FDA OKs nonprescription ‘morning-after’ pill
Decision allows over-the-counter sale of Plan B for those 18 or older

The FDA announced it will allow Plan B, the so-called morning after pill, to be sold without a prescription to women 18 or older.
Updated: 11:46 a.m. ET Aug. 24, 2006

WASHINGTON - Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription — but only with proof they’re 18 or older, federal health officials decided Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration ruling culminated a contentious three-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.

Girls 17 and younger still will need a doctor’s note to buy the pills, called Plan B, the FDA told manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The compromise decision is a partial victory for women’s advocacy and medical groups which say eliminating sales restrictions could cut in half the nation’s 3 million annual unplanned pregnancies. Opponents have argued that wider access could increase promiscuity.

The long delay had ensnared President Bush’s nominee to head the FDA. On Thursday, two senators said they would lift their blockade, making confirmation of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach as FDA’s commissioner likely next month.

The pills are a concentrated dose of the same drug found in many regular birth-control pills. Taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, a woman can lower the risk of pregnancy by up to 89 percent. If she already is pregnant, the pills have no effect.

The earlier it’s taken, the more effective Plan B is. But it can be hard to find a doctor to write a prescription in time, especially on weekends and holidays. Hence the push to allow nonprescription sales.

Barr has said it hopes to begin nonprescription sales of Plan B by the end of the year. The pills will be sold only from behind the counter at pharmacies — so the pharmacist can check photo identification — but not at convenience stores or gas stations.

I am very pro choice but please do not confuse that with “pro abortion” ! Sadly too many people do.
This is not an abortion pill, when used correctly it stops the hormones before the egg even begin creating.
Just think how many women would have taken this pill at just the chance of becoming pregnant instead of waiting and then later aborting. I mean even rape victims alone. 
I don’t understand how any one could see this drug as not a good thing. No matter what side of choice you are on. 

I have absolutely no plans for this weekend. No commitment’s at all. I have a few things in mind like clean the house and take Allison for her new school supplies. But even those are iffy, depending on my mood. I do see myself spending some time here on the computer and some time with my DVR, I have Nip Tuck forums and episodes of Windfall to catch up on.
It feels kind of nice not to have plans, it’s been a while.

Update on Roxy: She is feeling much better. No more throwing up and she is back to her playful self. Of course she was up and ready to play around midnight but at least she is feeling better.

A police situation came to an end as a gunman who shot a woman shoots himself in the head. The shooting took place near the Allen Park Summer Camp, but no children were harmed.

Lt. Robert Steele said police saw the man, whom police are not identifying pending notification of his family, hide behind some bushes on the grounds of the nearby school. They cordoned off the area and put the school, which was conducting summer camp on lockdown.  After waiting 15 minutes for the man, 44, to respond, police heard a single gunshot and then found the man dead of an apparent self-inflicted wound to the head, Steele said. The woman, 36, is in critical condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Police also are not yet releasing her name.

My daughter Allison (7) was on the playground just a few feet away from the shooting and heard it happen. She told me she heard two loud gun shots. Thankfully she was not one of the few kids that saw the shooting. My heart goes out to them. I can’t even imagine dealing with that at such a young age. Most are first graders. The kids were suppose to be enjoying their end of summer picnic today but instead spent their time in lockdown.

Of course my thoughts and prayers go out to the victim. We live in a pretty safe neighborhood but I guess these things can happen anywhere.
I am a little freaked out and shocked.

It’s only half past ten and already I am on my second Dt. Coke.

It’s going to be a long day.

Cool ! I picked up this one and this one.

You gotta love these guys.

Saturday morning I found Allison and Sammy on the kitchen floor sharing a peach.

It really is sweet how much she loves that bunny.

Moving around will be challenging today

Again, so true. I have been telling my self to get in the shower for over two hours now. But every time I get close I end up right back here in front of the computer.

What does 90 minutes in hell look like?

It looks like this, at an over crowded local dollar show on a rainy, humid Saturday afternoon.
Not only was the theater filled with out of control kids and their cell phone chatting parents but it had to be the worst movie I have seen in a long, long time.

I just found my next book to read! I bought it on Ebay and can’t wait to find it in the mail.

