Hivemind question - can you get Lyme disease from non-deer ticks?
You know how Jesse assigned us specalities? I think I missed one of mine. I live in East Lyme, CT. No, this is not a coincidence. Most of the people I know (including both of my parents) have had Lyme Disease, and my community has been dealing with it (and learning about it) since the early 80's. I'm not a doctor, but I have a lot of personal experience that might deflate some of the fear if anyone does end up getting bitten or suspecting they might have it.
In general terms, the best advice I can give to anyone who even suspects it--even if the test comes back negative--is to get the antibiotic treatment anyway. It's a fairly simple treatment, and the disease is completely curable if caught early.
::tosses out planned novel about the Christian chick who farts::
Not while I'm drinking tea, please, tommyrot. The fizzling sounds and ozone smell of dying keyboards are not welcome additions to the workplace environment.
looks for some napkins
As far as I know, farting is an etiquette violation but not a sin.
The Christian chick who plays pinochle with her aunt, though, is Right Out, even if her aromas are pure.
Not while I'm drinking tea, please, tommyrot. The fizzling sounds and ozone smell of dying keyboards are not welcome additions to the workplace environment.
My work here is done.
No really; I'm leaving the office and going home.
As far as I know, farting is an etiquette violation but not a sin.
Although calling it that is right out.
Wow...what's left? Because every romantic comedy ever involves a mistaken identity or something like that.
stories may not include alcohol consumption by Christian characters
Well, so much for the wedding at Cana.
Although calling it that is right out.
Yes. Although inventing new euphemisms for flatulence could be as much fun as inventing euphemisms for genitalia in a regular romance novel.
They can both be Too Stupid To Live, thus causing the mistaken identity.
I'm afraid the traditional Hollywood solution, having the heroine be trampy, trashy, and fun until she converts in the last paragraph, is also unacceptable.
