I've heard it said that you can get
Some heat in Irish pubs.

Servin' Jameson to an Orangeman
And Bushmill's to his cuz.

Here's what ya do: with Tullamore Dew
You can meet 'em both halfway.

It's time to switch to whiskey,
They've been drinkin' beer all day.

Whatcha want, Laga?

I'm neither Catholic nor Protestant. They all sound good to me, or how about a Lagavulin?

Yay for italics!

Lift your glasses in the direction of Florida while you are at it. Despite my Irish roots I'm a wino. I lift my glass of Merlot and toast the lovely Bitches.

eta: drat, italics gone. I should put them back again.

I need to remember what Colbert called Catholics last night. I think he said Roman Catholic was the Microsoft of Christianity. Not sure if Mom will like that or not.

I need to remember what Colbert called Catholics last night. I think he said Roman Catholic was the Microsoft of Christianity.

UPS just brought me games! I am seeing a fantastic time sink in my future.

You're right, Laura, I just watched it.

eta: No longer slanty!

The microsoft of christianity? Hmmm....people kinda want to switch, but are too intimidated/lazy/used to it to bother?

Thanks for the suggestions/advice, y'all! See, the thing is (vaguely TMI girlybits) the last two really bad painful pukey migraines were both the next to last or last day of my period. So it's possible it's my BCP causing it. I could (a) skip the placebo pills entirely (though only for so long, cause I'd run out after a bit) or (b) quit taking the Pill (though I like it for my skin, and the control freak factor). IF that's the cause. The thing being, I'm not sure exactly what day it would hit...it might be Christmas Eve or Christmas (which would actually be OK in that I'd be on vacation anyway)...or it might be the day I'm driving 12 hours with a friend home. Which would be super super inconvenient and all. Which makes me think I should skip the placebos this month, and wait until January. And hope I don't get one.

But that would just be one thing, I've gotten other migraines too, obviously.

Meara, it is decidedly possible that your migraines are related to hormones, either yours or the ones in the pills. I'd ask a doctor.

hmm. I need some reassurances for my logical mind... our bathroom scale has been up in our guest/third floor bathroom. I don't get in there very much anymore due to houseguest, but I did get in a few weeks ago and weigh myself (and was pleased to see that the 5 pounds I took off last February were still off); this reading was corroborated by a weigh in I had at the nutritionist's office a couple weeks later.

Today, our guest is not here now, so I sneak into the bathroom, notice that the scale has been shoved so that it's up on its side... I grab it, put it down in another room, and weigh myself, and it says that I'm 10 pounds heavier. I mean, that's because of the scale calibration being fucked up by SOMEONE shoving it aside to make room for her own bounteous amounts of CRAP, right? My clothes fit the same and I really have been keeping track of what I've been eating... maybe not enough to LOSE weight, but certainly enough to NOT GAIN 10 pounds in 2 weeks.

Scale calibration, right? I mean, logically I know it must be, but I need reassurance.

Totally scale calibration. I have to recalibrate my (cheap) scale almost every time I use it, because things will just throw it off.