Last June, in anticipation of the birth of Muffin and Squeaker, c1 ran a CPR and first aid class in our apartment (mabfan, stormsdotter, lcmlc, my Abba, and I all got certification from this course). I had no intention of ever needing the knowledge, but it was important to have the knowledge in case (God forbid) something happened ( Read more... )

mabfan and I have arranged for a friend, Carsten Turner, who is a certified instructor, to teach us CPR and First Aid at our place. He's willing to open up his class to any of our friends in the area that want or need certification ( Read more... )

...do humans *really* need oxygen? Breathing is overrated, really. I haven't been able to do so with much regularity since last week Tuesday.

Or we should all have gills.

stupid trees

-- We got a lot of snow between Friday and Sunday. It's pretty, but it's kind of treacherous to walk on ( Read more... )

-- Been busy, and this week looks busy, too. I'm approaching a deadline at work, so stuff is kicking into high gear. If posting is sparse here, that will be why. Alternatively, if I become Posty McPostalot, it will be due to my avoiding stuff I should be doing. :-)

-- Between Friday and Sunday, mabfan and I experienced two power outages. The one Friday ( Read more... )

Scene: gnomi is talking to lcmlc and Abba about lcmlc's current issues with Thoracic Outlet Compression.

lcmlc: Abba says it shouldn't be "thoracic," but "jurassic"*

Abba: Jurassic Outlet -- the place to get your low-priced dinosaurs!

*There's a tradition of this in Jewish biblical exegesis. There are passages in the Talmud and other rabbinic writings where they ( Read more... )

Today, please think good thoughts for lcmlc (Etta Rivka bat Pesha Raizel), who is having wrist surgery this afternoon.

Tomorrow, please think good thoughts for mabfan (Michael Avraham ben Esther Miriam), who is having a minor medical procedure in the morning.

Thank you.

-- Yesterday and today we've been having what feels more like mid-September weather than mid-August weather (mornings in the mid- to high 50s, afternoons in the 70s). Not complaining in any way. Just remarking. I'll bet it's going back into the mid-80s soon. That's just the way of things here in Boston.

-- mabfan and I have been watching "Burn ( Read more... )

Since it's January, it's "Seeing Doctors Time" here in gnomiville. And due to various and sundry things from my appointment yesterday, I have a poll:

Poll Things My Mother Taught Me(My mother raised us with the belief that one should dress nicely for doctors appointments (or, at least, not shlubbily) even though 99% of the time they're only going to see you in the johnny. I ( Read more... )

I was 15 when I started wearing contact lenses. I've gone back and forth between wearing them regularly and wearing them very rarely. I'm currently in a "wear them regularly" phase; this phase started in the summer of 2005. I was in New York, and one morning my glasses broke completely unexpectedly (the left temple disconnected from the rest of ( Read more... )