erin_O I don't use shampoo. Just conditioner and h2O. In the summer I sometimes do -- and when I used to dye my hair i did - just before dying. I have shampoo and the last time i used it was when the cat landed on my head with all claws extended.

Liese, your memories of the house of your childhood are lovely. I'm so glad you shared them here.

Jars, I've done that, luckily I had a roommate saying, "WTF, I never have to remind you, but rent is due".

Barb, I dunno what to say, but I am sooooooo sorely tempted to look up her new book and give a one-star review at Amazon et al.

I went up to Leeds to see friends for the evening. I'm going back there again tomorrow. I felt going twice in a week was not excessive given my serious need for vodka and venting. They are lovely friends. And I'm going to see The Girl in Geneva on Friday and we're coming home again together on Monday. My only goal at the moment, you may have noticed, is distraction. And vodka. And chocolate. And for a long-term goal, Buffista Island University.

Maybe it would be better to have a separate library-pool - where we would have special water-proof editions of various and sundry classics for watery lounging pleasure.

We can have a lot of them. I want my own personal library. With a bar in it.

Sorry to hear about your cold, Vortex, and that you can't get the meds you need. Frustrating. Hope you feel better.

Health~ma to you too, Hil.

Eek - hope your grown-up fail is easily rectified, Jars.

erin_O I don't use shampoo. Just conditioner and h2O. In the summer I sometimes do -- and when I used to dye my hair i did - just before dying. I have shampoo and the last time i used it was when the cat landed on my head with all claws extended.

I don't use shampoo and rarely use conditioner. I do a once a week or so 50/50 mix of shikakai and baking soda for cleaning, and oil the ends with olive oil. Were I not so lazy, I'd do weekly deep oilings, but as it is, I manage them every two months or so.

Plei, what do you do in the deep oilings? S. has crazy coarse dry hair, worse now that it's completely gray. Regular conditioner ain't cutting it at all.

Have you tried Moraccan oil, Amy?

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Or mayonnaise. It has protein and oil. I mayo my hair every few months. Leaves it soft and shiny.

I haven't, but I'll look, Erin. Thanks!

And then what, Vortex? Just rinse it out? Shampoo it out? I don't think his hair is ever going to be silky soft again, but it definitely needs something. Poor white-haired noodle.

And in the continuing crazy that is my mother, she's apparently now planning an exorcism (she's calling it a Mass) of her house. There are apparently dead spirits hanging around that are trying to take others with them, thereby explaining her recent car accident.

Which occurred nowhere near the house.

::headdesk::

And then what, Vortex? Just rinse it out? Shampoo it out?

I shampoo it out because I have thin hair. People with thicker hair may just want to rinse.

There are apparently dead spirits hanging around that are trying to take others with them, thereby explaining her recent car accident.

Which occurred no where near the house.

Silly Barb, they went from the house to the car!