Just keep walking, preacher-man.

River ,'Jaynestown'


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.


tommyrot - Dec 21, 2011 7:34:37 am PST #12456 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

USS Enterprise in Christmas Lights

This Constitution-class starship comes equipped extra running lights. According to several redditors, it’s on display in East Peoria, Illinois. That city is apparently famous for its grand Christmas light displays.


Ginger - Dec 21, 2011 7:42:16 am PST #12457 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

And at least a marginal acknowledgement that this may indeed be the same sinus infection I've had since MARCH.

Have they checked you for MRSA? That's what the sinus infection that would not die was.


Fred Pete - Dec 21, 2011 7:46:56 am PST #12458 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

OMG, you collegiate sports people are insano-crackers.

People often root for a particular collegeteam because they went to that school. Alums can be funny sorts of people.


hippocampus - Dec 21, 2011 7:50:25 am PST #12459 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

Have they checked you for MRSA?

Not yet. I have had anti-b resistant doctors (sorry, bad joke), so so far it's only been amox. for a week in June and a week in Nov and "keep trying with the steroids and the claritin". The ENT appointment took a while to get - but this guy was all about the killing it with fire. No more amox - big monster pills instead. If that doesn't work, I'll make sure they check.


Ginger - Dec 21, 2011 8:12:38 am PST #12460 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I had several different doctors tell me that I could not have had a sinus infection that long, and while talking to the second ENT, who also clearly did not believe my sinuses were still killing me, said, "Hmm. There's something about your nose" and took a swab.

When the results came back, I felt like the person whose epitaph was "I told you I was sick."


Jesse - Dec 21, 2011 8:15:46 am PST #12461 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, that all sounds terrible.

I am so scared of the stomach thing! I know some people locally who have it this week.


le nubian - Dec 21, 2011 8:22:54 am PST #12462 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

so, they won't be actually using fire on your sinuses, yes?

Because that thought has me huddled in a corner ready to scream.

I cannot imagine having a sinus infection for almost a year. Good grief. I can't think properly when I have a head cold much less a full blown sinus infection. For MONTHS.


amyth - Dec 21, 2011 8:26:51 am PST #12463 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

That sounds awful, Sox. Good luck.

Alums can be funny sorts of people.

To hate like this is to be happy forever.


Scrappy - Dec 21, 2011 8:28:19 am PST #12464 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I had what I thought was a long-term sinus infection this Fall. Turns out the infection went away but my sinus tissues were inflamed as a result of the infection and that was what was causing the pain. A course of inhaled steroids did the trick.


Toddson - Dec 21, 2011 8:39:16 am PST #12465 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

A few years back I had a sinus infection that went on for months. It was bad enough that the doctor sent me for a chest x-ray to make sure my lungs were OK. Took months of heavy-duty antibiotics, but we finally got rid of it.