I sprained a toe on my right foot last night. (What do you call the equivalent of a ring finger when it's a toe?) Hurts like hell when I'm not careful. I've been keeping it elevated, I taped it to the next toe over, and I took some ibuprofen and I'm in very little pain right now. Except when I walk. ::coughs ( Read more... )

For your amusement, my to-do list. Not in actual order of importance and not including anything I need to do for my paying job (because that list would take too long ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm on this reuse-instead-of-recycle kick. Also a "don't buy any goddamned commercial cleaners" kick ( Read more... )

Carpet beetles. We have fucking carpet beetles eating the very lovely Oriental rug in our basement ( Read more... )

We have power back, finally! Hey, it was only six days, right? ::headdesk:: My house is a disaster, my downstairs freezer needs to be emptied and scrubbed, I've got piles of laundry here and piles at my in-law's, our food is still there, and Yael missed an entire week of camp. (Her camp still has no power, so there's no camp tomorrow. She will ( Read more... )

Why yes, I just love shootings at an intersection I drove through this morning. Intersections that are about a mile from Yael's school, in fact. On the bright side (if I can even say that), the gunman/carjacker was last seen driving toward DC and not toward her school.

::headdesk::

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* Sage sent me a Valentine's Day card. ::hearts:: I feel loved ( Read more... )

(20 points to anyone who recognizes the source of the subject line. My icon is only slightly a hint ( Read more... )

I was about to make an urgent care appointment. Not for me, but for Yael, who gave herself a fat lip from biting it while numb with Novocaine. It seemed to be getting worse, but I did a little googling and for once found that things are better than I thought :D (See, Google Medical School isn't always hazardous to your mental health. Just 99% of ( Read more... )

Let's see, what have I been on about lately? Oh yeah...

Help! The anti-vaxxers have broken into the Strategic National Stupid Reserve!: "Post-Gardasil syndrome", my aunt Fanny. ::snort::

Bring it, Catholic League: Adopt an atheist. 'Nuff said.

Burzynski Clinic…meet the Streisand Effect: I really really really don't like people trying scam ( Read more... )