I'm going to stop by Walgreens on the way home and see if I can find any of their house brand version of Claritin to clear up the horrible pressure on my ears. The sore throat I can deal with (mostly), but the ears are really killing me.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Kathy A - Apr 23, 2007 11:35:21 am PDT #4020 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 11:39:12 am PDT #4021 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dana, have you tried drugstore.com?
Dana - Apr 23, 2007 12:00:17 pm PDT #4022 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
drugstore.com has the blue stuff in the new formulation, but not with pseudoephedrine.
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2007 12:38:34 pm PDT #4023 of 10001
brillig
There was a headache pill called Cope that was the only thing that could touch my near migraines, but it disappeared. This was probably abotu 20 years ago. I wonder what was in it that was going to turn my potential offspring into two-headed monsters.
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 12:40:02 pm PDT #4024 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
drugstore.com has the blue stuff in the new formulation, but not with pseudoephedrine.
Oh, now that's just mean.
tommyrot - Apr 23, 2007 12:40:28 pm PDT #4025 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is one of the best SciFi novellas I've ever read (although I haven't read as many as some here have). You can read the whole thing here: Missile Gap by Charles Stross
From Booklist:
“With the dazzling success of his last two novels, including the Hugo-nominated Accelerando (2005), Stross is rapidly establishing himself as one of the preeminent masters of hard sf. Here he takes a breather from weightier fare with a bizarre, nevertheless brilliant alternate-history novella featuring a protracted U.S.-Soviet cold war…Once again, Stross sets the bar high for his colleagues, should they be feeling competitive, in this mind-bending, intriguing yarn.”
Sheryl - Apr 23, 2007 12:45:36 pm PDT #4026 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm waiting for the vet to call me back. I switched Boots to the special formula catfood and she has gotten sick 4 times in the last week.(Including at 5:15 am this morning) I don't know what's wrong.
In less scary, but rather annoying news, I picked up the books I requested from ILL only to discover that one of them is due tomorrow. Obviously, it'll be overdue.
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 12:46:57 pm PDT #4027 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You can read the whole thing here: Missile Gap by Charles Stross
I love that he puts his stuff online for free. (Even if I never got around to finishing the eBook version of Accelerando and wound up buying it in paperback anyway.)
sarameg - Apr 23, 2007 1:04:21 pm PDT #4028 of 10001
It's really annoying that most of my kitchen outlets (and it turns out, half my diningroom ones) are on the same circuit. Fridge+ microwave, or fridge+ toaster oven cycling on close to each other trips the circuits. Happens at least once a day. Running the micro on defrost is almost impossible.
At least the switches are right above the microwave.
sarameg - Apr 23, 2007 1:09:49 pm PDT #4029 of 10001
Oh jeezus. Why do the freight trains suddenly start using their whistle as they pass when I have to have all my windows open (and am about 100 feet away)? They normally never blow it here. Scared the hell out of me plus, deafening.