Our house is stupid cold this morning. Oy! I drank all the hot coffee, and I'm still cold.

Yeah, Jesse, I'll tell you if your problems become imaginary. I got your back like that.

Just read a tumblr tag "on a scale of Misha Collins to Robert Downey Jr, how similar are you and your character?" which is pretty damned apropos. But, also, I keep thinking "On a scale of Tom Hardy to Tom Hardy, how similar are you and your character?"

But... technically popcorn IS whole-grain!

Lee, I had the same thing happen after my root canal. It happens. What AB did they give you instead? And do you have pain meds?

I was actually kind of geekily pleased to have have something to add to the allergies to medicine part of my med records. They gave me amoxicillian instead, and I can already tell that is working much better.

If my experience is any guide, for all future dental antibiotic needs, they will try to give you clindamycin, and then get irritated when you tell them you're allergic. That damn antibiotic is their favorite one to prescribe.

My New Year's Day so far has involved fighting with our internet provider to figure out why our 5 Mbps connection is currently loafing along about about 600 kbps. Which makes downloading TV pretty damn difficult.

So far, no luck, but they say they will call back.

Happy new year, all! Skipping lots of posts to say that I think my niece and nephew will be busking today in Santa Monica in the 2-4 slot . . .

Really, I should say I know other people have worse problems.

Jesse, tell me more about this ham.

It's just a little boneless ham I bought. I'm going to put spicy mustard on it and heat!

But... technically popcorn IS whole-grain!

This is what I'm saying.

I'm watching a Graham Norton episode and yet more music I have no idea of, but have cheerily made their dent in the music industry anyway--Girls Aloud. What does a five woman group have to do to not look like they're standing around, especially when they're dressed in nightclub gear, meaning very high heels and two in skirts tight enough that their choreography is stilted?

Their song "Biology" is actually quite good, though the video clip will not help with your question. (I recommend avoiding their cover, with the Sugababes, of "Walk This Way".)

And the boys are gone. Thanks for putting up with my chaparone and post. Sounds like they had a good time. They still didn't eat all that much. Oh well, glad I didn't get fancy food for them.

I'm thinking a nap sounds good.

I'm used to girl groups being more distinct and looking busier than boy bands. Which is probably biased selection more than anything else, but there you go.

Catching up on Raising Hope, and I have to say--Virginia and Burt are one of my favourite sitcom couples. They love each other so much--it's rare that a plot hinges on a relationship or communication issue (and when they do, it's ore often over-support than self-defence).

One Direction basically stands around. But they all have different hair.