Oh, Nilly, I'm so sorry about your father-in-law. And good luck to your father....
I am exhausted after being out too late last night at choir and then not sleeping well at all. Bleh.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2011 4:41:51 am PST #12330 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2011 4:45:20 am PST #12331 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My sinuses are throbbing ominously, and I didn't use my neti pot this morning because the brain-eating amoeba story freaked me out and I didn't have time to boil the water to use in the neti pot. (Yes, I'm one of those slackers who just uses tap water.) I'm hoping Good Sudafed will hold it off until I get home and can boil some water to pour through my nose.
ChiKat - Dec 20, 2011 5:07:56 am PST #12332 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
msbelle, that truly sucks. I am so so sorry. I also wish I was part of the 1% and could make Buffista Island a reality.
{{Nilly}} All kinds of ~ma to you, your DH and his family, as well as your dad.
amyth - Dec 20, 2011 5:21:14 am PST #12333 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Buffista Island would be awesome.
Lots of ~ma to you Nilly, your DH and his family, and your dad.
Tom Scola - Dec 20, 2011 6:06:32 am PST #12334 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Wine aerators make wine taste worse: [link]
beth b - Dec 20, 2011 6:17:33 am PST #12335 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Lots of ma~~~ and peace to nilly and her family
Theodosia - Dec 20, 2011 6:23:35 am PST #12336 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm so sorry, Nilly!
Consuela - Dec 20, 2011 6:26:32 am PST #12337 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wine aerators make wine taste worse
Bzuh? I just got one of those for my birthday! Haven't even used it yet...
And I suspect that the wines I drink it won't make much difference--I'll use it for my $7 Tuesday night bottle from TJ's, not a $30 Pinot Noir.
Kathy A - Dec 20, 2011 6:34:24 am PST #12338 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm here, msbelle! And I will follow up on your email--things have been ultra crazy these past few days, but are finally looking up.
But, I'm sorry to hear about your job! That so sucks, especially because you're super-cool and totally employable. Don't let the mind-worms that eat away at your confidence get to you.
And all of yesterday's talk of Victorian clothes made me think of the scene in Louisa May Alcott's Eight Cousins, when Rose is dressed up by her fashionable aunt. Alcott goes into excruciating detail on all the horrendousness that is her "trendy" outfit, from the mismatched patterns of the fabric to the heels and tight skirt that combine to make her totter and the veil that makes her see spots. It's very hilarious to read.
DebetEsse - Dec 20, 2011 6:40:42 am PST #12339 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Teppy, my father had similar concerns, but it appears that the critter in question is killed by saline and/or by water being something like 150 degrees. So, if they're right about the method of infection, it means that the people in question were using tepid, unsalinated tap water, which, IME, is wicked uncomfortable.