Steph, I'd love to, but I'm a bit fried after traveling: I spent most of the day on the couch. Apparently touristing and vacating makes me want to hole up for a day or two.

I totally understand -- I know when we get home (Monday *morning*, since we're talking the red-eye tomorrow), I'm going to want to just sleep for a week.

So I've promised myself I'll eat 5 servings of plant matter a day. Do the tomato slices and lettuce leaves on this turkey sammich count as a serving of vegetables? How much is a serving, anyway? How many servings is this half-pound apple?

(This half-pound organic Honeycrisp apple is delicious, and it was expensive, too. $2.15! For an APPLE.)

anyone interested in cassette tapes of the Harry Potter audio books?

It sounds interesting , 'Suela.

I organized my closet. something is wrong with the universe.

Today has been a total loss to what seems to be a bout of food poisoning. I'm tired of doing nothing but I'm not sure my pounding heads is up for tv or reading. I hope plain pita chips are an ok substitute for crackers in this situation because I don't have anything else.

Where does one report food borne illness? Or does that only happen if you're hospitalized?

Vanilla flavored whiskey??

Burn it with fire. Ummm. You know what I mean. I talked whiskey with a few people last night and I'm glad I didn't know about this abomination.

Msbelle, I tried the mom-strike thing here a few months ago. Even though I told CJ, it was as if he didn't notice. Didn't care.

Aurelia - feel better.

E is clearly missing real food and interaction, but that is on him, because he is just staying in his room (me being on my computer is upsetting to him since he is on electronics ban for the week). I have realized how much of my interaction with him involves me asking him what he wants and if I can get him stuff. I am clearly part of the problem.

He is currently puzzled, that "whatever I want to do" includes listing things on ebay (which he would consider chore/work).

Where does one report food borne illness? Or does that only happen if you're hospitalized?

I believe you can make a report to your local department of public health.The State of Minnesota has a hotline for doing so, but I can't remember where you live, or I would look for you.

I have a Nightvale question or two: where is it mentioned in canon that Cecil has three eyes? I see some art like that, but I don't remember hearing that. I just listened to One Year Later, and some writers need to check that episode for slow burn I had bodily feelings when Carlos said "After everything that happened, I just wanted to see you." Such a simple sentence, but my heart did things. I'm mostly in a mood of (amused+interested)/crept out, but some parts are very evocative.

Second question--I noticed a Chris Fox has two episodes up on YouTube playing over some drawn/painted art and cheesily animated photos. Who is he, and is all that licensed/approved? It's not like they're not officially up there (with no visuals) already...

There was a fatal shooting last night stemming from a road-rage incident. According to news reports, the name of the person arrested was Sparkles Lashayla Lindsey or Sparkles Lindsey or Lindsey Sparkles Lashayla.