Line Items for 2008-11-12: East/West, TV & Sudafed
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Annoyances, Politics, Sci-Fi/Fantasy | No Comments »- The East/West terminology always bugged me too: http://xkcd.com/503/ But then, living in California, I figure we’re also Pacific Rim. #
- What makes people think it’s OK to post insults/threats just because your old blog post isn’t what they wanted to find on Google? #
- You know, it would be nice if ABC would SAY things like “In 3 weeks” when they’re going to preempt Pushing Daisies 2 weeks in a row. #
- I like having (nearly) full movement in my arm again. #
- End of an era: Our last box of real Sudafed has expired. #
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Controlled Substance
Monday, July 18th, 2005 Posted in Annoyances | No Comments »A few months ago I discovered that medications containing pseudoephedrine were labeled “restricted quantity items” at the local Sav-On because it can be used to make meth. Today I found that the shelf space that used to hold both brand-name Sudafed and the store brand now holds cards which direct you to the pharmacy. The boxes aren’t actually in the pharmacy in this store, they’re in a case up front, but the cards are pre-printed, and they say to go to the pharmacy.
Meanwhile, Sudafed has come out with a new formulation that isn’t based on pseudoephedrine. Yes, I know. I mentioned it to Katie and she asked whether they called it “…” We started trying to come up with names like “Sudasudafed” or “Quasifed” or “Notfed.”
They’ve got too much invested in the name, of course, so it’s the less-creative “Sudafed PE.” The store brands have caught up already, but it’s new enough that I could not find any reference to it on Pfizer’s website [archive.org: July 12, 2005]. A quick trip to Google turned up the Sudafed FAQ, though, which is currently all about the new medication.
