mac's therapist thinks I should get a therapist. I said I had neither the time nor the money, and as far as I could tell - therapy would not give me more time in the day or extra pairs of hands, so I didn't really see the point. She gave me the other therapist's contact info. head desk.

VIEIRA: Do you Twitter, or tweet?

COLBERT: I have "twatted".

Hilarious! I've never twittered or tweeted, but I have twitted a few deserving people in my time.

"Twat" was my standard term for people on Twitter. It's just such a nice parallel with "tweet" for the message itself. And then work got heavy into twittering.

Twit, twat, twut?

ita, I hope this round of treatment gives you more relief. I do know how you feel. I rather despaired after karate made me have to have my knee surgery redone, and I had to come to terms with the fact that I would never be able to move in stances again, which meant the end of Shotokan. It's hard for me to think about something like Tai Chi after I spent a decade mocking it. I've tried it, but the instructors have been too New Age for me. I've thought about Aikido, but I don't think it would offer the adrenaline rush.

ita, Hubby gives you his full sympathy and asks me to tell you to be prepared for people to think, in a couple of years, that you can't possibly know what you're doing because they don't remember you kicking anybody's butt.

Alternately, unless the bulging discs are a result of krav, taking out the damage could free you up to get back out there. It was the degenerative nature of Hubby's spine that pulled him out of the SCA.

In Me medical news, I have a seriously spasming neck, and I'm not sure why. Tuesday morning I woke up to a stiff neck, so somehow I pulled somethng wrong, and trying to protect it has aggrivated it. Hubby took me to the doctor, who gave me some muscle relaxants, then sent me to a physical therapist for some manipulation. We'll see how this works.

For those of you who watched Days of Our Lives back in the day, I'm watching some old clips, and Steve just called Marcus "homie." Ouch.

Rachel Maddow in Vanity Fair: Revenge of the Nerd

Strange interview....

Anyway, Miss “Cable Queen,” as Vogue calls you, do you suffer from any paraphilia?
Paraphilia?

Listen to this saucy pedant. Paraphilia is having a rare erotic fetish. Perhaps you may indulge in eproctophilia?
Duh?

Darling! Eproctophiliacs are those sexually turned on by farts and farting!
That word actually exists?

It is the current rage of Mayfair high society in jolly, kinky London. G.W. will admit to his Caesarophilia—erotic fascination with royalty. Especially that redhead Prince Harry. G.W. has been fantasizing more than ever of tossing that royal salad. I would floss every strand of that red burr to perfection!
He did just break up with his girlfriend.

Exactly. Prince Harry is single and now ready for his bi-flingual.
He’s getting a little tummy.

At least he’s not losing all his hair like William. By the way, before your Peacock Network makeover, didn’t you have a dyke-stache?
A what?

Facial hair over your lip—a dyke-stache.
I never had any facial hair in my life.

Thank you for that clarification, darling. And thank you for such a wonderful meeting!

Autopsy reports that Natasha Richardson died of an epidural hematoma: [link]

Occurs in 1-3% of head injuries and is fatal 15-20% of the time. Just unlucky.

I just got off the phone with Chrysler's customer service. They're calling the dealership to invesigate my power steering problem. Don't know if they can do anything for me, but at least it's worth a shot. It'd be nice if they paid for part of the repairs but I'm not holding my breath.

There's a great article on Rachel Maddow in the latest issue of Bitch.

Insta-food rec: TJ's Spicy garlic noodle bowl with chicken.

I'm trying it for the first time, and it's yummy, and the veggies actually stayed pretty crisp.