A Piece of My Mind... Venting and other Stuff

I've seen the iGallop as well. Variation of the same theme, probably played in the key of B Major :D

An absolute symphony of bullshit. A hot, steaming slice of turd sandwich.
 
Move over, Brangelina and your $14-million twins. There are some new babies in town.

Whittier mother Nadya Suleman and her eight week-old babies are entertaining offers from media outlets around the world as they decide who will land the first interview and snap the first pictures.

Suleman -- a 33-year-old unmarried mother who already has six children between the ages of 2 and 7, including a set of twins -- remained hospitalized Monday along with the octuplets, who continue to improve. Doctors at Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower Medical Center said the babies are growing stronger each day and are breathing unassisted and feeding on donated breast milk.

Suleman retained Los Angeles publicists Michael Furtney and Joann Killeen on Friday and since then, the agents said they had fielded dozens of interview requests and offers for book, film and television deals. Some media reports have speculated that Suleman might be paid as much as $2 million for an interview, but Furtney said, "The money itself is not the object."

"She has her view of her life with her kids as they go down life's highway," he said. "She wants to be sure they are well cared for."

The birth of the babies sparked worldwide interest last week, interest that grew as more details about Suleman emerged, including news that she is not married, lives with her parents and already had six children. She was married in 1996 and separated from her husband in 2000 before any of her children were born. Their divorce was not finalized until January 2008, according to court records.

Even though many people have inundated blogs and Internet message boards with messages criticizing Suleman, Furtney said the public will be persuaded that "she is a very good person and someone they should support" after they learn more about her.

He described her as "very bright" with a "great sense of humor."

"She has a great attitude about all of this, which is remarkable," Furtney said.

He declined to answer questions about the sperm donor or where she sought fertility treatment.

Her 15 minutes of fame might be fleeting. Diaper makers might donate products in exchange for a positive press mention, but longer-term sponsorship is unlikely, said William Chipps, senior editor of the IEG Sponsorship Report, which tracks and analyzes sponsorships.

"Given the current marketing environment -- where companies are pulling back on budgets -- the last thing they would do is align with any personality that has a hint of controversy surrounding them," Chipps said.

But for now, Kaiser in Bellflower is still being deluged with calls, e-mail and letters, including about 200 media inquiries a day from as far as New Zealand and London, officials said.

A country music station in Grand Rapids, Mich., also called the hospital seeking an interview with one of the doctors. Several dozen gift baskets full of eight items for the babies arrived at the hospital, as well as enough flowers to fill a florist shop. Nannies, baby photographers and breast-feeding women called to offer free services and support. A woman from Peoria, Ill., wanted to send eight hand-knit blankets.

One mother of triplets even called to offer advice, said Socorro Serrano, Kaiser's media manager.

She said to expect judgment and unkind words, but to "hang in there."

But that mother was more the exception than the rule, Serrano said. Many callers expressed outrage, demanding an explanation about who was going to care for the children and pay for their care.

"In the first few days we got calls like 'How dare you do this?' and 'You should have your [medical] license revoked,' " Serrano said. There were even those few who wished the babies would not survive, Serrano said.
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Umm - yeah - the more I read about this story the more I am reminded about how much i really dislike people...
 
yeah, so , about that lady who had 8 babies ... how does a single parent of 6 kids get fertility treatmeant? I presume she must have some money behind her or something, ergo she cant be too stupid.
 
family files for bankruptcy with over a million in debt and abandoned the house they were living in ... she had what pretty much amounted to a minimum wage job and was collecting disability... so nope not too much money there.. :D

Gotta love people who can work the system though..
 
wishes said:
yeah, so , about that lady who had 8 babies ... how does a single parent of 6 kids get fertility treatmeant? I presume she must have some money behind her or something, ergo she cant be too stupid.
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That was the first question that popped into my head as well.
 
maleficent said:
family files for bankruptcy with over a million in debt and abandoned the house they were living in ... she had what pretty much amounted to a minimum wage job and was collecting disability... so nope not too much money there.. :D

Gotta love people who can work the system though..
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Working the system? She should write a freaking book and make her money that way. Although I think if I ever saw her on the street, I'd be tempted to kill her just to stop the insanity :D

My question is what doctor would even consider implanting a pile of fertilized eggs into a woman's uterus when she already had 6 kids? And where did she get the money? IVF isn't cheap ...

