Total nonsequitur, but some enterprising YouTube vidder compiled a montage of the last ten seconds of TNG episodes. Engage...

Total nonsequitur, but some enterprising YouTube vidder compiled a montage of the last ten seconds of TNG episodes. Engage...

What amuses and impresses me is the ability to recontextualize the dialog and visuals to imply a wholly different meaning from the original. Have you seen Brokeback to the Future or any of the editing societies' recut trailers (Shining as comedy; Sleepless in Seattle as horror)?

What amuses and impresses me is the ability to recontextualize the dialog and visuals to imply a wholly different meaning from the original. Have you seen Brokeback to the Future or any of the editing societies' recut trailers (Shining as comedy; Sleepless in Seattle as horror)?

Total non sequitur, but have you seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDIBqVsjek? Some folks recut "Samaritan Snare" and "Final Mission" into a Brokeback Mountain parody trailer. Amusing.

Total non sequitur, but have you seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDIBqVsjek? Some folks recut "Samaritan Snare" and "Final Mission" into a Brokeback Mountain parody trailer. Amusing.

Ouch. Feel better!

Just seen over the wires: The Associated Press is offering Internet access to a satellite image that covers most of New Orleans, detailed enough that viewers can zoom in to check on particular neighborhoods and streets. The image's resolution is high, at 2.4 meters per pixel. It is posted in a format that allows quick viewing of any area a user zooms in on. Users can quickly see what areas are under water and what structures are still standing. The initial image was taken Wednesday and supplied by the company DigitalGlobe. AP will offer updated satellite images as as they become available. The image is available at: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/neworleanssatellite/index.html

1) BoingBoing has some new satellite images of the area since you seem interested in the mapping aspects. 2) From the WWLTV Blog:12:11 P.M. - Army Corps: Water has become level with the Lake in the city so no more water should flow into the city, except at high tide. 3) Regarding the Governor's comments, I think we have to cut them all a bit of slack given sleeplessness etc and read generously. I didn't see it as a call to abandon anyone to the floodwaters, but an acknowledgment of the situation. Hillsborough County FL has made it policy that registered sex offenders cannot use hurricane shelters. [Don't get me started on wrong tool for that job!] New Orleans isn't that cruel or callous, so there probably has been a criminal element among the refugees. In one of the personal stories on nola.com, somebody with family in the Superdome writes "I was told that a young girl had been assaulted and the death of a man from apparent suicide." Anyway, I saw the governor's remark as merely demonstrating awareness of the situation, trying to avoid sounding like she's ignorant.

Hey, I realize my situation is an exception case, but any other women notice your menstrual cramps getting worse while taking supplemental testosterone? My doctor thought it might just be coincidental timing, because it shouldn't make any difference, so I'm just wondering if anybody else noticed something similar. FWIW, when I was last on hormones, I was taking DHEA daily (alternating 25mg and 50mg), testim 1% (tubes are supposed to be a daily male dosage; since normal women's levels are about 1/10th men's, I took about a tenth of a tube daily) and estrodial suppositories every third day (for improved lubrication). This was all under doctor's orders with bloodtests of my hormone levels every 90 days and adjustments made accordingly (or with improvements in the medical discoveries) Susie, if you want to email me for more questions, please feel free. My situation isn't quite what you want to focus on here, and while I don't want to sidetrack your discussion too far, I also think my story is an angle that's worth further attention. Though I think I write better than I'd talk, if you want to cover this on your audioshow, I'd be glad to be interviewed and may be able to point you to other sources of FSD info. I think you should be able to discern my email address from Typepad. All I ask is that you give me some timeframe in which to respond, because I can be ADDled and busy and don't want to reply too late.

"My feminist response to this whole hullabaloo is that I'd like to hear as many women as possible speak up! Have you ever taken hormones, or lived intimately with someone who did?" I've been diagnosed with a physiological sexual dysfunction, so (through a specialist) have been on all kinds of hormones under doctors' order including testosterone cream (which doesn't do much if t-levels are low) and offlabel use of prescription testosterone for men (at lower dosage than men are supposed to take) along with supplemental DHEA and estrodial. I know loads about how the female body is supposed to produce hormones, and how they're supposed to work on the sex drive. Unfortunately, right now I'm not on anything because I seemed to have the bad luck of getting all the side-effects (like excessive hair-growth and zits) without the benefits. So I'm effectively asexual for the timebeing. [Still premenopausal and still totally preorgasmic at age 35.] I've been hovering on the cusp of medical science for a while now, maybe if I take some time off some new discovery will pan out. I wish I had more time to write you in the detail you (and your audience) deserves. I've blogged a bit about it in the past, including: * how the Pill affects testosterone @ http://www.ribarambles.org/2003_11_23_j_archive.htm#106969121785010420, * summing up a seminar on FSDs @ http://www.ribarambles.org/2003_11_23_j_archive.htm#106969444770549259, * the latest research on the Pill @ http://www.ribarambles.org/2005_06_12_j_archive.htm#111897950590336611, and * my medical/sexual history @ http://www.ribarambles.org/2005_06_12_j_archive.htm#111902626401350518 (which explains why the Pill concerns me so much) [Sorry 'bout the ugly URLs, Typepad's not allowing A HREF tags] On the whole, I'm rather iffy about tinkering with hormones without having some bloodwork done to know where your hormone levels actually are. If you have further questions, feel free to ask.