Atlantis would be a good Bradbury font [link]

Atlantis would be a good Bradbury font [link]

Hmm. But not right for my tastes. I'll probably go with some sort of script/handwriting font. Suzi, I am ignoring your suggestion. I'm not even telling Pete about it, so you won't have to deal with a font lecture from him.

I think I will re-read From Dust Returned today or tonight, because I have this feeling that the quote I want is in there. I thought it was in Something Wicked This Way Comes, but when I re-read it in October, nothing jumped out at me.

I will NEVER get a tattoo on my neck like my dad. Sorry, Dad.

I kind of want a tattoo on the back of my neck, but I haven't decided what I would get. So that's somewhere lower on the List Of Tattoos.

There was this dude in the Freak-Ass Church who was tattooed all over. Not his face or anything, but I think he had more ink showing than his original skin tone. And sometimes he had hair, and then he'd shave his head for the hell of it. Well, turns out that under the hair he had tats as well (which had to HURT, dang!).

Which I found out one day when I sat behind him at church right after he shaved his head -- and saw the tattoo on the back of his head that said "FUCK DISCO."

I am not making this up.

In the ten days since my operation, I've lost 10 1/2 pounds!!!

Kathy, that's great! How does the doctor think you're doing, other-health-wise? Are you healing up okay? How do you feel?

The wedding is at some mansion down there. When I priceline hotels in that neighbourhood they're pretty pricey, but I haven't stayed in a hotel in NY on my own dime in forever, so I don't remember how much it costs. How far away is reasonable, and what price range should I set my expectations on?

I think you're probably better off staying on the East side and going downtown, as opposed to cross-town, so maybe as far down as the general Gramercy area? (Cabs and public transit are both faster and easier just going up and down, I believe.) But you might end up paying a couple of hundred dollars anyway. I'm pretty sure I put my parents in a 2.5 star hotel that turned out to be perfectly nice, if that's a concern. It was a Courtyard Marriott or something, and the room was no smaller than the one they had paid bank for at the Grant Hyatt.

The Marriott Courtyard on the UES is about $250/night.

This looks interesting, too.

I got TJ's frozen chocolate croissants to try for Christmas morning. Apparently you let them rise overnight, so I have high hopes.

I was going to ask how they turned out, but it looks like they have been vouched for! I see them all the time and wonder if they are really awesome, and now I want to give them a try for reals.

How does the doctor think you're doing, other-health-wise? Are you healing up okay? How do you feel?

Everything's on track. I do have some extra redness around my incisions that he doesn't like, so I'm now on some antibiotics for a bit. Also, I'm starting an anti-gallstone medication for the next three months. I guess there's an increased chance of gallstones for those who are experiencing rapid weight loss. So, now I'm up to four meds a day, the most I've ever had, plus occasional use of something to help with my constipation (I have to go back to Walgreens and get some Milk of Magnesia for more help). (Whitefont for TMI.)

The blood pressure hasn't started going down yet, but that'll probably happen soon between the meds and the weight loss. It's averaging around 155/90, and it'd always been a steady 120/80 before.

Personally, I'm feeling fine, even though I sometimes get the urge to take a nap in the late afternoon. Of course, I did that before the surgery, but at least now I have an excuse! My incisions do occasionally sting a bit, but that'll stop after some more healing.

I think Priceline can get cheaper rooms at that Marriott. And, seriously, if that guest house has rooms with multiple beds (which I doubt) that would be perfect. But I'm not sharing a bed with her.

Cool.

Thanks.

ita, my in-laws really like The Stanford. It's on 32nd/Park so you'd be a pretty quick subway ride from the UES where the wedding is.

We're back from the ER - x-ray showed no broken bones and the doc decided putting one stitch in would be more trouble than it was worth so we were sent home with a big bandage and extra tubes of Bacitracin.

Yeah, I always recommend Priceline or Hotwire for NYC hotels, unless you have really specific needs.