I'm seeing sage suggested as a substitute in my googling. Along with more exotic ingredients that i haven't heard of.
'The Message'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia, he'll have his bar mitzvah in May. I'm cool with him being actively Jewish; his heritage, his choice.
I just think this whole situation is totally shitty and cruel, and totally E's fault for being thoughtless. I think he should be allowed to go -- it wasn't HIS fault (he's 12! Geez!) for not remembering "Oh, it's Yom Kippur."
I think it's needlessly mean to essentially penalize him for his mother's forgetfulness. Esp. since E never seems to repent or atone for all the shitty things she's done to Dan.
I mean, I get an e-mail from Nilly every damn year for Yom Kippur asking for forgiveness for anything she might have done to hurt me, and yet this woman has NEVER made any statement making amends for all the harmful things she's done and said to D.
I know it's the Holiest Day, but I just think she's a big fat hypocrite.
I should have been more specific about what I wanted on my salad. Oh well, live and learn. ANd, hey, free food, so whatever.
ita, I hope you're wrapped up safe today. Your dad, too.
Strix, that's a shitty thing to do to a kid. It's a parent's job to consider all angles first, then make a decision -- promising something and then snatching it away is awful.
When did formal mourning periods pass by the wayside? Small touches like black-bordered letter paper hung on for a while, but that just may have been for very formal families. I think I've seen pictures from the 40s and 50s of men with black armbands. Was there just too much for women to do, to spend a year withdrawn from society? Never mind the year or so in Second Mourning etc.
Just a guess, but I would imagine after WWI, there wasn't time for it, and too women had too many responsibilities with so many of the young men dead. I think for the higher classes it probably hung on a little longer, but I think that's probably always true -- they would have had the means for a separate wardrobe, etc.
I am waging an uholy war to get medication today. You know, so that someone medical treats my pain instead of me stabbbing myself to relieve the pressure. This has been going on since before 8. I don't know what to do, but I want to do rthe responsibile thing and have nurses and docvtors take care of me, But my neuro is on a retreat and everyine else is scared,
I'm in exhausted, in so much pain, and considering unwise ways to distract myself from the head and shoulder pain.
ita, have you tried marijuana? Apparently indica strains are good with nerve/muscle pain. You can get it in the form of hard candies which are slow-release. I haven't tried them, but I hear good things. Pretty easy to get a card if you don't have one, or maybe you could ask someone you know with a card to pick you up some.
Timelies all!
Hugs for all who want/need them.
Amy, yeah. We'll see what happens later tonight. Good thing I have a very relaxing yoga class at 8; I think I'll need it. And a glass of wine.
ita, the MJ suggestion is a good one, but my god, I feel so badly for you, and I wish I had superpowers, like healing powers or at least teleportation so I could blink over and help you.