The crazy. It burns.

You know, in my job, I do a risk assessment that involves combining lots of observable legal/permissible behaviors into a matrix that may indicate a high risk entity. So I followed the links, and of course that's what the FBI is advising -- and it's not paying cash at a coffee shop (internet cafe seems to be the closest entity). And I couldn't find the statement that it was cash payments for small purchases. It was insisting on cash, in combination with other behaviors. Maybe the FBI is using its resources to exorcise terrorists from cash-based businesses. But I don't see it from these documents. [link]

Things I Have Learned in My Job: there is a virus whose real scientific name is BK virus. "BK" isn't an abbreviation for some long name (like, you could call norovirus just "Noro," I guess, if you were on a first-name basis with it).

It is not named for Burger King, as I feared, but because it was first isolated from a patient whose initials are BK. That's kind of cool.

But every time I read it, I think "Burger King virus!"

Has anyone tried arnica gel or cream? I tried some capsaicin, and that was more painful than the pain I was using to treat it. WAY too hot.

"Burger King virus!"

I think msbelle's had that.

Did I find article about a family that spent a year trying to patronize only Black owned businesses. Very interesting. So thank you if I found the link here.

"Noro" - name of a yarn company that makes yarns that have lovely colors but whose textures are not quite the best.

Yeah, I couldn't find anything about cash for coffee or similar either.

I do love the warning to look out for missing fingers, though.

ARGH. Am trying to resign, and my boss is (a) on the East Coast and (b) out of the office tomorrow. Want to do it on the phone, but she's not answering and hasn't answered the message where I asked her to call me because I needed to discuss something with her before tomorrow. GRRR.

Man, I need to start paying more attention. Twice in two days someone has come up and greeted me and I have had no idea who they were.

(In my defense, "are you Darby's mom?" is not what I expect to hear in the hallway of my office. Of course, that just means I see this person both in the office and in the neighborhood. So, not really much of a defense.)

Has anyone tried arnica gel or cream?

Arnica seems to help bruises heal better on me. For muscle pain, I like Biofreeze, which my chiropractor recommends. It's menthol based. The capsaicin creams demonstrably work, particularly on arthritis, but I seem to always manage to get them in my eye.

Yeah, the capsaicin was effective, except after a while it felt like my joints were on fire. Which, not so pleasant. And I couldn't get it off my fingers no matter how many times I washed, which made taking out my contacts really really painful.

Biofreeze, huh? I'll look it up.