My gal K in Chicago is a firm, firm believer in acupuncture, though I have never tried it. Thing is, after doing something strange and horrible to my ankle on MLK Day (so nearly a month ago), it's still swollen and tender, and I do limp. I was thinking of checking out a masseuse, since I suspect that there's nothing broken, but my muscles have been ( Read more... )

You ever have those mornings where you wake up completely dehydrated? Yeah, that's fun. Once you've undehydrated a little, you might then find a Special Weather Statement for your region that reads a little something like this:HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK... THANKS TO A PERSISTENT AREA ( Read more... )

First things first: everyone in the Midwestern/Mid-Atlantic U.S. who experienced that storm last night, damn. I hope you're okay. I'm at my parents' place in Columbus, and it was a doozy, though thankfully we've got power. It did flicker and go out for short periods last night. I've seen very few storms in my life like that, though: 80 mph winds ( Read more... )

I am officially ready for spring, which is really unfortunate, because we have about three thousand years of winter left in Chicago, but until then, I can lust and pine for the ever-growing spring Fluevog collection. So. Much. Color. Guys, I am so ready for oxblood and peach. (Especially because that sounds so wrong!)

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Holy shit, this snow ( Read more... )

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I'm never going to be able to watch GenKill the same way again.

Because as it turns out, someone has made these amazing OZ dolls (more), and in the process of showing them at a con, it became apparent that Lee Tergesen has a really distressing tongue. Scroll to the bottom to see what I mean.

Ah, the ways we pass the time as we wait for The Day ( Read more... )

Because I am a nerd, I like checking on all the special weather announcements that pop up during the many times I check the weather. Today's is just... wow. The passive voice is worthy of being applauded.TODAY WILL BE A DAY OF MANY FORMS OF PRECIPITATION. A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL EXIST LATER THIS MORNING.
There's more, but it's less ( Read more... )

Oh hell. This is awful. Trans Allegheny Books, an absolutely astonishing used book store housed in an old Carnegie library in Parkersburg, West Virginia, is closing.

Look at this place. Not only was it a fabulous book store, the building is also out of this world.

Fie.

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