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"Palmolive had a nice, piquant, after-dinner flavor"

So Alex (see: "Alex and the Experience Machine") comes up to his father the other day and says solemnly, "Dad, I know what the eff-word is."

"Do you, sweetie? That's nice," says Dad, playing it cool.

"It's a really bad word."

"Uh-huh."

"It's the worst swear word, right Dad?"

"It's not a very nice word."

"Do you want me to tell you what it is?"

"Not really."

"It's really bad."

"Uh-huh."

"I know what it is. I know."

"I know you know, sweetie."

"Can I tell it to you?"

"OK, tell it to me."

"It's 'fart'," Alex says, without a trace of guile.

How do parents stand there, so calmly, in the face of these solemn revelations from their children, without dying of laughter inside? I don't think I'll be able to do it.

OK, well, then can I ask you two questions?

Panhandler on Queen Street West: Hey buddy, can I ask you a question?

Passerby: Yes, and you just did.

Where to go from here

First of all, thank you for your comments and emails. It helps to know I am not going through this alone.

There are some things I want to share:

One is that while Marmalade's death does not fit the renal-failure pattern of other pet deaths in this scandal, I am still not convinced that his consumption of the recalled products - specifically Iams and Nutro "cuts and gravy" pouches - had nothing to do with his demise. He ate at least 1/2 a pouch pretty much every day from July 2006, when he was first introduced to the product, to March 16th 2007. I learned of the recall on March 17th and stopped using the product immediately. On March 22nd, Marmalade became suddenly gravely ill, and early on March 23rd, he died. Up until that time, he had been in near-perfect health, apart from the vomiting in late February and early March.

The vets and the veterinary pathologist I have spoken to here in Ontario have all stuck to the renal-failure script. That's OK: they are working with the information they have, and that information is that the pets who have died from eating the recalled products presented with renal failure. But I am naturally and professionally inclined to seek more information, and I strongly suspect that there is more to the story. Sure enough, here is what some vets in the US are saying now (emphasis mine):

"With the information that we have, none of us feel that this product fits the lesions we are seeing, but there may be information we don't know yet," said Lawrence McGill, a veterinary pathologist in Salt Lake City. "The feeling is that there are more questions than answers with this product."

"Renal failure is not the expected response to these drugs," said Susan Weinstein, executive director of the Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association. She added that most rodent poisons work as severe anticoagulants — meaning they cause the rats that ingest them to bleed to death.

"Whether this particular toxin in this case can create renal failure depends on how this drug works in the body, which may be an entirely different pathway than the anticoagulants," Weinstein said. "Because we aren't yet familiar with this toxin, we can't be confident of the causation link."

You can be certain I will be following up on this development. I'm going to get graphic here, so you may want to skip the rest of this paragraph and go to the next if you don't have a strong stomach: when I found Marmalade comatose on the floor, he had bloody stool coming out of his rectum. His gums were red, and the vets suspected that he had ingested something toxic, except that the only poison I have in the house - isopropyl alcohol, for cleaning my computer equipment - is kept in a childproof container in a closed cupboard and I haven't used it for weeks. Right before he died, he was vomiting blood. I'll leave it at that.

Secondly, about Harry. My poor Harry. In health, he is fine - he never ate the food. In spirits though, he is low. He is clearly mourning the loss of his constant companion. While he is bright-eyed and lively - at times, literally trying to climb the walls - he wanders around the apartment howling for Marmalade, looking for him in cupboards and under the couch and the bed. It breaks my heart to see him like this.

Harry has never been an only cat, and he's very social. He tried to make friends with my sister's cats (although they would have none of it). I spend a lot of time away from the house, and I'm worried he might get lonely and depressed. So - and I guess you know where I'm going with this - I will be looking into adopting another cat. I'm thinking a young neutered male, sociable and playful like Harry, close to Harry's age (almost 2). This is not about replacing Marmalade. Marmalade is irreplaceable. This is about a) providing a companion for Harry and b) providing a good home for one of Toronto's many unwanted cats.

Get the Government Outta my Face...

From the Lisa and Jacob Blog: The 2000 Republican Platform: "Medical decision-making should be in the hands of physicians and their patients." The 2004 Republican Platform: "We must attack the root causes of high health care costs by: ... putting patients and doctors in charge of medical decisions." Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, March 17, 2005: "So our -- Congress has acted tonight and the House of Representatives acted last night. ... It is clear to me that Congress has a responsibility since other aspects of government at the state level have failed to address this issue." House Majority Leader Tom Delay, March 19: "For one person in one state court to make this decision is too heavy. ... It does take all of us to think this through."

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Work Expertise

FoxyStilezArticles, New York City USA
1998 - Present
Writing Team Organizer
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Summary of Qualifications

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10 years of article writing experience (specially for Online audiences)
Superb fluency in Latin
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Job Expertise

FoxyStilezArticles, Detroit USA
2001 - Present
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Hypocrisy Ignored by Media

From Digby

By now most people who read liberal blogs are aware that George W. Bush signed a law in Texas that expressly gave hospitals the right to remove life support if the patient could not pay and there was no hope of revival, regardless of the patient's family's wishes. It is called the Texas Futile Care Law. Under this law, a baby was removed from life support against his mother's wishes in Texas just this week. A 68 year old man was given a temporary reprieve by the Texas courts just yesterday.

Those of us who read liberal blogs are also aware that Republicans have voted en masse to pull the plug (no pun intended) on medicaid funding that pays for the kind of care that someone like Terry Schiavo and many others who are not so severely brain damaged need all across this country.

Those of us who read liberal blogs also understand that that the tort reform that is being contemplated by the Republican congress would preclude malpractice claims like that which has paid for Terry Schiavo's care thus far.

Those of us who read liberal blogs are aware that the bankruptcy bill will make it even more difficult for families who suffer a catastrophic illness like Terry Schiavo's because they will not be able to declare chapter 7 bankruptcy and get a fresh start when the gargantuan medical bills become overwhelming.

And those of us who read liberal blogs also know that this grandstanding by the congress is a purely political move designed to appease the religious right and that the legal maneuverings being employed would be anathema to any true small government conservative.

Those who don't read liberal blogs, on the other hand, are seeing a spectacle on television in which the news anchors repeatedly say that the congress is "stepping in to save Terry Schiavo" mimicking the unctuous words of Tom Delay as they grovel and leer at the family and nod sympathetically at the sanctimonious phonies who are using this issue for their political gain.

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2001 - Present
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