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was
mime act.
Neither the stylist nor I could
see the hair before or after it was
cut so she would circle me for
the required number of minutes
making noise with scissors until
she could legitimately claim it
had been long enough to
constitute a haircut and charge
the expected fee. I would look
behind me as I left the stylist’s
chair: there was no trace of hair
on the floor. There did appear to
be a little less on my head — but
where it had gone was anyone’s
guess.
After I finally decided it was
bond
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example, the vaccine against
meningitis requires a second
dose to strengthen protection
when young adults are most
vulnerable to exposure. In other
instances, immunity may begin
to lose effectiveness over time
and a “booster” is needed to
increase the immunity once
more. Vaccines that require
boosters include the DTaP
(diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis)
for younger children and Tdap
for teens and adults. Some
vaccines are even needed yearly,
such as the flu vaccine, because
the virus varies from season to
season and immunity wears off
fairly quickly.
Planning ahead
Planning ahead is important if
you will be traveling abroad, as
diseases rarely seen in the
United States may be common
in other countries. It is important
to talk to your physician before
embarking on international
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providing for the creation of the
flood infrastructure fund to
assist in the financing of
drainage, flood mitigation, and
flood control projects.
• Proposition 9 - Amendment
authorizing the legislature to
exempt from ad valorem
taxation precious metal held in a
precious metal depository
located in this state.
• Proposition 10 - Amendment
to allow the transfer of a law
enforcement animal to a
qualified caretaker in certain
circumstances.
Sometime between now and
November, I will write about
these 10 topics and give some
idea how I’m going to vote. But
for now, I really just have one
simple question — why are all
these issues constitutional
issues. As I read this, I see some
that make sense.
Banning an individual income
tax, basically forever, sounds
like a constitutional issue. So,
yes, let the voters decide that
What vaccines to get
and when
As children grow, some of
their immunizations begin to
lose effectiveness, so they get
four vaccinations: Tdap booster,
meningococcal, human
papilloma virus (HPV) and flu.
It is important to talk to your
child’s pediatrician to make sure
they are up-to-date on their
vaccines and to ask any
questions you may have about
them. If you don’t know or have
misplaced your child’s
immunization record, these can
be requested through the Texas
Immunization Registry
(ImmTrac2). Note that after age
26, records are deleted. Forms
can be found at: https://www.
dshs.texas.gov/immunize/
immtrac/clients, shtm.
As we get older,
“immunizations begin to wear
off over time...and adults may
be at ri sk for vaccine-preventable
diseases due to age, lifestyle,
travel, or health conditions,” the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) states.
Talk to your primary care
physician about what you can do
to reduce risks by having up-to-
date immunizations.
foolish to continue paying for
this charade, 1 let Peter start
cutting my hair. The results are
absolutely no different than
what I was getting in the beauty
parlor — minus the aggravation
and cost.
My only complaint is that he
is entirely too quick about it. A
certain amount of theatricality
would be comforting, I think,
just to convince me that he is
actually giving the whole
process some thought. Of
course, he is not giving it any
thought at all, but I would like to
believe otherwise while he has a
pair of sharp scissors in his
hand.
Yesterday he gave me a
haircut in the way that has, by
now, become routine. I hike up
my desk chair, so it is a
convenient height, and Peter
madly begins snipping away.
“Snip! Snip! Snip!” Peter
dances around me.
I no longer say, “Do you think
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With summer vacations
coming to a close and
preparations for back-to-school
underway, it is important to
safeguard your family’s health
by having their immunizations
up-to-date. August marks
Immunization Awareness Month
with various themes focused on
preventing diseases through a
person’s lifetime. From
pregnancy to babies, young
children to teens, and adults to
seniors, vaccines play a vital
role.
How do vaccines work?
Vaccines help the body
develop immunity by imitating
infections. The imitations almost
never causes an illness, but they
can cause mild symptoms such
as a fever. Once the imitating
infection has passed, the body is
able to recognize how to fight
the disease in the future and the
person is said to be immunized.
What are the different
types of vaccines?
Vaccines vary across the
world because they are
dependent on the strains specific
to the regions where they are
administered. Some vaccines
are one-and-done, while others
require more than one dose. For
An array of constitutional amendments
Very few people probably
know this, but an extremely
important election is scheduled
later this year.
On. Nov 5, the state will host
a constitutional amendment
election with 10 proposed
amendments on the books. I am
writing about this today because
until last week I had no clue
there were 10 amendments to
the Texas Constitution proposed.
For those who are interested,
these are the amendments:
• Proposition 1 - Amendment
permitting a person to hold more
than one office as a municipal
judge at the same time
• Proposition 2 - Amendment
providing for the issuance of
additional general obligation
bonds by the Texas Water
Development Board in an
amount not to exceed $200
million to provide financial
assistance for the development
of certain projects n
economically distressed areas.
