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This week, I opened a new Blockbuster online subscription due to a free trial offer and a gift subscription from one of my sisters. The first three movies just arrived in today's mail. Wordplay, A Prairie Home Companion, and Monster House. I'm glad they showed up today. The envelopes shipped yesterday, and the expected delivery was 1/1/07. Which would have meant Wednesday. Have you heard that there won't be mail on Tuesday due to President Ford's funeral observance? The way the subscription works, we can return our movies in their envelopes to any Blockbuster location for a free in store rental and faster shipping of the next movie in our queue. Kinda neat. I will have to watch out for movie overload. Or get a treadmill for in front of my TV. I'd get rid of our cable if I didn't like to watch college football on TV.
In the same set of mail, I also received an envelope from maketheconnection.org. This is an organization whose purpose is to raise awareness about HPV (Human Papaloma Virus) and cervical cancer. I wouldn't be surprised if it's funded by the pharmaceutical company which recently developed the first HPV vaccine. Fine by me. My daughters will get that vaccine when they reach whatever the recommended age for it is. Which appears to be possibly as early as after S's next birthday, actually. The envelope contained an awareness bracelet kit. I ordered several kits IIRC, whatever the limit was, quite a long time ago. I'd frankly forgotten about it. The envelope contained one (very stylish, actually) kit and a note saying that "due to overwhelming interest" they can only fulfill one bracelet per order at this time. I'm now wearing the bracelet, but it needs a real clasp instead of just a knot IMO. My older daughter wants one too. Especially if you have daughters, sisters, nieces, or granddaughters, age 26 and younger, then I think you should help spread the word about the vaccine. And every woman should get yearly Pap tests. Unfortunately, the web site above says they are not taking new bracelet orders at present, but you can go there and to the CDC vaccine page to get more information on the campaign and the issue.
In the same set of mail, I also received an envelope from maketheconnection.org. This is an organization whose purpose is to raise awareness about HPV (Human Papaloma Virus) and cervical cancer. I wouldn't be surprised if it's funded by the pharmaceutical company which recently developed the first HPV vaccine. Fine by me. My daughters will get that vaccine when they reach whatever the recommended age for it is. Which appears to be possibly as early as after S's next birthday, actually. The envelope contained an awareness bracelet kit. I ordered several kits IIRC, whatever the limit was, quite a long time ago. I'd frankly forgotten about it. The envelope contained one (very stylish, actually) kit and a note saying that "due to overwhelming interest" they can only fulfill one bracelet per order at this time. I'm now wearing the bracelet, but it needs a real clasp instead of just a knot IMO. My older daughter wants one too. Especially if you have daughters, sisters, nieces, or granddaughters, age 26 and younger, then I think you should help spread the word about the vaccine. And every woman should get yearly Pap tests. Unfortunately, the web site above says they are not taking new bracelet orders at present, but you can go there and to the CDC vaccine page to get more information on the campaign and the issue.
