For those who aren't behind or worried about spoilage, there is GA talk in the experimental drama thread. Um, in case there was anyone who didn't actually know already.

Because the guns were made for righties. Okay, but I was using a pump action shotgun. The safety would have been flipped, but I was sucking manipulating it with my right hand anyway. Port loading would have been easier, and the slide release was central, on the front of the trigger guard. Much simpler than shooting Glocks leftie, which is what I usually do, handgun-wise.

See, anyone who knows this much about guns should be able to do whatever she wants. If that means shooting on the left, so be it. IJS. Also, what idjits.

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Crap. I just remembered why I'm WIDE AWAKE, when I should be heading to bed. I had iced coffee late this afternoon. And two beers! But I guess they don't counteract in the long term.

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In defense of letting people shoot right-handed guns left-handed:

Hubby went hunting once and was using a right-handed rifle with some reloaded ammo (ammo where the casings are filled with powder and a slug by someone in his home rather than at a factory). Reloaded ammo is often perfectly safe, but with this batch the reloader had used the wrong powder, much more powerful powder than the round was rated for.

To summarize, Hubby has a two-inch scar on his chin from where the barrel of the rifle peeled off, there's a tiny scar on his temple from where a piece of the breech rebounded, and if he'd been shooting it right-handed, the bolt would have gone through his brain.

So ita is perfectly entitled to shoot leftie.

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Yikes. That's more painful endorsement than I'd hoped for--glad to see how lightly he got off, considering, connie.

I was wondering idly when the fingers on my right hand were going to stop tingling weirdly. A few hours after that initial shot I actually looked at the hand and I've got a massive great bruise on some of the knuckles that's draining blood into the fingers.

Hence the tingling.

No fucking idea where I got it--judging by the tingling I've had it more than twelve hours, but it's only now just started to hurt--undoubtedly because of the swelling.

Which is exacerbated by the naproxen the doctor wants me on. Maybe I'll start the steroids earlier than I'd planned--I figured I'd pay lip service to giving the NSAIDs a chance.

Oh! A thought prompted by something I saw in Spiderman 3 --is it grammatically correct to put an apostrophe between an abbreviation and the following s, be the s for pluralisation or verb agreement? Like the ever popular decade the 90's, or ♥'s, or stuff like that?

It drives me nuts, but I'm willing to stop wrinkling my nose and bitching if it's actually okay.

eta: Belatedly and unrelatedly, I have an issue with wearing anything over my bra with thinner straps than the bra itself. And my bras tend to the industrial side, just to get the mechanics all working. So, even a camisole whose straps will never be seen by anyone but me I don't wear, because they're spaghetti, and my bra is fettucine at the smallest.

Insane? I mean, normal women must wear stuff like that all the time, right? I just have this gradation issue, and maybe if enough people tell me it's stupid I can finally stop. And embrace the lace.

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I figured I'd pay lip service to giving the NSAIDs a chance.

Eh. You know your body. Why not just start the things that actually might work?

And I had an answer to the apostrophe question when I read it. And then I had brilliant arguments for both sides and apparently the High School Debate brain is now in control so I am about to beat my head with a stick until it stops. Then I might have an answer about the apostrophes that I can really get behind again. But not tonight.

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Why not just start the things that actually might work?

I like to pretend sometimes. You should see me in the ER. It's a damned good thing they don't let you go for painkillers by yourself. I can't be trusted to even get enough meds.

Maybe you can give debate brain a rest by looking at my camisole issue and telling me I'm dumb.

How cute is this?

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is it grammatically correct to put an apostrophe between an abbreviation and the following s, be the s for pluralisation or verb agreement? Like the ever popular decade the 90's, or ♥'s, or stuff like that?

My understanding is that there should not be an apostrophe in that case. I used to use one as a matter of course, but recently read that it shouldn't. I was thinking it was in a book on grammar, but it might have been in an email thing, like World Wide Words. I don't remember. But I did find it compelling enough to change my practice. How's that for wishy-washy?

And that's pretty darn cute. I see all these wonderful eBay things through b.org, and yet I have yet to win a bid on anything. Which may be due to the teeny-tiny number of bids I've actually placed. How wrong is that?

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I like to pretend sometimes.

This also explains why I don't have a heat pack on my neck. Not well, but it explains it.

How cute is this?

Very cute. But it seems very breastastic in a cleavagey way that I recall you being uncomfortable with in the past. It's really damn cute though. And a second look shows it landing a little higher on the breast bone than I thought at first.

See? Give me an issue and I have both sides now. Me and Judy Collins.

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I'm not a small anymore, but I covet it. And I'd just wear it to bed. I've always had a fascination with the long cotton nighties, although I sleep in flannel PJs and shelf-bra camis more often than not.

Maybe today has made me want to be pretty.

I did feel the righteous indignation of the unapologetically female when getting ready for the movies tonight. Unfortunately not much I own fits, so point-making is difficult. Still, short skirt and eye makeup will have to do. I mean, to make a point--not as a complete outfit.

Okay, Percoset's kicked in. Time to doze in front of TV. I have so much to watch, I may never catch up.

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Oh, it's covetable. I have the same fascination and then get all twisted up when I try it for real.

Still, short skirt and eye makeup will have to do. I mean, to make a point--not as a complete outfit.

Well it would make a point but maybe not the one you wanted. Pretty sure that short skirt and eye makeup as a part of the outfit though? Pointastic.

Am zonking myself. Need to go heat the neck thing and fall asleep on it.

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