billytea, heard this story on NPR this weekend and thought of you --
It's That Time Again To Stock Up on Deadly Aussie [jillifont] Venom
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Nice acronym, Mom!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
Vortex - Oct 18, 2015 7:18:50 pm PDT #22130 of 30002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Burrell - Oct 18, 2015 8:14:06 pm PDT #22131 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
California can't compete with Australia on the terrifying wildlife front, but a venomous sea snake turned up on our shores. link
Steph L. - Oct 19, 2015 7:43:02 am PDT #22132 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My weird respiratory infection is getting better, but I am having the freakiest side effect, which is apparently a known side effect of 2 of the meds (both of which I've used before and NOT had this side effect).
I feel completely...disembodied. Like I am not anchored in my body. Or...like my body isn't mine. Like everything I'm doing is being done by someone else. It's weird as shit (to say the least), and apparently a known possible side effect for prednisone and albuterol. Fortunately I'm almost done with the prednisone. I'm not sure how long I'm supposed to use the albuterol, but I'm starting to space out the doses a LOT more to see if it helps.
So unfair, man. Prednisone has always given me a rush of Superman-like energy and productivity about 3 days into it. But not this time. Now I'm watching my fingers type and they look like someone else's. It felt like a psychotic break until I looked it up. I'm not entirely reassured just because it's a known thing.
Tom Scola - Oct 19, 2015 7:47:15 am PDT #22133 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Is there a medical term for it, Steph?
Steph L. - Oct 19, 2015 7:58:34 am PDT #22134 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Depersonalization. Apparently it can exist as a disorder without a discrete cause (like a medication side effect), like depression, anxiety, etc. But it can also happen as a result of some drugs.
Weird as HELL. Tim went to a haunted house with his BFF last night, and I stayed home because I hate haunted houses, and I was going to take a shower, and realized that if I don't have a good sense of being anchored in my body, I really ought not be standing in a shower with no one else home.
I'm choosing to assume it'll go away as the drugs get out of my system.
Ginger - Oct 19, 2015 8:36:25 am PDT #22135 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You've got your own personal haunted house.
Steph L. - Oct 19, 2015 8:42:31 am PDT #22136 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm spooooooky.
Java cat - Oct 19, 2015 9:58:01 am PDT #22137 of 30002
Not javachik
Beth and matt, fyi just in case, I went hunting for some info on my hometown's webpage and found this, useful info about the town and area, about an hour from Pittsburgh. The photo at the bottom? Taken from the hill that stands between my parents house and the town, so, basically the view that I grew up with. Pretty. [link]
Connie Neil - Oct 19, 2015 10:06:15 am PDT #22138 of 30002
brillig
Did you ever go to Storybook Forest, Java?
sj - Oct 19, 2015 5:24:18 pm PDT #22139 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ltc slept through the night last night, and she is asleep now. So, I just took a Benadryl. This probably means she'll wake up in an hour, right?