**headdesk headdesk headdesk**

[sophiaserpentia]

Bubonic Plague carrying mice have been missing from a New Jersey counter-terrorism lab for two weeks.

It's still one of the most potentially dangerous diseases known to humankind, but authorities want you to not panic. Reassuringly, the article says, "Among other things, the rodents may have been stolen, eaten by other lab animals or just misplaced in a paperwork error. If the mice got outside the lab, they would have already died from the disease."

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[brontosproximo.livejournal.com]

*looks out window*

What are those four guys on horses doing galloping down Route 93?

[firebirdgrrl.livejournal.com]

I truly don't know whether to laugh or be horrified. I think I'll do both.

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Where's The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy" when you really need it? I REALLY need a book that says "Don't Panic" in large letters on the cover right about now.

Hail Eris!

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

"misplaced in a paperwork error"

"7. And under Eris Confusion became established, and was hence called Bureaucracy; while over Bureaucracy Eris became established, and was hence called Discordia."

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/book/51.php

He, we have a date tonight...

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Let's rent "The Stand"!!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/

Re: He, we have a date tonight...

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

We haven't finished watching Children of Dune yet...

Re: He, we have a date tonight...

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Never mind, I think that went right over your head *kisses*

Re: He, we have a date tonight...

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Ever since Katrina hit, I've been thinking about The Stand... this story just seals it.

Re: He, we have a date tonight...

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

I wish Patrick Farley would have finished "Apocamon".

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Yay, my home state fucks up yet again!

[evergrey.livejournal.com]

Honestly? the rodents in the hills here in California carry it. It's really rare for someone to actually die of it these days- it's treatable. So it really isn't a big concern, whatever spin the sensationalist media puts on it.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Oh, i'm not actually worried, i was more laughing when i read this. But if it isn't recognized and treated, it could be a problem for someone who contracts it. (The idea of an antibiotic-resistant strain is kind of chilling, though.)

[stacymckenna.livejournal.com]

The "recognizing it" *is* an issue. My sister had an intern student from the southeast in her class at vet school who had been seeing West Nile left and right and could identify it in nothing flat, while all the CA students were hard pressed to pick it out as it was still very rare on this coast. There is a "local hazards" element to health care that can mean life or death.

Heck, vets out here put their kids through college removing "fox tails" from pets' eyes/ears while east coasters have no idea what they are. Left intact, the buggers can work their way into the body, destroying lung or even spinal tissues, and cause serious damage. We treat them as "yeah, no big deal" because they aren't when plucked early, but back east, a progressed case might be misdiagnosed repeatedly as the pet suffered worse and worse damage/pain.

[qilora.livejournal.com]

ah yes.. into probably *the* most densely populated state in the union....

but don't panic right?

Jules.

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Just thought I'd say, since it caught my eye - I have a sunflower growing right now that looks just like your icon! :)

[qilora.livejournal.com]

lucky you! :-)
this icon is a pic of my sunflower, Cyril, that i grew this past June or July or so...

Ulla & Co.

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Go see my pictures I posted :)

[pretzelsalt.livejournal.com]

It should be raining frogs tomorrow.

Cheer up.

[touchyphiliac.livejournal.com]

Call me idealistic, but I don't think you should be infecting anything with bubonic plague.

[layitlarge.livejournal.com]

Just more happy fun fun news to brighten our already smile plastered faces. (that's sarcasm for anyone who's forgotten the fun of irony)
Think it's too late to built a bomb shelter?