all this talk of Neti pots. Dude. My sinuses are KILLING me. My right cheek is throbbing from pressure. And I've gone thru a few boxes of tissues this week. Ugg. But I agree with Jessica:

but....ew! Water up nose!

I'll see how I feel after work tomorrow. If I'm still feeling bad, I'll swing by CVS on the way home. ick.

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I've been bad and skimmed a little bit. What's up with the Not Having Time To Do What I Want, anyways?

So far, we had a full 24 hours day without rockets in the south (the cease fire is on both sides, but if you don't mind, I'm looking at the meme aspect of this). I can't tell you how much relief that is. It's like a feeling of pure wonder. It's been only 22 days of hell and chaos, but the idea that I can listen again to music when I'm reaching Rocketland, go to places that are further away from 60 minutes running to the nearest shelter/flight of stairs is just... Wow. And without fear, or being on constant alert to see if I hear the sirens (yes, I know Gaza had it much worse, and yet. I'm talking about myself). And not constant worrying for my friends.

On that matter, although I don't agree with everything he writes, I think the last Grossman column is worth reading.

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And I'm releasing some more feel better~ma all around.

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On that matter, although I don't agree with everything he writes, I think the last Grossman column is worth reading.

That was a pretty interesting column.

I, once again, can't get to sleep. Not sure why.

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Oh, Hil. Sending sleep~ma your way.

And say, do you knit?

(Also, if I may steal a moment of contentment for myself: after 6 and something hours of work, my 30%-of-the-final-grade sociology paper is now done. And I'm quite approve of it. Anything under 80 will disappoint me very much).

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I'm with omnis: I've gone through boxes and boxes of tissues this week, my nose is bright red, my sinuses are throbbing, my teeth are protesting, but...water up my nose? ACK! I never managed to learn how to properly swim or dive, because I would never stop holding my nose, because the water in the pool kept GOING UP MY NOSE if I didn't!

So, um, neti pot just seems like an awful idea. And yet, relief seems like such a blessed idea...

Though fingers crossed, the cold may be going away. Of course, now I'm worried that my girl has something else entirely, since she's hacking up a lung. I was worried I gave her my cold but if I get what she has instead, I'll be very unhappy with my body...

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I can haz Wii!

Did I already say that here? I don't think so. But I confess that pretty much all I did all weekend was slay monsters and fight beasts with my invisible Sword of Wii. It was THE BEST WEEKEND EVER!!!!!

Also, the Lego Batman Game is the funniest thing in the history of ever. Because Batman is so totally grumpy and badass and TheGoddamnBatman, whilst simultaneously being a small Lego figure. And because I'm crap at the game, he keeps dying, and making a really pissed off "Uhhh!" sound every time he falls off something due to my incompetence. Also because I am crap at the game, I randomly go and beat up Lego!Robin from time to time, just for the catharsis.

(Mind you, Robin is a bit pathetic and incompetent. So I have concluded he isn't Dick, but don't know which Robin he might be. Maybe he's just TV!Robin? Don't know. But Lego!Batman is made of win!!!)

I felt bad about being crap at Tombraider, because Lara kept dying, and she's so competent, and I'm so not competent-making, and I felt like I kept letting Angelina Jolie down. Which, since I fancy her, was a bit conflicty.

So I'm sticking to the SWORDS: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors game, and slaying the hell out of every monster in sight with my invisible sword. Go me! (I have high hopes of the Zelda game.)

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I'm going to a viewing.

d, that is a very supportive and caring thing for you to do.

To all the DCistas, whether out and about, wrangling my kid's favorite kid, or camped out in the basement (I see you there Sparky), may your day be bright and not to snarled.

Happy New President Day everyone.

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Mind you, Robin is a bit pathetic and incompetent. So I have concluded he isn't Dick, but don't know which Robin he might be.

NONE of the Robins are pathetic and incompetent! t /Robin apologist

Although Jason Todd is a bit of a psycho.

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Shir! Your report makes me happy, that there haven't been rockets. Woo! And might I add, Hoo!

The whole idea of neti pots makes my nose itch. I'm sure they're very refreshing, but....ew! Water up nose!

They are weird. But once you get what angle to hold your head to allow the water to drain out properly without going down the back of the throat, it's more or less a good weird. The results are definitely good enough to overcome any lingering icky-weird. YnetipotMV. I find it highly pleasant compared to the home remedy for cleaning out sinuses taught to me as a child by my Ears, Nose and Throat man (I didn't have a pediatrician, I had an ENT). His solution was to make a paste of equal parts salt, baking soda and hot water, and then snort it. Very, very effective for cleaning out one's sinuses. But please do not try it unless you are very desperate. It will clean out your sinuses. Let's be very clear about that. But you won't like me anymore, nay, you will hate me, curse my name, and question my parentage for at least 5 minutes after you do it. Whereas you get very similar results with a neti pot, only with less swearing.

By the way, for those of you using prepackaged salt and baking soda measures, if you find it stings at all, you may need to break away from the prepackaged stuff, and experiment with the amounts and proportions due to variations in the mineral content of your local water supply.

Yeah, I just got home from work a little bit ago. It's not the coworker's spleen that's getting operated on, but her son's. Which is probably better for us in that she will be back to work rather sooner than if she were recouperating from surgery, but not better for her, I think. ~ma for Trent would be a lovely thing, please and thank you.

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