Matt, get it checked out soon if you can. I had a student who came down with some doozy of a sore throat, not strep, but it was bad enough to land her in the hospital. And it was viral, so no antibiotics either. I hope that you don't have it, but you should get your throat cultured to make sure.
'A Hole in the World'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Five W-2s, Five 1099s. That's fewer than the last couple of years.
Our community garden is coming along nicely!
I put in impatiens and aloe and some other stuff, my neighbors went for snapdragons and daisies.
One of my neighbors spray painted the ugly chipped rusty table and chairs a lovely chocolate brown and got some butter yellow seat cushions for the chairs. Her sister (who also lives in the building) bought a barbecue grill for us, and some solar lights to put along the path.
I got a sparkly welcome mat and brought out some funky candle holders and a table cloth.
Another neighbor brought down some beer and ordered pizza, and we had a little fire in the barbecue.
Nice!
Aaaand skipping again, to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is beth's birthday.
Happy birthday, beth! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
They were "reminding" the grieving family that God had intentionally allowed their child to get killed because of our country's failure to be as rabidly homophobic as this "church" is. Improvised Explosive Devices are apparently holy instruments of God's displeasure.
So, they are jihadists, basically. I mean, Bin Ladin's fatwa called for Americans to be killed because we're so immoral...same message.
I guess if you're white, you get fined rather than sent to Guantanamo.
Happy birthday, beth!
Get better, y'all. I guess I am better than I was, since I woke up before my alarm this morning (due to sirens, but I didn't need to go back to sleep), so that's good.
Oh, well, that's nice. Bush and McCain both felt compelled yesterday to temper their remarks on Va Tech with a reiteration of their support for the right to bear arms.
Happy Birthday Beth!
I stayed home yesterday feeling vaguely crappy after a weekend of feeling vaguely crappy. I thinkit helped. And I was feeling well enough last night to start making curtains for my kitchen, and they are the cutest things ever, hot pink gingham with a band of pink and green paisley through them.
happy birthday beth!
Bad news for bacon lovers - Bacon is bad for the lungs. [link]
A Columbia University team found people who ate cured meats at least 14 times a month were more likely to have COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Sad stuff there.
I hope today is better Sue. The curtains do indeed sound cute.