On the jammed finger front, mine 'healed' crooked. Doc told me to see a specialist for straightening, but I just had a sadistic friend do it instead. Ice, anti-inflammatories and splinting between bouts of intense pain were required to maximise the progress-not sure you want to put a loved one through that, but one can play at home.

What do you call a nom de plume when it’s in a non-writing context? Nom de microphone?

Pseudonym? Stage name? Possibly, in the case of your ficcy alter-ego, nom d'enfer?

I keep hoping to see baby pix from Jessica. Hope all is going swimmingly!

I am eating dark chocolate and lo, it is delicious.

For father's day, I ordered my dad deep milk chocolate with smoked salt . . . and bacon.

For father's day, I ordered my dad deep milk chocolate with smoked salt . . . and bacon.

I ordered my dad everything off of his Amazon wish list. It was four things. People. Do you not know the purpose of a wish list???

deep milk chocolate with smoked salt . . . and bacon.

My dad would love that but my mother would kill me & Dad's cardiologist would loan her the bat to beat me with.

Pseudonym? Stage name? Possibly, in the case of your ficcy alter-ego, nom d'enfer?

Stage name is probably what I was looking for, 'cause I was looking for it for the singer-types. They're not fake names, at least [last name] isn't, I don't know about [first name]. (Hec? Can I assume that Melanie is Melanie's real first name?)

Huh, you know my background is totally Heinz-57, maybe I really AM part Bracchen demon. Irish/English/German/French/Dutch/Scottish/Navajo/Bracchen.

Gotta go back and read the rest of that fic. The way she introduced the character definitely made it seem like she was going to use it. Can't wait to see what I'll do next...

Oh, and toe-ma, Seany. I have no advice, but I offer good wishes. And glitter. There could be groping, too, since I'm already warmed up!

::gropes Beej::

Whoowhoo baybee!

In? do you know how often I say things like " my Buffy friends" or "on my boards .." .

In my case, several times a day.

Sean, I've broken my big toe and gone to the doctor with it, and all he did was tape it to the next two toes to immobilize it. Otherwise, all there is is ice, elevation and cursing. When I did it, the toe turned purple and then the purple worked its way up my foot in kind of a wide purple stripe. It was kind of entertaining.

Later, I spent eight years in karate and became pretty blase about broken toes.

In? do you know how often I say things like " my Buffy friends" or "on my boards .." .

Oh dog. Me too. "We were discussing today, in my online community..blah, blah." My mundane friends appreciate y'all in a big way. They learn things they never would otherwise.

I've broken a toe and done the ice/sit with my leg elevated on a wall/taped it to the next two toes and everything turned out alright Sean. Except of course for the searing pain and the queasiness it caused.

I hope yours heals quickly.