Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are jlms qkw, dadanation, shayera, sunspark says, dopper0189, and YatPundit, with watercarrier4diogenes at the wheel of the Editmobile

The rescued diaries are:

• Giving life to Heraclitus' statement that "No one steps in the same river twice," trail runner erratic explores the impact of reckless urban development on the life both around and within him in What is alive? Running in a doomed forest. (dadanation)
• AKMask tells the tale of little known nuclear accidents at Los Alamos, in 1945 and 1946: Weekend Science: The Demon Core. (dopper0189)
• leftyparent takes on an "archaic system" in Challenging Patriarchy. (YatPundit)
• After a shallow (but as thorough as it deserves), hilarious analysis of the latest Republican 'test', fmrgop has a GREAT idea in The Republican Purity Test (Let's have an election!!!). (watercarrier4diogenes)
• With the "names changed to protect the innocent" dedmonds publishes a personal letter between himself and a devout Christian friend on the issue of homosexuality: On The Negative Effects of "Hating the Sin". (dopper0189)

And as a public service, here's a diary that I hope most of you, especially those with children, will read, comments included:

Jesselyn Radack sounds a very important health care warning about a little known side effect of a popular swine flu drug in 6-Year-Old Daughter Hearing Voices on Tamiflu. (sunspark says)

jotter has provided his usual excellent analysis of a day in the life of Daily Kos diarists in High Impact Diaries: November 27, 2009, while carolita has gathered our nightly dose of Top Comments 11-28-09 – Hoperoots Edition, surely one of the most delightful of Daily Kos features.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread (even if you're the author! Here's where that's actually appreciated). And, of course, since it's an open thread, PLAY NICE, OK? 8^)