I said "You know there are a LOT of other martial arts to master...."

Damned skippy. There are also degrees of black. There's always somewhere to go, either inside, or out.

OR -- and this is just a possibility -- she could become Batgirl.

I think that's an option well worth considering.

Scientists Find Gene That Controls Type of Earwax in People

That's interesting--my youngest nephew, Dylan, was 19 months old when my brother and SIL noticed he wasn't talking as he should, and what words he was speaking were devoid of consonants. They took him in for testing, and he had really bad hearing in both ears, so they were about to take him in for sign language education and all the rest of the special ed stuff. But, they took him into the doctor first, who said that he had a massive amount of earwax in both ears, so much that it had actually solidified. They flushed and dug it out, and then retested his hearing a few days later. It had improved to near-normal levels! It still took him a few years to get his language skills up to speed with his peers, but he has no problems now at eight years old.

Congrats, ita!

I have no email. I think one of the server disks died, but I can't be sure since the primary method support uses to notify everyone of such things is....email. They never update their website.

Just catching up....

Congrats, ita!!!! Brown belts are very becoming to you!

They flushed and dug it out, and then retested his hearing a few days later. It had improved to near-normal levels!

Oh man, that's some trauma to put a kid through. I had a warm water syringe flush from a nurse years ago, and it was...disconcerting. Also, the size of the wax ball that came out didn't look like it should have been able to come out.

Late last year the ENT treating me for another issue also scraped out one of my ears with a hook-like implement. That was more disconcerting AND painful.

haapy birthday Anne

{{jars}} and extra strength to the 19 yr old.

hi to nilly who isn't here

and I am so full of gronk that coffee, breakfast, and a walk have done very little to change my level of gronk

Oh man, that's some trauma to put a kid through. I had a warm water syringe flush from a nurse years ago, and it was...disconcerting. Also, the size of the wax ball that came out didn't look like it should have been able to come out.

I think Allyson had a similar experience last year, and it happened to me many years ago as well. (Just one ear though, but....yeuch.)

ita is Teh Awesome, but I think this comes as no surprise. I remain impressed, though.

Yeah, I periodically go completely deaf in one ear, but last time, it was both, like being underwater almost.

It bothers.