Yes, it's a pretty good drug. Very low side effects, and definitely lowers your cholesterol. There's some question, however, whether that is REALLLY going to make you less likely to die, but they do help lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. So it's probably still a good plan.

When I was in Pennsylvania, I would just stand at windows and stare. Green. Everywhere. With no sprinklers. Trees tightly packed and hanging over the roads, and no one planted them.

Connie is me (same corner of PA, too, I think). I did the same thing when I was at my nephew's wedding in St. Louis in May. I walked around fondling the leaves 'n' stuff and completely geeked out over the Missouri Botanical Gardens. They are awesome. I saw a cardinal, too! So exciting.

What was it about the SF2F? I went freakin' crazy and have avoided you all ever since.

Ironic that I missed it, but I was helping my sister drive her RV back to NorCal from PV Mexico. Turned out to be fun.

So very cool:

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Save the stump!

I have this reputation as an organized person, but I actually veer between order and chaos. I'll get my bookshelves all in order, or I'll make a to-do list and stick by it, but then I'll fall off the wagon and the whole system goes to hell. Then, once the clutter and chaos and things left undone get out of hand and start stressing me out, I make lists and sort objects again...until the effort gets overwhelming and it all falls apart.

I really wish I could find the happy medium, because I'm not fond of that particular roller-coaster.

The one set of objects that STAYS organized is the Precioussss, I mean my research collections, all my beautiful books about Wellington and Napoleon and Jane Austen and riflemen and Waterloo and other such delightful things. They're lovingly alphabetized, and whenever I go to get a book from that shelf, I spend an extra 15 minutes or so admiring my beautiful, beautiful books. And the one thing I consistently find the time to do no matter what is write. I wish I could apply the same relentless focus to the rest of my life, but for me I think focus requires passion.

Yes, it's a pretty good drug. Very low side effects, and definitely lowers your cholesterol. There's some question, however, whether that is REALLLY going to make you less likely to die, but they do help. However, it's probably still a good plan.

Ah, hmm. See I don't know how I feel about that, isn't the point to lower the likelihood of heart attack & stroke? Certainly for me that'd be an important reason to want to take it.

Sorry, see my edits, Burrell--it does help. They're generally considered EXTREMELY helpful for "high risk" patients. (I feel I should insert a "IANAD" here). And they're safe enough that they've been considered for possible over the counter status on the idea that they might be helpful for everyone. But the thing is, for "low risk" patients is where the debate on actual helpfulness in reducing mortality (though they still lower cholesterol) comes in. As to whether you are a "high risk" patient, or whether you are low risk but might still benefit...well, that's the "I am not a doctor" part of it. :)

I have to be up in four and a half hours to go to the airport. Why can I not sleep?

Okay, thanks meara, that helps a lot.

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Sorry I missed your call. Even sadder that your layover isn't long enough. Although, at that hour, I wouldn't be able to visit anyway, so, prob for the best.

Since there was a lot of lament earlier about visiting and missing, let it be known, I very much miss all my LAista peeps! very very much.

Today, I was very much twarted by a lil 3" cd. Yup. A USB -> 232 adapter had it's drivers on a lil 3" cd. So small, that it will not (or not supposed to try to) load into a slot drive, like the one in my fancy schmancy MacBook. So, I go to the old office, and boot the crappy computer. It has THREE cd drives. Of course, the first two didn't work. Hours. HOURS. Which meant I wasn't reading my bitches all day. :: sigh :: So, hair pats and hugs all around.

I HATE those little CDs. I have a reference book that came with one several years ago (nursing drug guide) that I was never able to install on my home laptop because it was a powerbook before it was my current macbook.