I require bacon. I might be able to drag myself through the rest of the work day if I get bacon.

Oh my .... Pizza in NY

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Bacon will also clear out your sinuses, Perkins.

Um, I won't get into the whole list, OK? I was counting those sort of sayings on that brit I mentioned as a way to keep me entertained, but I don't think b.org should be submitted to it.

Nilly, whyever not? That' s sort of the point of b.org for a lot of us.

Fiona, the pictures have, in the local vernacular, keeled me ded. She's just beautiful, and the boy is cuter than cute. The ones of them together are almost unbearably beautiful.

And, also? I love your taste in chairs!

Not going near the knitting needles conversation.

The dating your physical resemblor, though? All through early adolescence up till today, my romantic fantasy figure has been lean, dark, craggy, with dark eyes and cheekbones. Every guy I ever dated seriously, or with whom the relationship progressed beyond merely dating? A little taller than me, average weight for his height, sandy blond to brown hair (mine has ranged from dark blond in my early teens to dark brown), and eyes in a range of blue to grey to green. And ever since DH and I have been together, people who know one of us and meet the other have always commented how alike we are.

You know, except for the fact that he has a beard. I did *not* ask for a comment on my beard.

Perkins, I use sudafed 12-hour. Which is white.

Thanks, Beverly.

Truth is, the guy who kept on dating me only because I understood a CS algorithm, despite every other thing about me being wrong for him, bothered me more. But I've thrown a large paragraph on that already, so that's all better.

Still don't know why the streets were closed outside, but I found this [link] Plei, enjoy. If you were here you could go see it.

It won't kill you but it might eat your brain.

If I really have to be able to breathe through my nose, I breathe steam to get out the gunk that's already in my sinuses, then use a nasal spray plus my usual antihistamine.

Steam is a good idea too.

Bacon will also clear out your sinuses, Perkins.

But it might be harder to put up my nose than the nasal spray. Or the knitting needles, for that matter.

Perkins, I use sudafed 12-hour. Which is white.

Too.many.colors.

Perkins, I use sudafed 12-hour. Which is white.

Too.many.colors.

Pssst! Read the words on the outside of the box....

My parents ask about my love life because a) they want grandkids and b) they don't think I can be trusted to look after myself.

I offer you the example of me. My brother and I finished school about the same time. Almost immediately, our mother started putting the pressure on for grandkids. (Though I must admit, it helped that my brother became engaged before he graduated.)

What she ended up with -- one son ended up with another man, and the other in a marriage that turned out incapable of reproduction.