One More Smell Technology That's Missing

This one is really basic, but I don't know how to do it.

Why is it that with all of the candle and air freshener manufacturers, not one of them has produced a way to get rid of the smell of fresh paint?

Smell Technology

My daughter has recently started to sniff things.

Like, actually, <sniff><sniff>.

She thinks she's quite something because she can make the <sniff><sniff> sound with her nose now.

And as I was making a call yesterday, I wondered- what ever happened to smell-o-phones?  You know, the idea that technology would be able to somehow produce a smell from across the phone (or internet).

I was thinking- it can't be that hard, can it?

You'd just need to have a "palate" of smells that you can produce at the receiving end and some sort of chemical/molecule assayer at the sending end....then it's just a matter of "produce this many molecules of smell A, this many of B"... like a little smell recipe.

Now, I know that companies already make these air testers to measure particulates in the air.  I wonder why no one is putting these two together?   You'd make a fortune!

But, one request from my end- please provide an "off" feature...because I don't want to smell everyone that is talking to me over the phone.

Hip Problems

I found this article about femoral acetabular impingement (clicking hips) and I had to laugh a bit.  The article poses the question:  why is this problem so underdiagnosed?

Honestly, I'll tell you:  doctor's just don't usually care enough to check.

Seriously.

Doctors get paid regardless of whether or not they get the diagnosis right, so there is no incentive for correct diagnoses.  (Actually, I've had several medical school colleagues tell me it's much worse than that- it starts in school.  If you can't pass the class, the professor works with you until you can eek out a C...or they just get tired and give you one anyway.  True stories.  Horror stories for their patients.)

But continuing with the hip impingement...the people who have this problem are generally young athletes, young dancers, and the "middle aged".

Who's going to listen to high school students who say that their hips click?  They just never get to realize their dreams of pro-whatever.  Sad, but true.

And once you're middle aged, the response you get from doctors that are now younger than you (GRRR) is just that "you're old".

Throw a "Ma'am" in there for good measure and you've proven that you just can't ever get good healthcare

Unless you're rich and have a private doctor.

Enjoy you're next doctor visit.

Happy Halloween

UGH!

What happened to Target.com?

Did someone throw up?

This is terrible!  It looks like some old advertising page from a cheap magazine!

Tame Tabbies

Here's an interesting tidbit from the world of genetics for all you cat lovers.

I'm afraid, though, that the change in behavior that we could possibly see would not take place in our life time.  It would take THOUSANDS of generations to make this kind of change.

Sorry,  Dr.Bradshaw.  You may be right, but the likelihood of spaying and neutering having a dramatic effect is less likely than world peace.

Another Reason For Home Schooling

It's just something I've noticed about my daughter since we started taking her to classes:

Her behavior at times is, well, growing more independent.

In other words, she doesn't follow directions from her Mommy very well anymore and I think it's the bad examples she sees from other kids...while their parents just ignore it.

Now, I am blaming the parents.

Completely.

It's your freakin' responsibility to train your kid- have you seen the Dog Whisperer?  WELL?  Do you think that only applies to dogs?!

You bringing your snot nosed brat to classes and allowing to be rude and cut and push- it's just teaching other kids that it's ok to do that and it makes it so much harder for those of us who actually care about raising our kids.

Ok, This Is Just Neat

This guy needs to be employed by NASA.