Zen, two years ago I started agitating to have a law banning Segway tours from the sidewalks downtown enforced. It had reached the point that it wasn't safe to walk on the sidewalks in the area around my office and, contrary to the law, the tour companies would not only use the sidewalks but to disregard any kind of courtesy or safety.

Almost exactly 18 months later, it started having an effect. So ... persistance, nagging, bringing in anyone you can, will pay off. Eventually.

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That was an exhausting day. I had the job interview in Richmond. I think the interview went OK, but I'm not really sure. I was being interviewed by four people, and one of them kept commenting on how young I was, and another one, twice, responded to my answer to a question by laughing and saying, "I love her honesty!" when I didn't think I'd said anything all that remarkable. So, I really don't know.

Hey, smonster. Want some veggies? Amyth's not splitting our share this week, as she doesn't think she can eat any of it before she leaves. I have cabbage, green onions, and, even with the addition of sauteeing, some of the summer squash that I'd love to share.

Calling you... now.

Y'all are so hardcore! I love it. We put our trash out about once a month or so. My roommate unfortunately eats a lot of fast food, and I can't really control that.

I wore a different brand of sock than usual today, and now the foot and ankle that I wear the brace on is bright red and bumpy and itchy. I'm just having a moment of, "Seriously? Socks? I can get this uncomfortable just from socks?"

I'm just having a moment of, "Seriously? Socks? I can get this uncomfortable just from socks?"

did you wash them before you wore them? If not, it might be the sizing that they put in to make them look nice on the little hanger.

did you wash them before you wore them? If not, it might be the sizing that they put in to make them look nice on the little hanger.

Yeah, I did. My best guess right now is that they're a little bit more slippery than the other brand, and so the brace, which I wear over a sock, was slipping around and rubbing against my skin.

Hil, that sucks. And I really hope you hear soon on a job! A really good one in a great place. With Jewish people, even!

And I really hope you hear soon on a job! A really good one in a great place. With Jewish people, even!

Would you have to lob holy hand grenades at me if I said, "Amen to that!"?

Any buffistas with medical knowledge around?

My ortho wants me to take Glucosomine, chondroitin, MSM and vitamin c.

The problem is that he wants me to take Glucosomine Sulfate and almost ALL of the glucosomine that's available and combined with chondroitin is glucosomine HCL. The chondroitin is sulfate.

What would the difference in effectiveness be between the two different sorts of glucosomine and is the one combined with chondroitin most often HCL because the chondroitin is a sulfate?

Thanks!

sumi, I take a formula with Glucosamine HCL, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), and hyaluronic acid. Sulfur is good for joints and skin, and the MSM has the sulfur. Hyaluronic acid is also good for joints and skin.

According to some research I've read, adding the chondroitin to the mix isn't any better.