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.

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

I bought the squirty kind instead of the pouring kind. Basically, put the nozzle up one nostril, squeeze the bottle, do some breathing thing that I haven't quite figured out yet, and in a second or two, it comes out the other nostril. (Or, in my case so far, some of it comes out the other nostril, and some drips down the back of your throat. But I think I'm getting better at it.)

I bought the squirty kind instead of the pouring kind. Basically, put the nozzle up one nostril, squeeze the bottle, do some breathing thing that I haven't quite figured out yet, and in a second or two, it comes out the other nostril.

huh. It seems like the pouring kind would be easier to control.

imagining something involving headstands and advanced yoga techniques.

Hardly. It's just a matter of tilting your head at the right angle.

The John Mayer song that I usually rail against is "Daughters," but this one also really rankles.

The song that really baffles me at the moment is the latest by Jessica Mauboy. (She's an Australian Idol runner-up, don't know if she released anything in America, though she did a duet with Flo Rida.) Anyway, what made her think that the world was crying out for a love song with the lyrics "I need a doctor, 'cause this is starting to burn"?

Anyway, what made her think that the world was crying out for a love song with the lyrics "I need a doctor, 'cause this is starting to burn"?

snerk.

The current American song that's annoying me is Katy Pery. The first few lines, as far as I can tell, are "You change your mind like a girl changes clothes. Yeah you PMS like a chick, I should know."

I bought the squirty kind instead of the pouring kind.

I bought a ceramic neti pot at a local co-op. According to its tag it was made at a women's collective in California. It's purple. I'm pretty sure I was wearing my birkenstocks when I bought it, too.

Hippie-schmippie. It broke a serious allergy-head cold cycle I had going last fall.

I bought a ceramic neti pot at a local co-op. According to its tag it was made at a women's collective in California. It's purple. I'm pretty sure I was wearing my birkenstocks when I bought it, too.

Hee. I got mine at CVS. It's blue and white plastic, and the box is covered with info on how effective it is and endorsements from doctors. It comes with a bunch of individually-packaged sterile packets of salt/baking soda solution to mix with the water.

Ha. I saw a pretty one at our local organic grocery. But I bought cereal instead.

Two Lumps namechecked neti pots today!!

Speaking of great music from yesterday's concert (we were talking about that here, right?), I lovedlovedloved Jon Bon Jovi's duet with Betty Lavette, whom I had never heard of before, but now want to buy her albums. She's terrific! (And Bon Jovi was wonderful with her.)