Done since Orycon (20101116 Tu - 1117 We)
1116 Tu * up 6:45; W=195.6; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee @ Body scanners, pat downs prompt traveler backlash - CSMonitor.com @ Super Recyclable Laptop Can Be Torn Down in 2 Minutes Without Tools * buy: pantsu, visine * convert to.do from dos back to unix format. ~ investigate how to.do got dosified. Probably happened going to barnard * 6pm avoiding @ National Opt-Out Day: Anti-TSA Protest Has... | Gather Penn & Teller | Federal V.I.P Penn TSA pats down a screaming toddler : The Mommy Files TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old - As luck would have it, girl is daughter of TV reporter Flier Who Refused Scan Threatened With $10K Fine - Libertarian says TSA tried to stop him from leaving airport * pay phone bills @ "Don't Laugh At Me" lyrics - PETER, PAUL AND MARY * bed midnightish. Afrin. slept well. 1117 We * up 6:30; W=195.4; drugs, nose, eye; coffee, dishes * order: aggrenox * 9:30 call Kaiser re: eye, nose -> conjuctivitis; hot compress 10-20m 4-5/day; followed by cold compress don't touch eye; wash hands often, especially after handling laundry. contageous until 36 hours after starting treatment with eyedrops call back if it doesn't go away in 3 days @ The ISIS Mobile Wallet: Are Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Under Siege? @ The New Myspace Has Arrived: Not a Social Network, but an Entertainment Hub : Our new VP of Engineering used to be at Taligent -- knows Joyce and Andy x 4:30 Susan -> Tu 11/23 5pm & washed my (old) BT headset. Again. * email jenrose@jenrose.com re: concert video * pick up eyedrops at Campbell anytime after 2pm; ask pharmacist about decongestant, since stimulants don't mix w. BP meds sudafed ok if BP under control. Nothing exists that I haven't tried. * order Colleen's balsalazide, triamterine/HCTZ * $400 to YD @ elf: Wrong fic is wrong. When the stars are very, very, very wrong - Cthulhu/My Little Pony fic. IA! @ E.Coli Strain Taught to Solve Sudoku, Entered... | Gather @ YouTube - Have Sex With a Guy With a Mustache Day - see Movember United States - Home ~ WFH afternoon * Colleen: humira @ blog at izs.me: TSA Success Story UCSF letter to Holdren concerning health risks of full body scanner TSA screenings 4-6-2010 [pdf] @ I Am Detained By The Feds For Not Answering Questions | The Nomad Lawyer @ Too Good to Check - NYTimes.com via thnidu @ Super Recyclable Laptop Can Be Torn Down in 2 Minutes Without Tools : TreeHugger % awake at 1:30; eye painful and swollen; still can't breathe. @ Our Little Chatterboxes: TSA - Sexual Assault @ ACLU: Survey - Report Abuse During Passenger Screening in U. S. Airports @ National Opt-Out Day % getting up and reading LJ probably not conducive to getting back to sleep.
It's been pretty miserable, actually. My itchy eye was diagnosed (over the phone) as conjunctivitis, and I left work at noon yesterday to get lunch on my way to picking up the prescribed eyedrops. In passing I asked the pharmacist whether there was anything I could take for my nasal congestion that I hadn't already tried. There isn't. She said that sudafed was OK as long as my blood pressure is under control, so I started that. Not in time to keep from passing a thoroughly miserable night breathing through my mouth, and with little demons stabbing my eyelids whenever I turned over too far. :P
The eye was noticably worse this morning, but seems marginally better now. It still hurts. And itches.
I managed to work through Tuesday, and Wednesday morning. The latter was probably a mistake, though I did get to a couple of essential meetings. Good intentions or not, it's hard to work from home on one eye, half a nose, and not a whole lot of sleep.
I was feeling rather guilty about that until Naomi pointed out this afternoon that getting well is my job right now. And I was able to get a little done. And some decluttering at home, an activity that doesn't demand much more brain power than I can muster right now.
Most of today's collection of links are, not surprisingly, about the TSA and their new screening procedures.