I'm sorry, ita. I hope the positive effects kick in soon.

Banana flavor is the worst, to me. I like fake cherry, but then I like the taste of cherry cough syrup. I probably have good associations with cough syrup, though, in that the coughing would stop and if I was bad enough to get drugged up I probably wasn't going into school that day. So fake cherry flavor = sitting on the couch with the cat, reading books and not getting hit by the little bastards at Ella White Elementary. Evocative thing, flavor.

ita, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that the positive effects are everything you hoped for and more.

I'll add to the chorus of "fake banana flavor is nast."

Oddly enough, I used to like fake banana and also fake watermelon flavor as a kid. But sometime in my twenties, the flavor profile went from "ooh, yummy!" to "chemical warfare." I also used to love, love, love grape flavoring, but NSM recently.

David, the "carpaccio" was cooked, right? Just checking.

Oh, and especially for bon bon: I forgot to post yesterday that I finally walked by Roger Clark doing the Man-on-the-Street thing! (Since I walk by the stock exchange every day, I often see TV cameras, but never a recognizable reporter.)

Spare Cat is turning out to be Glare Cat. At least she's not trying to escape from the study... yet. I think I'll at least wait until she's comfortable with me before she's unsequestered. Besides, if she gets out, we'll never EVER find her again, unless we use Hav-A-Hart traps.

I am trying very hard to not already hate today. I slept well, but I am on day three of tweaked neck and shoulder. Not excrutiating, but constant and with some movements sharp pangs.

Also, the pile of work that never goes away, despite me getting some things off every single day. grr.

More importantly, is he single?

I was gonna say... why do you taunt us?

Random. My Tivo keeps switching over to Al Sharpton's talk show in the mornings. It's actually quite interesting, with pretty thoughtful and hard-hitting discussions. Certainly a lot more meat to it than most of the Sunday morning panel shows. And the set is a barbershop with people actually getting haircuts in the background.

ita, my fingers are staying crossed for you.

All artificial "fruit" candy flavors are gross. This is why I stick to desserts made of chocolate and peanut butter.

Chocolate and peanut butter should never be mixed together.

IJS.

Brenda, I wondered why my TiVo keeps being switched to a random local channel in the morning sometimes. Turns out that TiVo Inc buys an "informercial" slot in the early AM so that the TiVo promos that show up from time to time on their starred menu can be recorded!