The vinegar worked. Not exactly Downy, but not stiff as a board, either. Thanks, Shai ( Read more... )

Slept pretty well solid last night. Completely forgot to take any Elavil, but that pillow under my shoulders really seems to have done the trick. I'm not aching, which is a very good thing ( Read more... )

Wow. I was just in a ton of pain today. Had to take a full Tramadol, half with breakfast, half with lunch. We didn't do morning dives today, we did afternoon dives; I had to take a half-hour nap to sleep off the last of the Tramadol loopies before diving ( Read more... )

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Birds of Bonaire page: bonairebirds.com

I've seen:

the bare-eyed pigeon

the eared dove

the Caribbean parakeet

the ruby-topaz hummingbird (at least I think it's this one--I saw it from pretty far off, but it had the longer tail, instead of the shorter tail of the blue-tailed emerald)

the tropical mockingbird--what a voice!

the yellow ( Read more... )

( Look who was outside catching the morning rays! )

So in other words, LJ fucked up, and they won't be coming for my occasional posting of SW risque with a black marker and a pair of handcuffs ( Read more... )

We had a slight toaster malfunction. The kidlet put her toast on 2, but it failed to pop up, so when I unplugged the toaster and hit the cancel button it came out more like 200.

So I had the bright idea to take the toast outside and crumble it up next to the bushes. And lo and behold, ( lizards like toast! )

Happy belated Memorial day to everyone ( Read more... )

It may be a while before I do another night dive ( Read more... )