Wow, I know teen pregnancy is on the rise again in this country, but wtf is up with preteen pregnancy??? I just read that an 11-year-old girl in the Northeast (nothing more specific than that was stated) gave birth to a baby boy last week. The child and her child are both doing fine. No names have been released in order to protect the anonymity of the family.
It doesn’t say how the girl got pregnant. Let’s just hope it was from her own choices and not from having someone else’s will forced on her. Kind of an odd thing to wish that an 11-year-old was having consensual sex, but there ya go.
I think this is pretty crazy, especially because the grandmother sounded rather supportive in the article. Giving birth at 11??? That baby could be her brother, ffs. I need a moment to wrap my head around this!
I’m sick of the utterly crappy weather around here and am totally jealous of people who can afford vacation homes in Hawaii, Florida, and other warm locales. Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to use the word “winter” as a verb, as in “We’re going to winter in the Keys, see you in the spring!” Clearly that will never happen to me unless I manage to win the lottery, but it’s still fun to dream!
Published at: 08:02 pm - Thursday February 04 2010
A coroner has concluded that Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia. The report also stated that there were prescription drugs in Murphy’s system, which also could have contributed to her death, and was also suffering from anemia at the time.
Because of the pneumonia indication, the death is ruled as natural — and preventable. Still, some people are intimating that the prescription drugs had more to do with the death than the report says. Apparently, overuse of these drugs can exacerbate pneumonia symptoms, making it hard to determine whether it was the drugs or the pneumonia that was really to blame.
Well, I’m sure folks will continue to debate this for a few hours before moving on to the next bit of celeb gossip.
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE the self-checkout lane at places like grocery stores and Wal-Mart! I think running all of the items I bought through the barcode scanner is fun, and I seem to be able to do it a heck of a lot faster than the cashiers working there. I use self-checkout whenever I can and just wish more places had these aisles!
How great has the 2009-10 hockey season been thus far for Chicago Blackhawks fans? The team is in first place in the division and they look to be a lock for the playoffs (unless something utterly disastrous happens in the last 30 games). I’m very excited about this year’s group. I think they can go all the way to the finals!
Anyway, I played the demo of the NHL ‘10 video game on my xbox 360 last night and was blown away by the graphics and action. I have to buy this thing! Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that my favorite player, Patrick Kane, is on the cover — dangling mouthguard and all! I don’t want to pay $70 for this, but NHL ‘10 has been out for a while so I should be able to find a cheap used copy somewhere.
I’ve just had my hours at work cut significantly, and now my family is facing the same economic struggles as everyone else. We were doing fine up until this month, which just goes to show how quickly things can change. Anyway, if things don’t pick up again soon, it looks like I’m going to have to put grad school on hold while I try to find a job that can help pay the bills.
One of my friends works as a medical coder and is able to do that from home so she can stay with her kids. That sounds like something I’d be interested in and good at (since I am very detail-oriented). It also sounds like a job that would be pretty much immune to the whims of the national economy since the health care industry just churns on and on no matter what. So I’m currently checking into some medical coding training courses that will help me learn about the field and then get a job when I’m finished with the training.
I don’t know if this is the right move or not, but I feel like I have to do something productive to help my family out. I just wish the economy would turn around and bring everything else back to normal again too!
I never go on winter vacations, but there are plenty of people who do. They generally fall into two classes: those that go someplace warm, and those that go someplace cold. When people vacation in a warm place, they come back and flaunt their perfect tans while everyone else in the office is pale and pasty. Those that go on ski vacations flaunt it by walking around with their lift tickets stuck on their jackets for far longer than they should.
This last part bugs me. How hard is it to rip that stupid lift ticket off? Seinfeld even did an episode about how annoying that is! Come on, people! We can usually tell from your raccoon face (tan lines around your goggles) that you went skiing, so enough with the stupid lift tickets already!!!
Wow, I know teen pregnancy is on the rise again in this country, but wtf is up with preteen pregnancy??? I just read that an 11-year-old girl in the Northeast (nothing more specific than that was stated) gave birth to a baby boy last week. The child and her child are both doing fine. No names have been released in order to protect the anonymity of the family.
A coroner has concluded that Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia. The report also stated that there were prescription drugs in Murphy’s system, which also could have contributed to her death, and was also suffering from anemia at the time.
How great has the 2009-10 hockey season been thus far for Chicago Blackhawks fans? The team is in first place in the division and they look to be a lock for the playoffs (unless something utterly disastrous happens in the last 30 games). I’m very excited about this year’s group. I think they can go all the way to the finals!
I never go on winter vacations, but there are plenty of people who do. They generally fall into two classes: those that go someplace warm, and those that go someplace cold. When people vacation in a warm place, they come back and flaunt their perfect tans while everyone else in the office is pale and pasty. Those that go on