Harvey is purring endlessly for me this afternoon. If I could bottle his purr and ship it overseas, it could solve world peace. It's impossible to want to hurt any other being while listening to it. All you want to do is hug and snuggle.

I finally got an email back from my advisor with comments on my conference talk slides. Actually useful comments, too. (Including pointing out two typos. Oops.) And one place where he said that I could get rid of a sentence, because "it would be absurd to assume anything else." OK. I can fix all of this.

Anxiety level slowly declining from "terrified" to "scared, but I can do it."

Pink Ouija board: [link] This is the least mysterious-looking Ouija board I have ever seen.

There's also pink Scrabble [link] Scrabble needs a "girl" version?

I read somewhere that gay rights groups were pressuring Match.com to open up membership for same-sex dating. Does this mean they're not bi-friendly?

That was eHarmony - they were sued and forced by the courts (I believe the founders were righty religious types). I thought Match always had same sex options, AFAIK, but I don't know how that translates to bi.

Not that I've done either, though I really should consider it.

I was at an engagement party last week actually and it turns out they'd met on Match.

Oh you're right, it was eHarmony. Maybe I should check out match.com.

Several years and two kids ago, my bff got married to a man she met on Match.com. They are quite happy together. Also, because of their happy ending, a coworker of hers and a cousin of his signed up, and ended up dating each other. Don't know the end of that story, as I never think to ask when I'm talking to her.

hmm. My sneaky little foray over to Match.com seems to indicate that I'd have to decide whether I'm seeking a man or a woman. Dang my Kinsey score!

I went out and got some oj so I'm drinking watered down oj (so far 3 12 oz glasses - I had drunk 3 12 oz glasses of water prior to that). I do feel better if not yet 100% and I think that when I was away at Christmas I probably spent days eating too much stuff that was salty etc and not drinking enough water.

I may have to start filling my saved plastic liter bottles so I can keep track of the amount of water I'm getting and also bring some to work.

tee hee...

Me: I had a torta for lunch so I must be feeling better

Mom: is that Mexican?

Me: Mexamerican, I think. It's a sandwich.

Mom: OK, now I know..........is it fried, like a monte cristo, except with tortillas?

Me: no, it's on a bun with tomatoes, lettuce and your choice of meat. At Baja Fresh it comes with a creamy taco sauce that I like to pour on between bites because it's really drippy. In Chicago they just used mayo but you could get one with breaded beef that was totally nummy.

Mom: so it really is truly a sandwich, just like an American Sandwich! Have to try one sometime

Me: Did you know August is National Sandwich month?

Mom: every month is sandwich month according to my taste!

An article about a new type of bra: [link] - the emphasis is on comfort rather than uplift.