I took them for a week and a half without a reaction, and then last night I started scratching madly in my sleep. Didn't even realize until I started getting dressed. Lovely!

guess I can look forward to more?

Not necessarily. Like I said, I shouldn't call the fluoroquinolone thing an allergy, because it isn't -- it's just that the side effects are badass (tendon rupture being the most notable -- and increasingly common -- one).

The fluoroquinolones are Cipro, Avelox, and Levaquin; they're effective as hell because they're broad-spectrum. And if my life were in danger, I would definitely take them, and deal with the side effects later. I'd rather be alive with screwed-up tendons than dead. But I had a doctor prescribe Cipro for an ear infection, and it jacked my tendons up for about 6 weeks. Never again.

Another example of 19th century man slang:

Blind Monkeys: An imaginary collection at the Zoological Gardens, which are supposed to receive care and attention from persons fitted by nature for such office and for little else. An idle and useless person is often told that he is only fit to lead the Blind Monkeys to evacuate. Another form this elegant conversation takes, is for one man to tell another that he knows of a suitable situation for him. "How much a week? and what to do?" are natural questions, and then comes the scathing and sarcastic reply, "Five bob a week at the doctor's-- you're to stand behind the door and make the patients sick. They won't want no physic when they sees your mug."

More here: Manly Slang from the 19th Century

Cat-heads. A woman’s breasts. Sea phrase.

Cold Coffee. Misfortune ; sometimes varied to COLD Gruel. An unpleasant return for a proffered kindness is sometimes called COLD Coffee.—Sea.

Colt’s Tooth. Elderly persons of juvenile tastes are said to have a Colt’s Tooth, i.e., a desire to shed their teeth once more, to live life over again.

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Gullyfluff. The waste—coagulated dust, crumbs, and hair—which accumulates imperceptibly in the pockets of schoolboys.

Gunpowder. An old woman.

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Nose-ender. A straight blow delivered full on the nasal promontory.

More:

Out of Print. Slang made use of by booksellers. In speaking of any person that is dead, they observe, ‘”he is out of print.”

Perpendicular. A lunch taken standing-up at a tavern bar. It is usual to call it lunch, often as the Perpendicular may take the place of dinner.

Sneeze-lurker. A thief who throws snuff in a person’s face, and then robs him.

Oh! I took Cipro when I got sick in Ethiopia and we're pretty sure it did just as much to make me feel bad as whatever the illness was. Super weak and nauseated, unable to sleep for more than an hour or two at a time.

I took Cipro in Peru with no ill effects, thankfully.

Found some more anti-histamines. Still scratching.

Dogs as Typefaces

This image matches typefaces with dogs that match their physical characteristics. It was created by the design firm of Günter Eder, Roman Breier, and Marcel Neundörfer in Vienna. What typefaces and dogs would you pair up?

The Axis Of Adorable

Danish artist Nina Maria Kleivan seeks to explore the meaning of evil by photographing her baby dressed as evil men from recent history.

Mussolini!Baby and Hitler!Baby are my faves....

Consuela, they make a Benadryl ointment which I've used on mosquito bites. If you have a lot of hives, it's probably not practical, but you could smear it on the itchiest spots.

Yeah, that's... not practicable. It's my ankles to my neck, and down my arms.

... and now my ears itch.

Topical won't do it. I'ma go back to bed for a while and then walk down to Walgreens.