• Proposition 3 - Amendment
authorizing the legislature to
provide for a temporary
exemption from ad valorem
taxation of a portion of the
appraised value of certain
property damaged by a disaster.
• Proposition 4 - Amendment
prohibiting the imposition of an
I’ve been having my husband,
Peter, cut my hair.
I’m not sure I would
recommend this to everyone,
but I have almost no hair.
Actually, I have the usual
number of hairs, but they are so
fine that a hair that falls from
my head into the sink is invisible
to the naked eye.
Peter cuts his own hair and
kept insisting he could cut mine.
I was waiting weeks to get an
appointment with a stylist and,
when I finally got in, pay
extraordinary amount
milligram of haircut.
The haircut itself
something like a
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“Blue Yarn: A Memoir About
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you might like to slow down?”
because the answer is, “No,”
and he invariably speeds up
when I ask. Snip! Snip! Snip!
Less than five minutes later, he
had finished.
But then, yesterday, there was
a new development.
I had taken out the hand-held
vacuum to suck up the invisible-
but-still-present hairs that would
be left on my office chair and
the floor and Peter turned it on
while I was still seated. “I’ll just
get these off your shirt,” he
offered.
Then he began to vacuum my
head.
My first thought was, “I’ve
never had my head vacuumed
before.”
My second thought was, “A
grown woman should not have
to be subjected to a head
vacuuming!”
My third thought was, “Boy,
this feels really, really good.”
“The Pretty Boy used to love
travel and to ask them about any
vaccines you may need both
before leaving and after
returning.
Future moms-to-be can
protect themselves and their
babies from serious diseases,
such as whooping cough and
flu, by getting vaccinated during
pregnancy. By doing so, their
bodies produce protective
antibodies that are then passed
on to baby before birth. Once
the baby is bom, vaccines are
recommended to protect against
serious and sometimes deadly
diseases.
Depending on their age, health
and development, babies are
vaccinated at specific stages for
chickenpox (varicella), mumps,
polio, diphtheria,flu (influenza),
hepatiti s A and B, pneumococcal,
rotavirus, rubella, tetanus,
Haemophilus influenzae type b
(Hib), measles and whooping
cough (pertussis).
issue. But creating a flood
infrastructure fund? That seems
like an issue the Legislature
should have taken up and
decided on its own.
Which is my big problem with
many constitutional
amendments, not just in Texas
but n many states. Too often,
state lawmakers use the
constitutional amendment
procedure to pass the buck. In
Texas, the Legislature never
wants to be seen as raising taxes,
so any issue that might do that
just gets passed on to the voters.
Therefore, when the issue is
approved, the lawmakers can
throw up their hands and say,
‘Hey, it wasn’t me. The voters
did it.’
Well, I don’t elect leaders to
pass the buck. I elect leaders to
make hard decisions and, if
necessary, raise taxes to pay for
good ideas. So if we need a
flood infrastructure fund or if
we need $200 million for the
Texas Water Development
Board or more money from the
school fund, then do it. Don’t
ask me and the rest of the voters
to provide you political cover.
And if you don’t want to raise
taxes, by all means cut
somewhere else or simply vote
no. But stop passing the buck.
individual income tax, including
a tax on an individual’s share of
partnership and unincorporated
association income.
• Proposition 5 - Amendment
dedicating the revenue received
from the existing state sales and
use taxes that are imposed on
sporting goods to the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department
and the Texas Historical
Commission to protect Texas’
natural areas, water quality, and
history by acquiring, managing,
and improving state and local
parks and historic sites while not
increasing the rate of the state
sales and use taxes.
• Proposition 6 - Amendment
authorizing the legislature to
increase by $3 billion the
maximum bond amount
authorized for the Cancer
Prevention and Research
Institute of Texas.
• Proposition 7 - Amendment
allowing increased distributions
to the available school fund.
• Proposition 8 - Amendment
this!” Peter announced as he
continued to vacuum my scalp.
The Pretty Boy was Peter’s
now-deceased collie. “I used to
vacuum him all the time!”
Sucking my hair out to its full
length allowed Peter to find a
few strands that needed snipping.
In moments, my hair was cut
and the invisible where-did-
they-go-anyway strands
hoovered up.
I realized there was no going
back to a hair stylist now.
Vacuuming my head was
practical, tidy, and felt like a
head massage all in one. I can’t
even imagine how much extra
I’d have to tip a stylist for the
same services.
They say marriage has a lot of
privileges, I thought, while
putting away the vacuum
cleaner. They don’t know the
half of it.
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