When it rains, it pours

No, I mean it literally pours – from the ceiling in my kitchen!!!

I don’t remember if I blogged about my apartment water issues before, when my bathroom flooded, but apparently there was a drain that was clogged, from my upstairs neighbors’ bath, and it overflowed and my entire bathroom had 2 inches of water in it, and the carpet in the hallway and part of the living room was soaked.

Fast forward to tonight, when I heard a dripping sound from my kitchen. Not having any idea what on earth it could be, and praying that something hadn’t sprung a leak, I went to the kitchen and saw water dripping from the top of the window casing. I went upstairs to see if they had sprung a leak, but they said that they had fixed whatever problem, then I came back downstairs – and there was a crack in my ceiling and water dripping right down on top of my stove.

Seriously. When it rains, it pours.

This had already not been the best of days, and then this.

I called emergency maintenance, and the guy came out and said that they have a leak and they’re not going to use the kitchen sink tonight and he’ll have to come back in the morning to fix the problem, but, in the meantime, he cut small holes in my ceiling around the crack to let the rest of the water through. I had already put a large plastic container to catch the dripping water.

And it’s nasty water too. Eeeeewwww…

He said that my upstairs neighbors may not be living here much longer, though. Apparently there’s some suspicion about things they are doing upstairs.

I could’ve told them that.

Wonder if I can get some rent knocked off for December, with all the shit I’ve put up with??? Or free rent???

Guess it won’t hurt to ask.

Melamine found in infant formula – IN THE U.S.

Of course, the FDA wants to reassure everyone that it’s no big deal, as it was only TRACE AMOUNTS of melamine. Not enough to cause, you know, kidney failure and kill babies like it did in China.

First pet food, now infant formula. Not just in the developing nation of China but right here in the good ol’ U S of A.

But we shouldn’t be worried. Nah.

You know, that baby formula is probably safe, despite the INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL found in it in trace amounts.

Just like the dog and cat food that killed thousands of animals was safe.

Note that the FDA didn’t disclose which US-sold infant formula contained melamine in their tests. For all we know, it could be more than one.

And it begs the question – how many more of our food products are contaminated with this protein-enhancing industrial chemical? How many cases of kidney disease could possibly be attributed to melamine in our food supply?

Even if it IS just a trace amount…even if it isn’t enough to cause harm…

WHAT THE FUCK IS IT DOING IN BABY FORMULA? IN ANY AMOUNT?????

Is it just me, or is the FDA trying to downplay the seriousness of melamine being found in infant formula a little disturbing?

The amount found in the sample was no cause for concern, said FDA spokeswoman Judy Leon said. “There’s no basis for concern because we’re talking about trace levels that are so low … that there’s absolutely no risk,” she told Reuters.

I’m sorry, but I think that finding an industrial chemical that is known to be used to artificially inflate protein counts, a chemical that likely didn’t leach into the baby formula from its container, and therefore a chemical that appears to have been ADDED TO THE FORMULA for some reason – I think finding such a chemical in baby formula IN ANY AMOUNT is a real basis for concern.

I wonder if Ms. Leon would feed that baby formula to her child or grandchild? Somehow, I don’t think so.