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* One of my ankles has been pissed off for the past few days, and I have no idea what I did to it. I'm going to try taking some ibuprofen and see if the pain goes away on its own. If it doesn't, I'll probably call my doctor sometime next week and see what she recommends. It sucks because I was hoping to go for a couple of walks this week (provided it's not raining) and listen to my audiobook. Now I'm thinking that maybe that isn't such a good idea. I don't want to risk making it worse.

* Ex-Toyota lawyer says documents prove company hid damaging information -- Why am I not surprised?

* And in related news, there was yet another incidence of a Prius accelerating uncontrollably this week. As a Prius owner, I have to say that this is starting to make me a little nervous. I wasn't too worried about it because I've always been told that if a car starts accelerating uncontrollably, that you should put the car in neutral and hit the brakes. Okay...that's not too hard, right? But now I'm hearing rumors that putting it in neutral doesn't always work because the Prius's neutral isn't "a true neutral." Yeesh. Don't get me wrong, I love my Prius and I think it's a fun car to drive, but now I'm starting to think that the designers were pretty stupid for not putting a big red button in the car that tells the car to shut down completely if the computer goes all wonky.

* Mississippi school sued for canceling prom over lesbian student -- Yes...sue their asses!

* Animal Suicide Sheds Light on Human Behavior -- This link showed up in my Twitter feed. Very timely. Also, if you haven't read naamah_darling's post about depression and suicide yet, do it now.

* Brooklyn Dem Felix Ortiz Wants to Ban Use of Salt in New York Restaurants -- Umm....okay. *boggles* (Via tx_cronopio)

* Pope 'led cover-up of child abuse by priests' -- Fucking figures. And now I'm idly wondering whether a pope can be excommunicated.... (Link swiped from hakeber)