That'll teach me to post and then go to the park and exercise.

NPR just noted that Capaldi is the second oldest man to play the Doctor. So, the whole getting younger with each regeneration thing is out the window now?

Somewhere, Alex Bain is cursing his agent even as we speak.

I can't pass off going out to lunch and making groceries as a full day's productivity, can I?

Well, going to take a break before I do anything else, anyway. I braved Walmart and that was tiring.

Quester, I was wondering about that. I'm glad. Otherwise, we'd have been to literal teenagers soon.

So, um, people who get migraines and get halos with their migraines... Is having a big change in the pattern of the halos a scary thing or just a thing?

define big change.

The dozen or so times I have had migraines throughout my lifetime, they have featured a sparkly tunnel in place of my peripheral vision and a blind spot such that if someone were about 5-8 feet away and facing me, when I look directly into their face, the right side of their face (that is to say, their right, my left) would be covered by sparklies. This is generally consistent with both eyes, but I think it feels stronger from the left eye. I just woke up from a nap to find that my left eye could see just fine, but there was a blank area in my right eye's visual field such that holding my right hand up at arm's length, palm facing me, with fingers splayed, my thumb disappeared.

I stumbled down the stairs, took Excedrin, and the visual effect has gone.

It is also possible, I suppose, that this was not the precursor to migraine pain so much as my neck and brain offering a rather pointed opinion on my choice to sleep face down bunched up oddly over pillows to facilitate my knee feeling happier. Maybe?

Quester, I was wondering about that.

Peter Davison took on the mantle at age 30. Matt Smith was 28. So he wasn't extraordinarily young, or anything (I think he markedly played an older doctor than Tennant, as a complete digression). Randomly, aren't you likely to have a trend with three points somewhere in that graph of ages?

::sigh:: I've been putting off work with assiduous laundering. But now it's done. Almost done done--I could iron the five shirts, but that would be desperation. Status reports need to get done one way or another. Done done.

I do love this stage in laundry, though [link] It's like I have a (partial) palette of my clothes, and can decide on outfits while actually looking at the clothes (either it's something I planned the day before at work, or while I was trying to sleep, or more often it's what I grabbed when I got out of the shower.and am barely looking). I am pretty sure I'm going to wear #4 with #10 (ankle length skirt) early in the week. I'd love to wear #12 too, bur I can't work out what other than white to pair it with, and I don't wear white shirts to work because of transparency. I could do #3 (long sleeve wrap bodice) and #9 (straight stretchy and loose maxi), but that would be kind of boring. #1 (sleeveless turtleneck) and #9 are growing on me, though.

#6 is navy, and I suck at coordinating that, especially when it comes to shoes. Ah, well. And, sadly, I found a tear in the ruffle of #13, probably from when it tripped me going up some stairs (I don't remember the exact flight of stairs, but #13, #12, #9, and #6 all need to be held when I try and go up stairs.

And that is your tour of ita !'s closet (wait, maybe #5 (heathered grey short sleeve turtleneck) and #10...). I'm setting myself a one month goal to pick a section of my closet and just be ruthless. If I'm really keeping stuff for sentimental reasons, it doesn't need to be taking up hanging space. That's for what I wear. And I have a tonnage of pretty stuff, some still unworn. I'm not going to be the same size I was 20 years ago, or the same shape I was when doing krav.

I need to do another cull, but really it won't net much, probably mostly ragbag stuff. I'm pretty pared down (and still have an awful lot of clothes.)

I STILL have the boxes of the too-big stuff from something like 2 years ago. I suck at actual donating. I don't want to keep it, I just haven't gotten it moved.

I'm declaring this beet, goat cheese, fennel, and bacon flatbread a success.