I'm so excited, today after a couple puffs from my rescue inhaler an hour earlier, I was able to walk home really fast and get short of breath from exercise / lung capacity, rather than short of breath from asthma. Eeee! (Yeah, I'm even more out of shape than I usually am, since I've been walking at a little old lady's pace since the Hunt b/c to ( Read more... )

Anybody use a plastic mattress cover to protect it from stains and/or keep in/out allergens? I'm thinking about giving one a shot for my allergies, so ideally I'd want one that's air tight. I worry that they sound/feel all crinkly and plasticky.

What do I need to know about the version passed last night? And what happens next to make it law?

Well this is exciting. I'd noticed lately that my inhaler was less effective than usual. It's a little light, but not so much that it's run out, so it's probably the fact that it expired last August. I'm guessing that in the case of inhalers, the propellant can slowly leach out, making expiration date more relevant than in many other drugs. ( Read more... )

An open letter to my senators and representatives.

I am writing to you today regarding the health care reform bill currently before the house and senate ( Read more... )

( Survey about washing sheets for house guests. )

Read "An Economic Case Against Homosexuality" by self-proclaimed conservative librarian Bert Chapman. Among the head explodey ( Read more... )

H1N1 has further confirmation of being a zoonotic disease. There have been 2 confirmed cases of ferrets contracting the disease (one of which recovered and one of which died), and now 1 confirmed case of a cat contracting the disease (it recovered). Just like you would when interacting with humans, wash your hands frequently and especially before ( Read more... )

Decided to just entirely quote an email I just sent to my parents.

Continued symptoms of a head cold or sinus infection drove me to my doctor yesterday morning. Before she even examined me, she noted that I'd been to see her with a cold every Oct/Nov for the past four years, indicating either that the symptoms were actually allergies, or that ( Read more... )

It's getting on towards Northern Hemisphere winter, and people are coming out of the woodworks asking about space heaters. Since I answer this question so frequently, I decided to just make a website answering it. :)

Feel free to give the link to others.

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