Todd, I'm so sorry about the shocking news. I guess the only upside is that it possibly explains why your eye was not healing as well as was expected.

I know three people who have been diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes and two of the three have managed it with only dietary changes.

One of them (the insulin dependent one) told me she was actually glad to get the diagnosis because "the hammer was bound to drop" given her family history. It was a weird sort of relief to get on with the managing of it.

I'm wishing you the best possible outcomes and great support as you move forward.

Todd, hopefully knowing there is a reason your body isn't working and that there is something that can be done provides some relief. For me, it is the not knowing what is wrong or being told it is just part of getting older that really sucks.

Our holiday has been good. Dad came over, we had lunch and opened presents, then we went to see friends' for dinner.

The theme for this holiday is that I'm a nine year old girl. I was given manga for Vampire Kisses and Black Butler, a plush doll of Count von Count from Sesame Street, and the pink & black coffin bed for my Draculaura doll.

The day has had its tough points, but all in all, it's been good.

Oh and I agree re: pope. I was surprised to see he is in such I'll health.

Perhaps there's a literal come-to-Jesus meeting in the works about all the Church tolerance and progress he's been busily overturning since his inauguration...

Okay, so not only did I hold an Olympic gold medal, I wore it. She said she makes everyone put it on.

Interesting evening with my brother's girlfriend and her kids. The kids weren't so into being here at first.

My brother just informed me he has the memory of a fucking moose. Apropos of nothing. And moose are known for their memory?

Remind me to see if he remembers that ( and accusing his wife of roofie-Ing him) in the mornIng.

This is funny.

One silver lining of going through weeks of clinical depression and the attendant loss of appetite is that I can now comfortably fit into my skinny jeans and the fitted shirt I rediscovered yesterday: [link]

You're bringing sexy back!

We're watching lava flows on Netflix streaming How the Earth Was Made

I love that series. If Netflix even takes it off streaming, I will have to buy it. The Loch Ness ep is especially fascinating.

Not that I disagree with the basic message, but maybe denouncing "superficial glitter" for the holidays would be less hypocritical if done without benefit of the gold-embroidered hat, robes, and the über bling-y gilded staff? Pope Urges People to Look Beyond "Superficial Glitter"

I shall not relinquish my glitter eyeliner! I like when I look like blinking disco ball and he wears funny hats, so there.

I really like Coke.