We were talking about Neti pots here, right? I just tried one, and it did make my sinuses feel a whole lot better, but I also kept getting some of the salt water dripping down into the back of my throat. Any way to prevent this? I was also getting some (gross font) bloody stuff coming out, but since part of the reason I started using it was that I was getting nosebleeds, I figure that's maybe to be expected.

re: the whitefont, Hil, it's probably traces of previous events.

I'm reading that HBO didn't choose to cut Bishop Robinson's prayer- they were told by the Obama team to cut it. I'm looking for more solid evidence to support this, so far I'm only finding it on blogs. I haven't watched this yet since I'm at work but it should be video of the prayer.

Hil, it took a couple of tries for me to get the neti pot breathing right. If you keep on breathing in and out through your mouth while pouring the water from the pot through your nasal passages, you can pretty much keep the water from going down your throat. It's when I breath in and stop before breathing out (or out, stop, and in) that the water tends to take unwanted paths.

pouring the water from the pot through your nasal passages, you can pretty much keep the water from going down your throat.

Where is it supposed to go?

Also, gah! I'm afraid a neti pot is not in my future.

Hil, you have to get the right angle to hold your head, which is not just to the side, but also sort of -- slightly -- forward, which also avoids getting water in your throat.

It's icky if you get it in your throat, but you can just spit it out. Apparently there's an "advanced" neti pot technique that involves this very thing.

Where is it supposed to go?

Through your sinuses and out the other nostril.

I was pretty resistant, because of the "ew," but two straight weeks of sinus pain and a few days of nosebleeds convinced me to give it a shot.

Through your sinuses and out the other nostril.

t picturing the logistics, imagining something involving headstands and advanced yoga techniques.

I sense Googling in my future to figure out how this should work.

Despite resistence to everything hippie, I'm a total Neti pot convert. It's disgusting but effective.

I just saw a reference to a neti pot as a nose bidet! I'm not sure if I'm highly amused or not. I'm leaning towards amused.

Edit: Ah, it's Oprah's term. Being as I avoid most things Oprah, that explains why I never heard it before.