So this morning around 8am I was woken up by a severe stabbing pain in my chest. It was three ribs up, directly below my left breast. It felt like a hot knife. I was instantly wide awake, and almost unable to breathe. All but the shallowest breaths made the pain lance through me, almost incapacitating me. Figuring it was gas, I sat up and tried to ( Read more... )

I know that a lot of movies/tv shows use identical twins to play single characters when casting children... so I suppose it is possible that sometimes when we see twin/double adult characters that it's possible they've actually cast actual twins to play the roles, but I think it's much more likely that the same actor is playing both parts ( Read more... )

Well, it's Christmas again! Seems to have creeped up on us this year. It doesn't feel like Christmas since there isn't any snow and we didn't decorate this year (Dominic is spending the holiday with Rob in Virginia and we didn't see the point).

Here is a cute ecard for all of my online friends.I woke up around 10:30am which is about an hour and a ( Read more... )

So Dan is watching the Georgia game (SEC championship game) and he's had a few moments of being very animated, shouting (happily) at the TV and clapping his hands in applause. I've seen my mom do the same thing. I can kind of understand if you're with a group of friends (or even strangers) as a way of sharing in the joy (or disappointment) with ( Read more... )

So I'm watching "Great Migrations" which is a multi-part nature documentary. This episode was about wildebeest, crabs, Monarch butterflies, and sperm whales. I am fascinated by nature shows and love the great cinematography that they've got these days ( Read more... )

I generally dislike...no, more like hate... sports. I have bad childhood memories associated with televised sports, and I've never had reason to care that I don't like them. Dan, however, while not a sports nut, does appreciate watching a game now and then. So for his sake, it would be nice if I could be able to sit down and watch one with him ( Read more... )

We had a pretty mellow New Year's Eve here. It was just the two of us and a bottle of wine. We watched some DVDs and then the Dick Clark New Year's Rockin' Eve thing. He looked better this year than last year, but when he did the countdown I was cringing... "15...14...12...10...11...10...9...8..." it was painful. Poor guy. He really needs to retire ( Read more... )

We have a 3 month free trial of HBO and Cinemax. What's coming up that I should TiVo?? Call for suggestions!

So my friend Nina from high school, who I haven't seen probably since about 1988, now lives in New Jersey and had tickets to be in the audience on The View on September 29. She wanted someone to go with her and there is this bus that goes from Boston to NYC for between $10-15 each way so I said I'd love to go. Dan has a cousin in Hackensack, so I ( Read more... )

I'm really happy with the results of this season of So You Think You Can Dance! I'd been rooting for the winner for a while now, and was very excited that they won. That said... I FRIGGIN' HATE MARY MURPHY! Make her go away... pleeeeease? Why does she need to shout everything she says? Why does she do that horrid scream? Something tells me she ( Read more... )