My life would be much more fun if I got to write about water levitating over a bonfire. The water runs through a heating element.

grrrr....grrrrr.

so the plumbers came - took shower apart - to the point where they can't put it back together and turn the water on and be sure we won't have water everywhere. but the home warenty co says they don't cover this - we broke it. by turning on the shower. So unhappy with the home warenty co.

somedays the only mantra that works for me is, "It's only a movie."

Oh, I love this.

Don't know anything about water heaters or hostile work environments, sorry.

That seems unfair, beth.

the home warenty co says they don't cover this - we broke it. by turning on the shower.

That's just wrong. Sorry.

beth, my shitty plumbing issue sistah!

Cindy, as mentioned in Natter, insent.

Laura, are you near Orlando?

2-1/2 hours south of Orlando. It is a drive I know well. If you can't get my way I'll be sure to F2F in Orlando. YaY!

Yay, for sure! It looks like mid-June right now but I'll e you when things are closer to being decided.

Just for fun, here is a chunk of text from an article I'm editing right now:

Those with documented altered functional responses in vitro are noted. Most in vivo studies have focused on SNPs of the extracellular amino terminus of the b2-adrenergic receptor. Nine polymorphisms within the b2-adrenergic receptor coding block have been described with four resulting in amino acid substitutions at positions 16, 27, 34, and 164 of the b2-adrenergic receptor.33 The three different alleles listed in the table have demonstrated functional differences in vitro. At loci 16 glycine (Gly) and arginine (Arg) can be substituted for each other, at loci 27 glutamine (Gln) and glutamic acid (Glu) can be substituted and at loci 164 isoleucine (Ile) can be substituted for threonine (Thr).46 The Gly/Gly homozygous state is significantly more susceptible to agonist induced down-regulation of the b2-adrenergic receptor than the Arg/Arg homozygous state with the heterozygote state at loci 16 (Arg/Gly) showing an intermediate effect.47 At loci 27 the Glu/Glu homozygote protects against b2 agonist down-regulation combined with Arg/Arg but not with Gly/Gly. Finally, substitution of Thr by Ile resulted in 2- 3-fold decreased binding affinities for agonists to the b2-adrenergic receptor.33 The Ile allele is very rare and appears to be lethal if homozygous.

Yes, it makes *my* head hurt, too. (I actually understand it, but I'll be damned if I could explain it in layman's terms.)

I'll be damned if I could explain it in layman's terms.)

"This shit may or may not be very bad. We don't know."