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My throat burns like mad right now. I have a cough, and I’m very tired. I feel like it’s a cold, but it could be allergies. It doesn’t really matter, does it? The treatment is pretty similar. Drink lots of water. Take Tylenol for pain. I need to take allergy meds anyway ( Read more... ) -
A Sunday Ramble
- cross posted to my other blog-
I've been feeling a little better.
Do you ever see that New York Times column, "My Sunday Routine"? I've only read it once or twice, but it made me feel like I should really have a better Sunday routine. Like, I make a quiche and have brunch with my friends, and hang out with my extended family all afternoon ( Read more... ) -
Okay, life. Or: being human is weird.
Hey, guess what? I have a rare genetic disease. Life gets more and more interesting, doesn't it ( Read more... ) -
What is even the point.
Okay, warning. I've reverted to teenager emo blogging mode for this one. (I know, nothing has really changed ( Read more... ) -
Demon People
I was having a good political discussion with my Lyft driver yesterday morning, and we were on the same page about the dire straits of society, until he busted out, "Yo, if you look up 'democracy' in the original Latin, you'll see it's 'cracy' for people, and 'demos,' for the devil. Look it up! Demon people! You gotta wonder what these people are ( Read more... ) -
Mom update
Summary to last weekend: Mother very sick, found unresponsive or nearly so twice. Insurance wouldn't pay for rehab unless it was long-term, which would mean having to go to a skilled nursing facility paid by Medicaid. Which also meant she wouldn't have income, so any such move would be permanent. So I invited her to stay with me for a few months, ( Read more... ) -
A choice
Something I never thought I'd say ( Read more... ) -
Ob la dee ob la da
Thank you so much to those of you left comments and reached out after my last post. It meant a lot to me, and I'm sorry that I didn't respond individually. Things have just been happening so fast ( Read more... ) -
This is hard....
Things have been kind of difficult ( Read more... ) -
So, New Zealand!
I don't think I have any New Zealanders on my friends list, though I used to know 3 back in my Tad Williams message board days. Now I only know Australians. *waves to the Australians ( Read more... )