Well, that was fun. I am apparently one of the few, the proud, those who have an extreme reaction to the IV iodine solution they give you for computer tomography. In addition to the expected flush of heat and funny taste, I also got a feeling of constriction in my chest, shortness of breath, and fast-onset nausea that made me puke while still laying halfway in the scanner. My day is complete.

Salma Hayek is 40?? WTF! How many virgins do you have to exsanguinate to look like that at 40? I thought she was like 32.

How about it? I just turned 40, and although you wouldn't cart me off to the home yet, you wouldn't peg Salma and me as the same age. Ever. She's got that beautiful olive skin, though. I am of the firm opinion that, in general, the paler your skin, the sooner you age. Most black women, Asian women, and darker skinned white women take longer to appear old, as far as I can tell.

I'm Whitie MacWhite of the Clan MacWhite.

Look what pregnancy has done to Salma.

Her breasts and hair have staged a hostile take-over. Poor love.

I have this delusion that if I tape or pin the dress just so, it'll be fine. Bustier women than I manage it all the time. I don't know what the problem is.

I can never get the dress to lie right, when I pin it. I stopped buying those kinds of dresses and tops.

Uhg. That sounds highly unpleasent.

(that was to Matt. I have no such strong negative feelings on having to pin stuff. I just have to.)

Well, that was fun. I am apparently one of the few, the proud, those who have an extreme reaction to the IV iodine solution they give you for computer tomography. In addition to the expected flush of heat and funny taste, I also got a feeling of constriction in my chest, shortness of breath, and fast-onset nausea that made me puke while still laying halfway in the scanner. My day is complete.

Oh sheeesh, Matt. Did they give you anything to counteract it?

Yikes, Matt! Are you feeling better now?

I am of the firm opinion that, in general, the paler your skin, the sooner you age.

Yeah, that seems about right. It definitely seems true in my family -- my British-heritage grandmother has always seemed way "older" looking than my French-heritage grandmother.

Oh, Matt. That sucks. And here I was about to whinge that the last hour of my work day is taking approximately forever.

That sucks, Matt. It's bad enough to take those tests, without having them turn on you.

One of the IT guys just sent an email entitled "Daylight Savings Time and You."

It's about issues with Outlook not putting meetings at the right time, and to double check them.

Most of it was pulled verbatim from the Microsoft help page regarding the DST change.

It's also 4:49 on a Friday, and most of the staff is finishing up an off-site inservice.

facepalm

On Allyson's water table: it would totally get my parental seal of approval. Seems like a great gift.

On ita's titas, I mean her wraparound dress issue: Why not wear a camisole under it? Thanks to the current trend of jersey shirts too low cut to wear politely without a camisole, I think you could pull it off.

And lastly, to Selma Hayek's age: 40 is lovely, see? I mean, I'm sure she has a lot more means than I do to combat aging (like botox, collagen, restalyne, and the works) but even so I think that if you take even moderate care of yourself 40 isn't OLD, even if it is, technically, middle aged.

It's about issues with Outlook not putting meetings at the right time, and to double check them.

Our IT department has been sending out several of those messages. I have nothing in my calendar, so it's a pretty easy fix for me!

We'll see about the rest of my electronic devices this weekend.