What might have been news bizarre elsewhere was a top story on my Houston Chronicle the other day. The wild pig population in Texas is out of control and researchers are looking to oral contraceptives to combat the problem: The Texas AgriLife Extension Service estimates the hogs cause $50 million in damage each year. But [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Pills for pigs
Posted in News: Science, tagged animals, oral contraceptive, texas, wild pigs on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Walgreens: 1. CVS: 1.
Posted in Personal, tagged birth control prices, cvs, the pill, walgreens on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As far as birth control goes, I used to always make an effort to spend my money at Walgreens instead of CVS. CVS keeps their condoms locked up to prevent theft, which also means to embarrass people. I can testify. Walgreens lets their condoms be free and lo, the company hasn’t been run into the [...]
My love for Jenna Bush spills over into my blog
Posted in Other, tagged celebrities, jenna bush, sex education on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jenna Bush has been in the news and blogs a good amount lately due to her wedding last weekend. A lot of the blogs I read and most of the blogs I avoid have talked about Jenna only to make fun of her, so I just want to come to her defense and point out [...]
License to pill pt. 2
Posted in Links on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m glad that I used probably the best headline I’ll ever think of on a post that got so much attention. Birth Pangs put together a list of all the pro-choice bloggers that wrote about the American Life League’s The Pill Kills campaign, including this one, and I thought I’d link to all those fine [...]
What’s good for the goose isn’t always good for the next goose
Posted in News, tagged birth control patch, fda, hormonal contraceptives, ortho-evra patch, public citizen, side effects on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen, a public interest non-profit, is petitioning the FDA to ban the Ortho-Evra patch. They go into great detail comparing the patch to the pill, with a couple major complaints: 60% more estrogen on average exposure; greater variability in estrogen levels; a possible two-fold increased risk of venous thrombosis (typically, painful blood clots of [...]
Take another picture with you click click click click camera
Posted in Links, tagged friends, Links on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I promise that I didn’t start a blog just to link to my friends, but how can I help it when they’re such good photographers? My girl Meredith started a photo blog with pictures she’s taken at concerts. Meredith is a nice girl who shares my well-cultivated appreciation for LOLcats, regular cats, and keeping in [...]
License to pill
Posted in Other, tagged breakthrough ovulation, feminism, oral contraceptives, the pill, the pill kills on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Feministing has a poll up about birth control methods that got a lot of interesting comments, especially about some that are more innovative or long-term like the implant, sterilization, etc. H/t to another of my A-list blogs, Pandagon, for directing me to The Pill Kills. It’s an online campaign to make birth control illegal because [...]
