ION, this is weird. I got stung by a bee last Saturday. Hurt a lot for ten minutes - took ibuprofin and the pain went away over the next hour. No swelling.

So last night, the finger starts swelling, and still is swollen today. No pain, but if I try to bend that finger at the first knuckle I can feel the skin all tight.

wtf is up with this six day delayed swelling?

Maybe it got infected, tommy.

Happy Birthday Plei.

Manute Bol died? Whoa.

right?! 47! way too young.

Happy birthday, Plei.

Very, very separately, I just read that Manute Bol died.

eta: WAY delayed posting!

Not too young for someone his height, but yeah. I put [link] on my FB last month, which details his fairly saintly work on behalf of the Sudanese.

serial:

Look at the pic gawker used in their post. Unreal. He contracted the disease that killed him helping his homeland.

Wow.

In shallower news, the only chair I can find so far that would be a good replacement for the one I'm mourning is literally ten times the cost. [link]

But it has to be replaced, and fast. I need a lounge on the deck chair (that is not actually a lounge since I don't like those.)

I put [link] on my FB last month, which details his fairly saintly work on behalf of the Sudanese.

That's a wonderful article.

Brenda, have you looked in any hardware stores? They often have that style of chair.