Make note of the ingredients in the facemask so you can avoid them at all possible costs in the future. And treat like everyone says.

I should have been clearer when I wrote earlier, but I was out of it. But this diet, if I try it, isn't about weight loss, it's about clearing out my system of unwanted beasties, and so it's kind of all or nothing. And it needs to be about 3 weeks or so.

I'm starting out slowly, just cutting fruit and sweets first, and cutting down on carbs for now. Next week I can try to cut them out completely. I'll undoubtedly still eat dairy, if only to vary eggs with yogurt for breakfast. And I need to cut out alcohol, too, but that's no biggie (having already done that a few times in my life).

Maintenance was in my apartment today. I only know this because there were lights on that I don't use and they'd moved a chair from in front of the utility closet. I wish they'd left a note. I fear they may have tried to "fix" the unit (for the billionth time) when really they need to replace the damned thing. I'll have to go ask tomorrow.

In other infrastructure news, I'm waiting for one of the roads I commute on to collapse. It's had one water main leak running for over a week now. And seams further down the hill are leaking too. It creeps me the hell out, because the road in front of my house collapsed due to a water main break. A car drove over it, scraped on a bit of swollen road and as soon as it passed, GLURP. A carsized section of road sank into a 10 foot deep hole. Kinda want to avoid witnessing that again.

I got the new covers.

They're not really saying anything to me.

And they need to stop with the word "geekdom" in the subtitle. I don't even think it needs a subtitle.

The cover with the pink marshmallow peeps with blood moustaches in a puddle of blood was very Jilli, though.

An article made for billytea: Solving the Mystery of Ducks' Genitalia (NYT). [link]

That is fantastic. There should be more articles like this. "Dr. Brennan was oblivious to bird phalluses until 1999." And the Argentinian lake duck gets in (so to speak) as world champion! But there's no mention of the homosexual mallard necrophiliac rapist. It seems a glaring omission.

Wait, they don't want to use the mouse one or what? Or are these more possibilities?

Make note of the ingredients in the facemask so you can avoid them at all possible costs in the future. And treat like everyone says.

Seriously -- yikes!

Good luck with the food stuff, Burrell....

And Yay for Stephanie!

I forget what else.

They don't want to use the mouse.

I'm sort of at a loss, just because the subtitle makes me so nuts.

But I like the mouse.

The mouse is on my wall at work.

Tell them the lurkers support you in email!

OK, not helpful. Hrm.