I just started nasal irrigation with NeilMed which is irrigates even more throughly than Neti pot. In the short term it has really helped.

I'm reading Greenwitch by Susan Cooper right now (because Jilli said - and because I bought the copy years ago with the intention of giving it to my mom after I finished reading it, since she loves the whole The Dark is Rising series so much, and it's been sitting on my nightstand waiting for that to happen) and just thanking myself over and over for not going to see the movie they based on that series.

Yeah, no way was I going to see that movie. I actually think Greenwitch is the weakest and/or least interesting book in the series. My favorite is Dark is Rising and I rather like the ones with Bran.

New study shows long-term use of neti pots may cause sinus problems:

Dang, and I just bought a pot.

I use my Neti pot occasionally, also. I've never been able to tell if it helps - sometimes it can be soothing but I don't use it anywhere regularly enough to get any preventative benefits, or extra risk, probably.

Hubby's doing sinus irrigation, but I'm not worried about long-term effects, because he hates it and will stop as soon as medically possible.

I'd guess that occasional use is okay, because of this:

Researchers say nasal mucus acts as a first line of defense against infections, and long-term nasal saline irrigation may interfere with this natural immune function.

So the problem with long-term use is that you're not giving your immune system a chance to replenish itself in-between irrigations.

Just use the neti pot short term. I can never be bothered to keep it up, myself. I don't know where I'd fall.

The Celestine Prophecy was one of those books the more sensitive side of my family swore by. They also owned Dianetics texts. I don't take most of their "spirituality" seriously.

I could not get through Dianetics. Literally unreadable.

I actually think Greenwitch is the weakest and/or least interesting book in the series.

Are you including Over Sea, Under Stone as part of the series? Because that one was hard for me to get through. (It didn't help that the library copy smelled like somebody had spilled apple juice on it... It was much easier to read once I bought a copy instead.)

I read Dianetics because I was hard up for reading that summer staying with them. I also read the Sweet Valley High series over the same period. I liked it better and consider it more applicable to my life.

Just had lunch at a Mexican restaurant that makes its own tortillas. Damn, you can taste the difference.

I read most of Dianetics, but the "If you don't understand this it's because you're not smart enough to be in our cult" language just irritated the shit out of me and I wound up skimming a lot.

I made it about halfway through Battlefield Earth, which is how I know that the movie is one of the most faithful adaptations of all time, but that should not be construed as a recommendation for either one.