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Tiffany sent me this pic, it’s awesome. Click on the link on the right "Movie Title Game"… It’s pretty self-explanatory.

My friend Trip wrote, filmed, directed, edited and promoted his third film "Betty Spaghetti" which debuts at Flagstaff Brewing Co. Sunday, March 19 at 8:30 p.m. I highly recommend any in the Flagstaff area attend the festivities. I wrote a little ditty for the Flag Live about the film and here’s the star, Lacy Barnard, as Miss Betty Spaghetti. 

After a "winter" devoid of precipitation, Flagstaff received more than two feet of snow this past weekend! Yeah, so it’s all melting today, but I’ve heard there’s more on the way.

It seems wherever I live a huge Lumberjack follows…

Bemidji, Minnesota- where my parents met and married. It’s about 6 hours north from where I grew up, but I’ve been to this statue. There used to be another at Paul Bunyan Land… that one "spoke". (Actually, some underpaid teenager that manned the ticket collection booth would announce in a gruffy voice "Hi Molly and Ian from Lester Prairie! Thanks for visiting!")

Then I moved to Tucson where this giant Lumberjack stands proudly in front of (get ready for this…) my brother’s ex-girlfriend’s grandparents’ Hot Rod shop.

Then I moved to Flagstaff where my alma mater boasts Louie the Lumberjack as its mascot.

I’ve also lived in Holland… I don’t think they have statues like these.

I heard about a woman in Tucson who desired to obtain Plan B or "the morning after pill" a few months back, but when her regular doctor was on vacation she sought a prescription from other doctors. All refused to prescribe the pill due to their legally upheld rights to refuse a prescription to anyone based on personal convictions. I wonder if that woman became pregnant. I wonder if she did, if the man who assisted in conceiving is around now. I wonder if my tax dollars will continue to melt into a tax pool from a state that boasts one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates and one of the highest teenage drop-out rates. But at least my tax dollars will go toward Abstinence Only Education initiatives.

Well, to make things even more difficult for 15-year-old Leslie and her 16-year-old boyfriend, if Daddy says no, she’s S.O.L. when it comes to birth control. Ok, maybe your state has a similar law or you believe it’s the parents’ right and responsibility to talk to their children about sex. Well, now after they talk about it and Daddy says ‘yes’ the pair will have to go to a notary to have Daddy’s consent form legally notarized.

So, how many people need to know Leslie and her boyfriend do the nasty? And how long before you have to present ID to buy condoms?

Below are excerpts from the article that set me off this morning. From the Arizona Republic.

"HB 2666 adds the requirement that any consent form be notarized. Rep. Warde Nichols, R-Gilbert, said there have been situations where teens or their boyfriends fax a "signed'’ consent form to an abortion clinic — a form that it later turns out was forged.

Rep. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson, said there are flaws with the plan.

For example, she said, there is nothing that requires anyone to actually notarize a form. Lopez said that would allow a notary who does not believe in abortion — especially in a small community — to effectively block the decision of the teen and her family.

Lopez said there also are no statutory requirements that notaries keep anything they sign or see secret. She called this an "undue burden on the minor’s privacy.'’"

"House members are expected to take up action next week on another bill which would prohibit health care providers from giving prescriptions to minors without express parental consent. That measure HB 2707, is specifically aimed at keeping teens from getting birth control pills or the "morning after'’ pill which can prevent pregnancy."