Saturday 6

Episode 122

1. Has your blog received more comments, less comments, or about the same number of comments this summer?

I think those on this blog has gone up slightly, but those at my home blog have dropped rather sharply, much to my frustration.

2. What do you think best explains your answer from the last question?

I have no idea, though it definitely has something to do with RSS feeds.

3. With the latest terror alert about liquid bombs on airplanes, are you any less likely to schedule a flight somewhere?

I'm very glad that no one in my immediate family is flying right now. And I'm not likely to fly to England for awhile, but I wasn't planning to do so anyway. I hope everything gets settled down by the time my sisters get together in Tuscany (one's flying from Colorado, one's flying from London) in October.

BUT! No, I'm not likely to change my travel plans long-term.

4. Take the quiz: What color flower are you?

You Are a Blue Flower

A blue flower tends to represent peace, openness, and balance. At times, you are very delicate like a cornflower. And at other times, you are wise like an iris. And more than you wish, you're a little cold, like a blue hydrangea.

What Color Flower Are You?

So...yeah. OK. It must be true: I was blue the last time I took this as well.

5. What was the last occasion in which you sent someone flowers?

I sent Mom flowers on Mother's Day. I think that might be it.

6. A hypothetical science question: A couple has a young child that they love very much. He has a rare genetic disorder that will be fatal unless doctors can use embryonic stem cells, and the only way to get them is for his parents to donate eggs and sperm so that a lab can create another embryo. Should the parents and the doctors be allowed to create an embryo to save the child's life?

There's not really enough information here. I'd say yes, if it's strictly an embryo. If the embryo has to develop into an baby, I'm not sure.

Generally I think this is a bad idea, but...oh, boy, I'd probably do just about anything to save my child if he were terminally ill.