If any of you see me loitering in here, please remind that distracting myself from the current work fire drill won't actually make it go away, and I should go back to trying to fix what has been suddenly dropped on my desk? I would like to think that I won't need that sort of reminder, but right now I'm distracting myself so I don't go hit a project manager on the head with a copy of the style guide.

billytea, plantar fasciitis sucks. Boy, was that helpful, or what?

Well, it made me laugh. That's got to count for something.

Yeah, properly fitting shoes are a huge part of dealing with plantar's.

Yep. I'm pretty sure I need new shoes. I have inserts for the current ones, but they're not custom-made, and clearly not doing the job. Cole Haas makes sneakers disguised as work shoes, but near as I can tell they don't sell them in Oz. Once I see the specialist (in a month's time), I should have a better idea of my choices.

Oh dear, we've Americanized him, he used the article.

You've what now?

billytea!

(I've got nothing past this yet.)

Oh dear, we've Americanized him, he used the article.

You've what now?

Let me translate, bt -- "Crikey, we've Americanised him, he used the article."

Hi billytea!

(Yeah. I've got nothing past this, either. But hi!)

Let me translate, bt -- "Crikey, we've Americanised him, he used the article."

Quick grammatical correction; it's commonly accepted that if you're going to start a sentence with 'Crikey', it should end with 'andhe'dtakemyheadoffifhegotachance".

it's commonly accepted that if you're going to start a sentence with 'Crikey', it should end with 'andhe'dtakemyheadoffifhegotachance".

You know, I sleep with one Australian, and I'm all pretending I know anything.

Hubris.

And according to the link in Natter, irony.

Hi people!

...Yeah, I've got nothing either.

t awkward silence

t pretends to study the light fixture

Can't use Bert's Bees stuff, I'm allergic to lanolin, and they use it. It's great stuff for moisturizing skin and holding moisture, if you're not sensitive to it.

I use Natural Glow lip treats in honey flavor. They don't animal test, which I like, and it does have a shitload of chemicals in it, which I'm not excessively fond of, but plus tea tree, apricot, safflower, castor, and wheat germ oils, also plus aloe and honey extract. I find I can wear honey and vanilla flavors and not eat them off, whereas fruit flavors I nibble off as fast as I put them on. I have the little tins in purse, by reading & tv chair, on the desk, in the glove compartment, in my gym bag, and on the bedside table.

They may actually have discontinued the manufacture, but when I found something that I liked that worked for me, I bought about a dozen tins, so I'm good for a while.

Hubris = irony?

Interesting.