Markoe not only wrote for “Late Night with David Letterman,” she dated the man himself. Now, this Emmy Award-winning writer is out with another hilarious story, about love, loss and pets that talk back to you. 

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Dawn Tarnauer’s life isn’t exactly a success story. Already twice divorced, the young Californian is too busy job-hopping to start a career, her current boyfriend insists on living “off the grid,” her Life Coach sister perpetually interferes with incomprehensible affirmations, her eccentric mother is busy promoting the culmination of her life’s work: The Every Holiday Tree, and her father is ending his brief third marriage while scheduling two dates for the same night.

Dawn’s only source of security and comfort, it seems, is Chuck, a pit-bull mix from the pound. So, when her boyfriend announces that he’s leaving her for another woman, a despairing Dawn turns to Chuck for solace.
“I should have said something sooner,” Chuck confides, as he tries to console her. “Couldn’t you smell her on his pants?” Dawn is stunned. It’s one thing to talk to your pets, but what do you do when they start talking back? It’s not just Chuck, either; she can hear all dogs–and man’s best friend has a lot to say. The ever-enthusiastic Chuck offers his tried-and-true advice on the merits of knocking over garbage and strewing it everywhere, auxiliary competitive peeing etiquette, and the curative powers of tossing a ball. Doubtful of her own sanity, Dawn considers that, in the ways of life and love, it might be better to trust Chuck’s doggie instincts instead of her own.

Filled with sharp wit, biting humor, and canine conversation that would make Doctor Dolittle’s jaw drop, Merrill Markoe’s engaging, cleverly written novel is about the confusing search for love and the divine acts of dog.

Kelly tagged me to do a meme so here it goes!

Four jobs I wish I had the capabilities of:
1. FBI.
2. Chef.
3. Actor.
4. Writer

Four names I wish I had other than my own:
1. Hmmm, not sure about this one.
2.
3.
4. 

Four of my favorite actresses:
(off the top of my head quick)
1. Uma Thurman
2. Maggie Gyllenhal
3. Nicole Kidman
4. Parker Posey

Four songs I could listen to over and over again:
(this changes often)
1. The Road I am On: 3 Doors Down
2. Sunday Morning: Maroon 5
3. Thank You: Led Zeppelin
4. High: James Blunt

Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Nip Tuck
2. Rescue Me
3. Boston Legal
4. Smallville

Four places I would like to go to on vacation:
1. Hawaii
2. Italy
3. Paris
4. Alaska

Four of my favorite cuisines:
1. Chinese
2.Mexican
3. American (love the hot dog)
4. Italian

Four places I wish I was right now:
1. Home
2. Up North
3. On a beach reading
4. At the movies, screaming at big snakes on a plane.

Depp and Burton, Together Again !

The darkly comedic musical thriller Sweeney Todd, set in Victorian London, is the story of the title character’s determination to exact revenge against the judge and constable who wrongfully imprisoned him. Let’s just say, heads roll--often right into the meat pies that Todd’s landlady, Mrs. Lovett, cheerfully and maniacally prepares for her unwitting customers. -Yahoo

Awesome news. I am really looking forward to this.

Ten to seven this morning Allison and I get in to the car, headed for Latchkey. The first thing out of her mouth is “is Roxy going to have babies?” The rest of our seven minute drive felt much more like and hour. It went some thing like this;

Me: Nope, she is fixed.
Allison: I don’t get it, what did you have taken out of her?
Me: Some of her female parts.
Allison: Did they remove babies?
Me: No, Roxy never had or will have puppies.
Allison: I don’t get it, if they weren’t there already, how do they get there?
Me: You need a Daddy to help with that.
Allison: Why? What does the Daddy do?
Me: We’ll talk about this after work, okay.
Allison: Noo, just tell me!
Me: It has to do with your private parts and I don’t want to talk to you about it right now, in the car.
Allison: Yeah, thats what Riley told me.
Me: What? What did she tell you.
Allison: That boys and girls are different. But I still don’t get it.
Me: Different, how?
Allison: Well, she said her boy rabbit has something her girl rabbit doesn’t have.
Me: Oh look we are at latchkey, we’ll talk about this later.

There were a few more “ I don’t get it’s in there” But you get the jest of it.
Gawd, that is no way to start the day!