Rockin' Baby!

My friend, Adriana, over at What I Made For Dinner, just tagged me as a "Girl Who Rocks."

Hm.

Cool!

I'm suppose to name five other women who rock. (Only five?!!!) Since she tagged all of the other Scary Feminists already, then I nominate HM, Merujo, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Quiet in the Stacks, and Sister Mary Lisa for the Rockin' Girl Blogger award.

Thanks, Adriana! The feeling is mutual!

Happy 40th Anniversary, Mom & Dad

Senior Prom, Lincoln High School, Green River, Wyoming, 1967.

My parents met in Wyoming when my father was a missionary in the Central States Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He's from California. Mom was born and raised in Green River, Wyoming. They were married on June 14, 1967 in the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.

I told a colleague that today is my parents' 40th anniversary and she said, "Wow! In today's world, that's quite an accomplishment."

Congratulations, Mom & Dad!

Go Figure

Seems I made the Washington Post's Express Blog Log today and managed a sex change to boot!

Who knew? Apparently someone at the WaPoEx thinks I'm a man, even though my name is Janet. A name which is so decidedly female, I'm not sure how it could have been mistaken for anything else.

Oh well. It's just an honor to be mentioned.

And a big thank you to my friend, Merujo, over at Church of the Big Sky, who pointed out this mention to me, otherwise, I would have totally missed it!

If you missed the post that resulted in the honorable mention, just scroll down an inch or two and read how I fix the Queen a PB&J.

Thinking

Apparently, I spoke too soon.

FALSE ALARM, FOLKS! I'm really not on hiatus.

Actually, maybe I should have gone on hiatus sooner.

Or perhaps this is a tactical move by The Gunfighter to flush me out of my hidey-hole and back into the open. Obviously I'm an easy mark, because it worked.

By now, no doubt, you're asking, "Huh? What the hell is she mumbling about?"

It would seem the aforementioned Gunfighter has tagged me for a Thinking Blogger Award. Which just goes to show that the Gunfighter has exquisite taste, I might add, ever so humbly. Thanks, GF!

Okay, I have a speech here somewhere.

First, I'd like to say that, unlike Helen Mirren, I am wearing underwear and my bosoms do not feel like they're being held up by the hands of angels.

Of course, this blog wouldn't be possible without the folks at Blogger, who manage somehow to make this experience excruciating and complex when it needn't be.

Most importantly, though, I'd be remiss if I didn't thank my loyal readers and commentors who often leave their thoughts and opinions on my blog, giving me even more material to ponder. A special thank you to those of you who point out my gaffes and blunders. I'm committed to better fact checking this year (assuming I start blogging again.)

Finally, I'd like to thank the cat living in my house. A lovely Abbysinian named Pogeaux. If all I had was him, and not this blog, I'd be a drunk by now!

And now, here's the meme portion of this award. The rules of the Thinking Blogger Awards are as follows:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme
3. Optional: Proudly display the "Thinking Blogger Award" with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog).

Five Blogs that Make Me Say, "Hmmm, I'd never thought of that..."

Self-Portrait As
Rantings of a Creole Princess
Sister Mary Lisa
Alice's Adventures Underground
Rio Grande Valley Girl

I don't suppose I can tag the Gunfighter back, but his blog certainly makes me think. And Frank Warren's PostSecret always makes me think, but I suppose it would be presumptuous on my part to think I could bestow an award on a guy whose project is known the world over.

And now, a gratuitous picture of the aforementioned cat who will drive me to drink sooner rather than later...

Pogeaux the Red. In a bag. Need I say more?

Thank you! And now back to my hiatus previously in progress.


Photo copyright: Janet M Kincaid

Measles Deaths Fall 60 Percent Worldwide

This just in: my friend and one of the Clan of the Scary Feminists, Dr Lara J. Wolfson and her team at WHO just finished a measles immunization study that was published in The Lancet today.

If you want to read a little about it, visit this link on the WHO's site or go to The Lancet for the full article (registration required.)

Congratulations to you and your team, Lara!


UPDATE (01.20.07): There's also a piece in the Economist.