Re: Kid Movie Question
 

I can see it now....."Aunt Fugee, why are you crying?"

Re: Kid Movie Question
 

I cried a few times during Up. But I laughed more. It's a great movie.

Kid Movie Experience
 

I went to Night at the Museum 2 at the cheap theater and was glad I didn't bring the girls to it. It wasn't as good as the first one and i don't think they'd have understood a lot of the historical references. And would have been a little bored. RT was right on about Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart -- she was the best part of the movie. Hank Azaria was much more annoying than I expected.

I took them to see Ice Age 3D. They enjoyed it. I didn't think it was as good as the first one (don't remember the 2nd one enough to compare). I also didn't think they used the 3D effects enough to make it worth while. I think I'd have enjoyed it equally in regular format.

Mad Men.
 

"It will come out of your allowance."

"I don't have an allowance."

"Then don't break things."

Just wow. So perfect in good ways; also perfect in bad ways. If I'm going to be a flawed father, I want at least to be flawed like Don Draper.

Re: Mad Men.
 

I'm hoping the third kid is an excuse to write the son out- car crash or something- worst actor on the series.

Re: Mad Men.
 

Agree, though if he's gonna buy it, the laws of drama require that it be because of something curable or avoidable in 2009. Maybe acute Red Dye No. 2 poisoning, or electrocution that would have never happened with a properly grounded GFCI outlet.

I wish the kid luck. The best thing about 30 Rock is Dean Winters, and the worst thing about Rescue Me was Dean Winters, which gives hope to terrible actors everywhere.

Gastronomic bliss
 

Re: Gastronomic bliss
 

Oki Dog?

Re: Gastronomic bliss
 

Yeah. Wrong board though.

parenting tip o' the week
 

H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

I would love to hear whether you are getting:

(1) the H1N1 flu shot(s) and/or (2) the seasonal flu shot

...for your children and for yourselves.

I called Vietbabe's doctor and the nurse in charge babbled incoherently on the simple question, seeming to hint that the doc will "probably" go and advise to get the H1N1 shot b/c the CDC says so, but that in fact, the seasonal flu shot is probably the more important one. But...again, she was rambling and I couldn't get a straight answer on what the doctor was actually suggesting (I have a call in to the doctor).

I was set to get Vietbabe -- now seven -- both flu shots (seasonal and H1N1) but then I read reports from Canada yesterday that getting the seasonal increases risk of getting the H1N1 virus even if one has the H1N1 shot. Today, there was a bit of backtrack on that report, so I went back to the original dual plan. But then a friend told me she doesn't ever participate in the first round of a "new vaccine" b/c maybe "all the kinks" haven't been worked out.

So now, I'm perplexed over the whole thing. Vietbabe is healthy but tends to run absurdly high fevers when she is sick (like 106). Back in 2002, I was on this board freaking out about her first spiking episode and you were all so nice to calm me.

Thanks.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Hell no.

http://drtenpenny.com/the_truth_about_the_flu_Shot.aspx

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

I also implicitly trust anything a graduate of Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri has to say about medicine.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

It's not the med school, it's that she appears to be a semi-professional plaintiff's doctor.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

I always get the seasonal flu shot. I had the flu once and it was the sickest I've ever been. I had a fever of 105 (my normal temp is lower than 98.6 so this was even higher for me) and was flat on my back in bed for a solid week -- and that was with the drugs they give you after you get diagnosed with the flu.

I haven't decided about the H1N1 shot. I'm not in the high risk categories of people they want to be vaccinated first so I have a little while to decide on that one.

I don't know what my sister is going to do about her girls (ages 6 and 9). I'm pretty sure they both got the seasonal flu shot last year.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

me too.

http://skepticdad.wordpress.com/2009...p-to-her-name/

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Being that I am a semi-professional plaintiff's lawyer, that doesn't bother me none.

Your alternative, you realize is brought to you by the lovely makers of Vioxx, Celebrex and Fosamax.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Right. But for the rest of us?

But, really, I get the no-flu-shot position, especially if your kid has (severe) allergies, asthma, etc., notwithstanding what a shill says about them either way.

Healthy kid, in school or a group-care setting? We get them every year. Not sure about H1N1, mostly for the novelty concern (which, necessarily, means a lack of testing, especially on kids).

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Why not get two or three flu shots?

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

What, because one is *less* concerned about profit than the other?

Believing either without reservation or inquiry is fraught with peril.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Perhaps your quandary can be eased by the fact that the H1N1 vaccine won't be available until around February and even then, there will be very limited availability.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Everything I've seen pegs first availability as mid-October, with about 3.4 million doses of FluMist available.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

:confused:

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

He's angling for a lead plaintiff.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

She sells well shaken water as a cure to all that ails you. Her margins have to be ten times even a blockbuster for BigPharma. That's before you factor in FDA approval and research, neither of which apply to the well shaken water business.

Now, have you tied up any Zicam cases?

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Each year the flu shot is different. In other words, the novelty concern is a bit artificial.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Because there is no increased efficacy through multiple exposures.

Same reason I don't drink Dr. Moneypenny's well shaken water to cure my flu - it doesn't work.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Well, alright then. But the impression provided in coverage on the tubez is notsoclear.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Are we surprised?

Really?

Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 

Thanks for the input, all. And for the laughs -- well shaken water sold by Dr. Moneypenny. I think I'm going to have Vietbabe get both - apparently mid October is when the schools are going to be given a big stash and they'll be demanding we all bring our kids there to drink the Kool Aid. I forget which of the shots (regular flu or H1N1) requires 2 shots at different times, but that means a total of 3 shots for Viet Babe. Probably at 3 different appointments. Will suck. Too bad I can't get her drunk first.

Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 

Don't these shots cause autism? That's what Jenny McCarthy told me.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

No, really? That's also why a flu shot has a limited possibility of being effective. Shot covers strain A. Someone on the train near you with strain Z sneezes. You get the flu.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

True. But at least I'll be covered for all the people sneezing on me with Type A virus. Better some coverage than none.

The other reason I always get the flu shot is that the first time I got one the doctor told me studies had shown people who got the flu shot also got 30% fewer upper resp. infections. I have always been susceptible to those so even that would be a huge benefit for me.

Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 

Amanda Peet told me the opposite.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Yeah, that's why they update it every year. They try to cover the most prevalent strains.

Your hypo is like advising teenagers not to wear condoms because they won't protect them from lung cancer. Brilliant.

Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 

The H1N1 requires two shots because it is quite a bit different from previous strains. Your autoimmune system is good, but not that good.

At least you can have a drink.

Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 

But Jenny McCarthy has Jim Carey backing her up. Who can Amanda Peet call into the fray?

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Wrong. I suggest you do some analogy prep here. There are no side effects, disputed or not, from condom use.

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

Wrong. I've suffered more side effects from condom use than Jenny McCarthy's kid has from vaccines. Those things ruin the whole moment for me. And always gave women a chance to think twice about what was about to happen. That's never been good for me.

And I once dated a girl who was allergic to latex. At least that is what she told me. Do you think she was lying?

And really, do you want me to come up with a better analogy?

Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 

It will be available in October. I am getting the H1N1, and have already gotten the seasonal flu shot. If I weren't pregnant, I might not get the H1N1, but the population with the highest DEATH rate from H1N1 is pregnant women, so I'll be getting it.

Still not sure whether I'll have the kids get H1N1 vaccine, but they will be getting the seasonal one.