ibuprofen really does help with the discomfort of a sunburn.
Also, anyone who ever even sees the sun should keep a bottle of lidocaine-infused aloe vera gel in the fridge AT ALL TIMES.
Ahhh...
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Strix - Jul 01, 2011 7:56:46 am PDT #24487 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Laga - Jul 01, 2011 8:01:34 am PDT #24488 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have just plain old aloe vera gel in the bathroom. It's too cold if I keep it in the fridge. But I am amazed how well it works. Sunburns that would have blistered fade within days.
Laga - Jul 01, 2011 8:31:56 am PDT #24489 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
in dinner news...
I'm trying to invent something with the flavor of saltimbocca to serve over pasta. I'm thinking about sauteed chicken strips in a cream sauce with prosciutto. It occurs to me that one of you might already have a recipe like this.
Ginger - Jul 01, 2011 8:34:33 am PDT #24490 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The problem with the Barbara Michaels books for me was my feeling she was writing the same book over and over.
sj - Jul 01, 2011 8:50:39 am PDT #24491 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Laga, I have used this chicken saltimbocca recipe before with great success. link Though, it doesn't have cream in in.
Hil R. - Jul 01, 2011 8:56:30 am PDT #24492 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm reading David McCullough's book on the Johnstown flood, and I just went for a walk in the park and spent the whole time looking at the spring and creeks and dam and everything there and figuring out how it all worked and how likely it was to fail.
Steph L. - Jul 01, 2011 9:14:59 am PDT #24493 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Teppy, may the rest of your vacation pass peacefully and delightfully.
I'm just ready to get home. The air quality doesn't seem to be messing with anyone else, but my eyes have been burning since we hit the Triangle last Friday and haven't stopped. Also, my lungs hurt. Part cold, part Evil Smog air quality, I'm sure, but I've had to use my inhaler for the last few days, and I haven't used that thing since The Pleurisy.
Plus, I just want some privacy and no more comments on how I choose to live. Home soon. Less than 36 hours.
Oh, also, Teppy - you probably know this, but ibuprofen really does help with the discomfort of a sunburn.
Well do I know that. The sunburn doesn't hurt horribly, but it is quite red. You could use me as a beacon. Or a heat lamp.
WindSparrow - Jul 01, 2011 9:59:58 am PDT #24494 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
And the author of the Amelia Peabody books is also a real archaeologist! Barbara Mertz, whose books on Egyptology are very interesting (must get a copy of Red Land, Black Land )
The owner of the book shop (dedicated to mysteries) who introduced me to Amelia Peabody was also an archaeologist. Lovely woman, never steered me wrong.
Toddson - Jul 01, 2011 10:13:11 am PDT #24495 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There used to be a tagline on the Peters/Michaels books that the librarians had to keep them under lock and key to make sure people didn't sneak them out to keep.
ooh! and if you like the Amelia Peabody books, have you read the Vicky Bliss ones? those are fun too!
billytea - Jul 01, 2011 11:31:10 am PDT #24496 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm off to Sydney for a few days. Family vacation!