bonny, that's so cool about the Vitamix!

Beyond the telling of it!

I've watched the whole recipe dvd and have already used it for the first time. I'm doing the happy dance.

Being done with the project is pretty awesome too.

It's a great end to a hectic day, in which another dog tried to bite me. No damage done, thankfully.

I've refused the flu shots because I fairly frequently have a bad reaction. Last May the doctor pushed me into having the pneumoccal polysaccaride (spelled right? who knows? someone here does, I'm sure) and ended up being sick for two weeks. This year I did get the flu and was sick for two weeks ... and had a relapse this past weekend. But it was the first time in years and I'd prefer to be sick for two weeks every five years or so to being sick from the shot every year.

There have been a couple dozen people who died from the flu out here so far this season. I think that is what your doctor is trying to avoid.

Terrible you have such a negative reaction though.

Hubby and I are in the high-risk populations, so we get the shot. And a woman in our town died of the flu two weeks ago. So it's very bad around here. But a yearly sickfest is no fun either.

Yes flu has been very bad down here, H1N1 is what is hitting. I have known 3 people hit thus far and they were all out of commission for 2 weeks minimum. Also know about 3 people hit with pneumonia this year which is scary.

yikes, that reminds me to gently nag my husband about getting a gd flu shot! (I worry about him because he flies so much.) I get a flu shot every year and have fortunately never had a bad reaction or coincidentally gotten sick right after (knock wood).

Oh, H1N1 is horrible. I had it a few years ago. The antiviral drugs saved me from much nastiness, although I still had some nastiness.

Lots and lots of ~ma for you and the hubby, Connie.

Nice one on the interview, Hil. May a great job come out of one of these!

I think of 'heuristic' as more of a technical term than an obscure one, since I use it in my sociology writing, but I only learnt it during my studies.

I (probably) H1N1d once (had the shot, it wasn't in the shot, I was around a person who was confirmed as having it just before I got sick with the flu). It wasn't any fun.

I got my flu shot immediately upon figuring out Tom had the flue last week. I had a sore upper arm for a couple days, but I haven't gotten the flu! Which is a miracle - I seem to be picking up every bug that floats around this winter.

And Hubby's home from Day 2 of chemo. I fucking hate having to let him go through this without me next to him. How am I supposed to protect him! Grr. He said he liked having a she-wolf watching over him, it let him relax better in hospitals.