When I had foot surgery I lived on an office chair that had the back broken off. I zoomed all over on that, much of the time kneeling on the seat to keep my foot off the floor. Never got the hang of crutches.

I have lived such a protected life -- I've never yet had a need for crutches.

May it stay that way, Theodosia! Avoid football, okay.

Kat! A number of my email addresses hit the 10 votes bonus thing on Limeades in the last couple days so it has been votapalooza.

My mother always used to say that wearing clothes inside out (accidentally) was good luck.

I've heard this too!

May it stay that way, Theodosia!

So very THIS!

I have a set of crutches in a closet that I can't seem to get rid of for fear I might need them again...or someone I know might.

Constant vigilance!

Pixie knocked the protective cardboard box off of the phone and erased everything on the answering machine. She's still curled up next to the phone. Pleased with herself, I'm guessing.

I way prefer the French almond macarons to the coconut macaroons, but I do like a good coconut macaroon (when I find one that is). Franny tells me that the pumpkin macarons at TJs are her new favorites, but have you tried the vanilla ones they sell in packages of chocolate and vanilla? Oh. My. God. Unbelievably good!

I have to grade 10 papers today, and visit my sister if I can find the time. Oh, and do the grocery shopping. Better get cracking.

For once, I don't have to grade over the weekend (I usually give a quiz each week, but I was a bit behind schedule and needed to catch up before the midterm, so I used the usual quiz time for an extra lecture this week), but since the midterm is tomorrow, I'm going to have a ton of grading during the week. I also have to respond to a student who keeps sending me emails like "There is a problem with the homework" where I have to email back and forth with him about three or four times before I can find out what he's actually trying to tell me.

I had crutches handy from when I was a kid until I was in my 20s. Aikido helped me cut down in ankle twists a lot. But not entirely--or maybe the grace has worn off in the years since I stopped practicing. I had to borrow Amyth's crutches a few years ago.

"There is a problem in the homework in that I have problems o solve in the homework you assigned. Please explain the stuff you explained in class over e-mail, because it is homework."

Like that?

Mmm. I have been to the store already, and have chili on the stove. And a cat glommed tight onto my lap -- I know it's fall.

I have never had to use crutches, either, which is a damned miracle considering that for years I consistently tripped over air and dirt and my own feet enough that it was a running joke: "Strix fell; must be a day ending in -y."

We should have known that a tropical storm/hurricane sharing a name with Karen from Will & Grace would head for the largest concentration of booze available but stumble and fall before it got there.