HalfshellHusband is making progress with his recovery. His painkillers weren't doing much, so he quit taking them. He's had a lot of pain, slowly receding now, but dropping the meds really helped him let go of that extra water weight. He has only 3 pounds left from the 14 he gained in those 24-hours at the hospital. He also had terrible itching ( Read more... )

I watched the premiere of The River last night. That show probably requires more attention than I'm willing to give it, so my main impressions (apart from good background spookiness) were ( Read more... )

First, a great opinion piece by the always-eloquent Leonard Pitts, addressing the public reaction to the new Spiderman of Color: Times A-Changing And So Is Spider Man.

Second, courtesy of Wired magazine, a sample match.com entry for Optimus Prime. That dude's going to be waiting by the phone for a few more centuries, at least.

Also from Wired, a ( Read more... )

I had a discussion with Christopher about Poetry Month, and wound up describing to him the scene in Steve Martin's movie, L.A. Story, where the main character tries to woo back his former girlfriend by reciting a godawful poem at her:

Oh pointy birds,
Oh pointy, pointy,
Annoint me, birds-At that point, the woman slams the door in the guy's face, ( Read more... )

We were so busy watching Dexter on Netflix last night that I completely forgot about L&O:SVU! Now I must Torrent. :(

I'm also a week behind on Fringe because I went to a Sacramento Kings basketball game with Christopher last Friday, and ran out of time to set up the DVR. Must Hulu it before tomorrow night. We had a good time at the Kings' game, ( Read more... )

Lauren is home sick today (bad cold or flu), and for a change, Christopher is not. He's been out due to vomiting off and on since the school year started. Two weeks ago, he finally told us that he was being bullied by various kids in his classes. ( Cut for length... )

I read a Men's Fitness magazine at the gym today, not realizing that what I really wanted was the Wired flowchart for "Are You An Evil Twin?" Sadly, there's no online entry for me to link you to, but I did find one for The Lohan Prophecies Predict The Pop-Apocalypse. Great graphics ( Read more... )

I woke up with really stiff neck on Friday, and kept thinking the pain would go away (it's on the rear left side). Days (and lost sleep) later, I hunted down the massager, which helped a little, but now it's ratcheting up again. I went on a massive search for some stashed muscle-relaxants last night, but have the sneaking suspicion that I threw ( Read more... )