I'm sure it's done intentionally, most likely through a computer technique called digital color grading. There was a great featurette about it on one of the LOTR DVD's...watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zRMLbZZxw. After I saw how it was used in LOTR, I now notice it everywhere.

My guess is that they introduce a lot of blues into the spectrum and back off on other colors, in order to give everything a cold, sterile feel (and to ramp up the drama, and to make House look even more sallow). It also makes lighthearted scenes more noticeable by comparison when they restore some natural color.

It happens to me too. I notice it on bridges, balconies, or ferry guardrails. In my case, I think it's just my brain overthinking what WOULD happen if I did, and gauging the hardness/unpleasantness of the surface below, while the part of me that keeps myself from doing that is sleeping because it's content in the knowledge that I won't.

In other words, the "what-if" is louder than the "you won't." Possibilities over probabilities.

In terms of addressing it, I just do my best to ignore it and not give those thoughts any power.

I like Petfinder.com. It will have listings for most of the shelter pets in the region, and you can easily screen your results by breed, age or location.

One great resource we have in town is the Herbalist over in Roosevelt. They can provide all sorts of info on all sorts of different herbs and the best ways to extract the goodness in infusions, decoctions, tisanes, etc. They can also tell you if there's anything you need to watch out for regarding dosage. I don't know if feverfew is a red-flag plant, but others (Digitalis, pennyroyal) are not to be messed with lightly.

https://www.theherbalist.com/

P.S. In my own experience, you can eat feverfew raw but it's hella bitter. Maybe drying it and getting it in a capsule would work? Again, check with the Herbalist.

I would settle for changing our flag from a big ol' scowling Washington head to some other state imagery. We can keep the nice green background.

Other than that, while I would be happy that the state isn't named for a dead white guy and that people wouldn't constantly be confusing us with D.C. (I watched Get Smart as a kid and thought that all the federal spy stuff was happening in Olympia), the name probably has too much historical momentum to change. Plus, SoundsLikePuget is right. Eastern Washingtonians already complain that Seattle is unfairly overrepresented (unsurprising, based on population distribution), and renaming the state "Seattle" would go over very, very badly. Can't blame them, I wouldn't want to rename the state "Spokane" either.

I do think that we should rename Rainier "Tahoma," though. And I've heard that only non-Alaskans call Denali "Mt. McKinley."

The show never explicitly says why, and neither do any of the Star Trek sites I checked. Other people who asked this same question are treated to a rehash of the events without an explanation, typically siting the observation O'Brien made about it in DS9's "Trials and Tribblations."

The best explanation I could find was a musing on moviemistakes.com. I can't vouch for the accuracy, but I think it's pretty plausible.

When ST:TNG went into production, television had changed drastically from the time the original series aired in the 1960s. Not only were special effects far more advanced, but editing, camera angles, set design, lighting, color schemes, types of film used, and so on, were all very different. It was likely a decision of what looked best from an artistic-design point-of-view to give the series a fresh, updated look as well as to reflect how much Star Fleet had changed since Captain James T. Kirk's time. Red is also a very prominent color, and it draws the viewer's eye to it, and to the character wearing it. Therefore, that became the command color.

Memory Alpha's also a great resource for most ST questions. Here's a nice timeline of uniform colors:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Starfleet_uniform

Me, I like the late 90's uniform design, the ones they had in First Contact and the last season of DS9.

Not yet! Just the Anna's.

Dick's. And they're even open late.

For the custom side of it, I would contact Gem State Crystals in Moscow, ID. They specialize in custom, handcrafted work right in the store, and garnets (the ID state gem) are very common to the Moscow area and I think they work with them often.

http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3713851725/gem-state-crystals-inc-moscow

They also store all their most valuable gems in a glass case with a live rattlesnake.

Are you taking any medications? If you take pills on an empty stomach (like antibiotics), you can get nauseated. That happened to me when I was taking them in the morning once, and I couldn't figure out why I had morning sickness with no chance of being pregnant.

Any chance of food allergies or sensitivities?

Is it just nausea, or full-on digestive issues (like diarrhea, constipation, vomiting)?

I can't think of any home remedy for nausea that's going to be better than addressing the problem causing it. You may need to talk to a doctor to pinpoint what that is.