Thousands of Nonnas can't be wrong!

I know! And it's better tasting than the concoction the doc prescribed me for the sore throat from hell: a combo of Maalox, Benadryl, and lidocaine that is to be gargled AND SWALLOWED every six hours. It works, but the taste is nasty.

Happy B-Day, Gadget Girl!

Kanga. AND Piglet.

Or maybe Rabbit's collective friends and relations.

Bless you, David, Maria - and I must apologise, really, because who the hell needs to know this stuff? Evidently it's weighing on my ass mind quite a bit at present, though - I have this dreadful cartoon imagination presenting me with images of some kind of Mr Creosote-style untimely demise being the eventual result of my plight! Can you imagine the funeral orations? "Here lies Fay, at least all those bits we could scrape off the ceiling and the walls and wring out of the carpet when she went BOOM! Let this be a warning to all those who ignore fibre that they do so at their peril!"

Fay, oh loveliest Fay, please don't exploderate.

Debung your hole and unleash the mighty River Cloaca.

Sheeee-it! t /Clay Davis

I hope I'm not too late to say:

Happy Birthday Gadget Girl!!!!

Crazy day, but not in a bad way. We did day 1 of interviewing ass't boss replacement. It actually turned into an interesting conversation reminding me why I like where I work. If only the corner office folk would retire. :: sigh ::

No fair KT gets to go to session!! I wants to go! :: pout ::

Hey ND, is our favorite director in town or still on the dingy? Had a question for him on a show in our lil barn. Just wondering if it will make his head explode or not.

Fay, please don't pull an Elvis on us. I wish much passage~ma to your lower GI.

Speaking of GI, I am not looking forward to Friday's battery of tests. Uggg. Anyone have recommendations for easy drinking of the barium, and easy vacating of it?

Hey ND, is our favorite director in town or still on the dingy? Had a question for him on a show in our lil barn. Just wondering if it will make his head explode or not.

Yes, he's in town. We're all here in the midst of meetings and recording sessions. We leave to go back to the ocean on March 5th.

Thanks -t, MFNlaw, Fay, WindSparrow and omnis!

DH got me a wonderful gift...a Rebel XTi! I've taken a few picts with it and can't wait to have some time to really play with it some. Well, with 3 Mustangs in various stages of modification/restoration, an adorable coonhound and plenty of students working on the production and class projects there should be plenty of opportunities.

Fay is fruit forbidden on your new diet? Also can you remind me of what book it was that you were reading that led to your diet?

No, fruit isn't forbidden - but it's just berries that are recommended during the Ongoing Weight Loss period - which is where I'll be at for the next year or so. (I had strawberries yesterday, actually - they're in season at the moment, and yummy like woah.) Good Calories, Bad Calories, it was, by Gary Taubes. And, I should make it clear, my current predicament is entirely due to experimenting outside the parameters of Dr Atkins' list of foods - evidently Protein Powder shakes really do not agree with me. Not one little bit.

Anyway, if I'm still feeling dodgy tomorrow I'm going to resort to prunes, I think - no point trying to stay on plan whilst not being well. Get fixed, then get back on plan.

No, fruit isn't forbidden - but it's just berries that are recommended during the Ongoing Weight Loss period.

Ah, I was going to suggest pears and figs. You have my sympathy. Adding a multivitamin to my diet a couple of week ago left me in a similar predicament.

Good Calories, Bad Calories, it was, by Gary Taubes

I thought so. I was reading In Defense of Food the other day and the author mentions that book a couple of times, both good and bad references. I thought you might be interested.