Okay, I'm a disease geek.
I find this charming.
And it's nice not to be the only one.
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cass - Oct 11, 2011 10:29:36 am PDT #1261 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2011 10:29:53 am PDT #1262 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's a The Counter in the Miami airport. Rare burger with cranberries and plantains is delicious.
Now I need to kill time without thinking. Grrrr.
Kathy A - Oct 11, 2011 10:31:45 am PDT #1263 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
(Okay, I'm a disease geek. Don't get me started on the Plague.)
That reminds me that I really should read my copy of Gina Kolata's Flu, about the 1918 Influenza. It's shelved right next to Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague.
Yes, I'm a disease geek, too!
Ginger - Oct 11, 2011 10:34:59 am PDT #1264 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've read both.
JenP - Oct 11, 2011 10:37:20 am PDT #1265 of 30001
Pretty pictures. I love Fall. It's my favorite.
I've never heard of The Counter, but I think I approve of their burger offerings already.
I need to work for the next three hours straight, except for the occasional b.org sanity break.
Kathy A - Oct 11, 2011 10:38:29 am PDT #1266 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I did my term paper for my British history class on the economic impact of the Black Death on medieval England--that's what got me started on the subject.
That, and my professor's notorious Rat Lecture which he gave every semester throughout his career. Since I had him for both History 101 and the Brit History class, I got to hear it twice. He went into detail about the rats he saw in the sewers of Milan that were the size of Maine Coon cats. Ugh.
Toddson - Oct 11, 2011 10:43:52 am PDT #1267 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've heard - semi-jokingly - that syphilis was originally a disease of sheep.
SuziQ - Oct 11, 2011 10:49:56 am PDT #1268 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Was back at the dentist today. For my planing and scaling. Before hand I took a lorazapam and during I blasted my iPod. Now that it is over, I can very honestly say it was much, much, much easier than I expected. I was in and out in an hour. My mouth doesn't hurt. And the hygenist complimented me on the progress I have made over the last week in improving my gum health.
I put in extra time yesterday, working 12 hours, and got up early today to get in 6 hours before the appointment so I could take the afternoon off, guilt free - figuing I'd be in misery. Now I have the afternoon off and I feel just dandy.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2011 10:51:15 am PDT #1269 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Glad to hear it, Suzi!
I just got the worst apartment ad from a broker -- the place doesn't look good, there are only two pictures, it's above my price range, and the description of the location is geographically impossible. I don't feel that bad that I keep forgetting to send her my phone number now.
aurelia - Oct 11, 2011 10:59:30 am PDT #1270 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Please stand by for a demonstration of relevancy.
Ha!