I don't go into full-scale freak out, or at least almost never.  But picking blueberries today when I looked down and saw that I was standing in a patch of poison ivy, that was pretty close.  I did finish picking up the farm CSA, but drove home and threw everything I was wearing, shoes and all, in the washer, washed my hands/arms and part of my ( Read more... )

I made pesto on the weekend.  That was the end of the back bed full of basil; we harvested the first round for a big batch of pesto (with walnuts) back in July, and the little side-stalks I left growing had now reached to a 3-foot hedge of basil.  So, Pesto.  Last batch was walnuts; this time we'd been by trader J's so I'd bought a bag of pine nuts ( Read more... )

My company has a gym.  It's pretty cheap, $4/week, for fitness center w/ cardio and weight machines, free weights, and a 55-minute class each workday at 6:30, noon, and 5:15.  I've never been good with going to gyms - it's something that I have to clear out a big block of time for, that I don't get much enjoyment out of, and no immediate reward, ( Read more... )

I did a Yoga+Pilates class at the fitness center at work last week.  Apparently, if one is a fitness instructor, the anatomical word for the posterior of the people in the class is "tushie".  I found this mildly amusing, but even more perplexing after she once said "bum" and then apologized, and said she was still in preschool mode from her other ( Read more... )

I was staring at my feet this evening while googling around (nonsense related to dance shoes) and discovered that I have Morton's Foot, also known as Morton's Toe.  Basically this means that my second-toe meta-tarsal bone is longer than it should be, or my big-toe bone is shorter than it should be, causing me to bear weight in non-ideal places, ( Read more... )

They're offering flu vaccinations through work.  I need to sign up now if I want one.  I'm honestly kind of torn ( Read more... )

Today I rode my bike to work!  I survived, and everything, and it wasn't even difficult to work and not crash during the day.  Of course, I live ridiculously close to work, on the scale of these things, so if I totally wore myself out on 3.5 miles, that would be a bit embarassing.  I do remind the world that the last stretch near work has a ( Read more... )

I was pointed to an interesting photoset on flickr that's just a bunch of snapshots of (mostly) women, with their height, weight, and body-mass index.

The people who are "underweight" are indeed unhealthy-looking.  This is interesting, given that many models are underweight - a "bold move" in the fashion industry was last fall's ban of models with ( Read more... )

Yesterday I thought I might be getting a sore throat.  This is after I was honestly sick (just a cold, but that's enough to make me sleep through a whole day) two weeks ago.  Fortunately, a bunch of vitamins, etc.yesterday, and I feel okay today.  Maybe it was just a passing thing, slept with my mouth open and my throat was just dry and objecting, ( Read more... )