals, available over the counter in pills and powders, are often advertised as dietary supplements for use by women to help lessen menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes.

The problem, researchers say, is that isoflavones are phytoestrogens, a weak form of estrogen that could have a drug-like effect in the body. This may be pronounced in postmenopausal women, and some studies suggest that high isoflavone levels might increase the risk of cancer, particularly breast cancer. Research data, however, are far from conclusive, and some studies show just the opposite--that under some conditions, soy may help prevent breast cancer. It is this scientific conundrum, where evidence simultaneously points to benefits and possible risks, that is causing some researchers to urge caution.

xpost - Julia rocks.

huh, i guess i should've reserved the car at milwaukee and western instead.