{"id":2253,"date":"2012-03-07T05:29:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T13:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2012-03-06T22:39:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T06:39:11","slug":"wineconed-wednesday-he-who-must-not-be-named-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/wineconed-wednesday-he-who-must-not-be-named-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Wineconed Wednesday \u2013 He Who Must Not Be Named Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>This week, over at A Nervous Tic Motion<\/a>…<\/p>\n You may have heard about this week\u2019s controversy \u2013 a certain political shock jock thought it would be a good idea to resort to grade school name-calling, presumably to bolster ratings.<\/p>\n Given the media outcry, I am assuming that backfired. When advertising sponsors began pulling out in droves, a mea culpa was issued. \u201cWhoops, my bad. Please keep giving me your money.\u201d I have no delusions that the comments directed at this birth control scandal were political in nature. They were the currency of current event entertainment commentary.<\/p>\n I am not a political advocate of any kind \u2013 right, left, up, down \u2013 directions aren\u2019t my thing<\/a>. But I am a bit confused.<\/p>\n Why are we calling out birth control specifically? Is the request to hand it out for free \u2013 like a creepy stranger on the corner proffering free candy? Why is this particular drug not treated like any other medication?<\/p>\n I have taken many medications in my day \u2013 from Amoxicillin to Zoloft. Each time, I discussed my maladies with a medical professional. This includes birth control, which I gleefully took long before sex ever entered my repertoire, as I was a big fan of not having my insides burst.<\/p>\n Ultimately, I\u2019d like everyone not explicitly invited to stay out of my bedroom \u2013 or any other place us proud sluts are doing it these days. Which reminds me, winecones ready?!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n We’ve had a nasty stomach virus and the hummingbird was in the hospital Friday night, came home Saturday, and then we had to take her back to the hospital Sunday and she’s still there. Her blood sugar keeps dipping to low levels and they’re not sure what’s causing it. \u2013 This Is Mommyhood<\/a><\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: Is there a lot of glucose in wine? If so, I highly recommend consuming plenty of it for yourself. It\u2019s a lot better than that foul liquid involved in the glucose test. And a thousand tiny winecones spiked with miracle medication at evry last little germ that dare threaten our children. I WILL go batshit crazy on their ass. <\/em><\/p>\n **********<\/p>\n Impolite coworker target in site! Winecone inbound!<\/p>\n Seriously folks what the heck is it with people who don’t have a lick of\u00a0politeness? Do you not have a Mom?<\/a> Common sense, common courtesy, common to every freaking culture says that, if someone says Hi, Hello, Hola, Hallo, Bonjour, Shalom, Namaste, Konnichi wa, whatever, you respond – typically with the equivalent back. But, you do respond. Ignoring people, especially coworkers, is unacceptable, rude and just weird when you actually make eye contact.<\/p>\n We have a confirmed Winecone kill.\u00a0\u2013 Cubicle Views<\/a><\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: How can I even begin to respond to such an awesome winecone? The further on the edge, the hotter the intensity. Gonna take you right into the danger zone<\/a>. As you have so eloquently implied, rules of engagement are written for your safety and for that of your team. They are not flexible, nor am I. Either obey them or you are history. Is that clear? (And a huge smackaroo to everyone who just got where I was going with this.)<\/em><\/p>\n **********<\/p>\n