Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


shrift - Jan 16, 2013 9:28:10 am PST #7927 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Baby lions! [link]

In the midst of cancelling cable and getting rid of the landline, AT&T proved themselves incompetent and I may not have reliable internet at home until they come on Tuesday to install a thing.

I've got a pile of DVDs, TV episodes, and books to read. I need to declutter, cull my closet, mop the kitchen... I'll probably be okay.


Sue - Jan 16, 2013 9:30:05 am PST #7928 of 30001
hip deep in pie

There's a flu/cold decision chart at the end of this article:

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le nubian - Jan 16, 2013 9:31:43 am PST #7929 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Sue, you are awesome.

goddamit, I have a cold. I still need a flu shot but I'm not feeling well enough to get one.


sumi - Jan 16, 2013 9:40:25 am PST #7930 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Well, I do have ADHD. (Diagnosed this morning.) So, um whoo?

But I cannot take the meds because I already have high blood pressure and other indicators of heart danger.

Anyone know a good source for non-medical ADHD coping mechanisms?


sumi - Jan 16, 2013 9:44:26 am PST #7931 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

ION: a horde of St. Bernards wreaking gentle chaos in the woods. . . and most adorable helmet cam video ever. Love how she's humming to herself and her pony's fuzzy ears.


le nubian - Jan 16, 2013 9:48:46 am PST #7932 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

sumi,

after all this time did you have suspicions?

are you feeling better after diagnosis or just numb?


Dana - Jan 16, 2013 9:49:11 am PST #7933 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I am sitting in the break room and dodging work. I guess that counts as applying my learnings.


sumi - Jan 16, 2013 9:50:16 am PST #7934 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

I had no suspicions. My counselor suggested it on Friday and I did a self-test on Saturday and made the appt with my doctor and here we are.

I'm starting to realize that it makes alot more sense but I wish I had figured it out earlier in life.


Sue - Jan 16, 2013 9:50:18 am PST #7935 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Sue, you are awesome.

They sent us one at work and I was not awesome enough to go into my work email to find it...but I knew they were out there.

Sumi, at least you have a diagnosis??? Yay? I have heard lots of dietary "cures" but nothing specific and I am not sure how credible. A lot of them seemed to involve blaming sugar/wheat/food dyes.


§ ita § - Jan 16, 2013 9:54:30 am PST #7936 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just noticed that True Citrus has two version of their True Orange. One is for drinking, and has stevia, and the other is for cooking/baking and does not.

I'm drinking the cooking stuff, and it's just fine, but I'm sad about the orange/mango only coming with stevia, because I don't remember handling stevia well in the past.