Really, this whole scenario borders on malpractice. This doctor should have his license to practice revoked.

And think about the kids ... what a total cluster fuck their lives are going to be because of this douche bag.
 
My question is what doctor would even consider implanting a pile of fertilized eggs into a woman's uterus when she already had 6 kids? And where did she get the money? IVF isn't cheap ...
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when this story first broke, especially since she wasn't talking at all... I speculated (im good at that) that this was some sort of science experiment (ie cloning) gone wrong - since grandpa has headed back to Iraq -I can really go with conspiracy theories there :D

One of the other articles I had posted, said that for people to get IVF they generally have to go thru psychological testing as well as a "means assessment" meaning will they be able to afford the outcome... none of that seemed to have happened...

Multiple births have a very short term shelf life - other than the idiots on the television - reality is - after a few weeks - people stop caring - or have something new to care about - remember that set of setptuplets that were born years ago - a few of those babies had cerebal palsy - not exactly sexy stuff...

the medical ethics behind this have made for some interesting discussions...
 
I wonder if something dodgy happened that made her bypass normal methods, surrogate or something strange. Perhaps friends in the business?
 
wishes said:
yeah, so , about that lady who had 8 babies ... how does a single parent of 6 kids get fertility treatmeant? I presume she must have some money behind her or something, ergo she cant be too stupid.
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Fertility treatments were paid for with disability payments. Grrrr..She has received something like $170k in disability because she can't work. So if she can't work, how in the hell did she carry 8 babies and who is going to take care of them when they get out of the neonatal unit? And who is going to pay the hospital bill?

I'm guessing we will be.

Why not though...we're giving money to business that can't compete too.
 
So the Educator has decided via negative reputation that I'm
Nasty, defensive and snide
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Defensive - attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

Nasty - exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

Snide - Something nasty, flippant, derogatory, or derisive communicated indirectly and without humor or courtesy; Tricky; deceptive; contemptible.

Hmmm - too bad the Educator hasnt bothered to read around the forum before deciding to preach -i'm probably one of the biggest detractors of Weight Loss Surgery...
 
It's PANCAKE Tuesday!!!

The best day ever!!!

YAY for Pancakes!!!

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (whole foods sells it as do some other grocery stores... it's a little lighter in texture than regular whole wheat flour but whole wheat could be subsituted
1/3 cup skim milk (a little more might be needed depending on how dry the flour is)
1 egg
1 cup plain or vanilla low fat yogurt
2 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda

Beat egg, add all other ingredients, stir until just combined.

Cook 1/4 cup batter servings on a medium hot non stick pan
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Makes about 10 pancakes (about 2 servings).


Nutrition Info (for 2 servings)
(calorie count will change depending on the type of yogurt chosen)
Calories 398.6
Total Fat 10.0 g
Saturated Fat 2.5 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.7 g
Monounsaturated Fat 4.2 g
Cholesterol 114.4 mg
Sodium 262.5 mg
Potassium 341.0 mg
Total Carbohydrate 62.1 g
Dietary Fiber 7.3
Sugars 10.6 g
Protein 18.9 g


These are really nice with some apples that are cooked in a little brown sugar and cinnamon, or raspberry jam or peanut butter...
 
Hey Mal, is this your diary? I just wanted to say hi. It's me, Britt, by the way :p i used to be Britta Bear but i forgot my old password. Anyways, hope to see you around.
 
RIP Mal. I met you here. Figured I'd come back and pay my respects to where it all started. One of the best people I ever knew.
 
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