I've been taking Hall's vitamin C drops (sugarless, mixed citrus flavor) - they don't have the menthol, but they do soothe the throat. You know what really opens up your sinuses? Altoids.

Does your brain need its perceptual settings checked? Look at today's Astronomy Picture. It's a sort of picture of the earth and moon, then check the caption.

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I just had a call from a customer thanking me for fixing her indexing problem. I never did figure out her problem, and now it is fixed. Shiny! I love when that happens, which isn't often enough.

I despise menthol, but it's so much better at soothing a sore throat than the alternatives.

I've been using the honey lemon menthols in conjunction with DayQuil and vast amounts of herbal tea.

Also: insent.

Does your brain need its perceptual settings checked? Look at today's Astronomy Picture. It's a sort of picture of the earth and moon, then check the caption.

I was arrested when I tried to take a similar picture while studying the subject of that picture in college. Turns out it was illegal to lie on the floor and take such pictures. One of the local professors was able to get me released on the grounds of my extraordinary stupidity

I was arrested when I tried to take a similar picture while studying the subject of that picture in college.

There's probably a minimum-doctoral-limit before you can take that picture.

I looked at that picture and went, "That's not an astronomy picture. Why do they have a picture of [what it really is] pretending to be an astronomy picture?" Way before I read the caption.

I looked at the picture and was thinking, "Now where does Indiana Jones stick the staff thingie into the ground so the jewel thingie will show where the Ark of the Covenant is buried?"

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church has effectively buried the concept of limbo, the place where centuries of tradition and teaching held that babies who die without baptism went.

In a long-awaited document, the Church's International Theological Commission said limbo reflected an "unduly restrictive view of salvation."

Is this a big deal? (not being Catholic.)

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Say, if I made up a salad of chopped cucumber, tomatos, olives, and avocado on Tuesday night (and covered it all with vinegar and lemon juice), would it still be okay to eat today? Or would the kinda-brown avocado bits taste ooky or make me unwell?

It should be fine. Maybe a little brown but the lemon juice should help reduce the browning.