The cable guy was just here, upgrading. Hmming and poking at meters and things, I hear, sotto voce, "Hsss, these things don't usually do that."

"You don't usually see this in a large appliance," I said, offhand.

Guy cracked up. "Ghostbusters!" he muttered with a grin.

Day? Made.

I'm going to switch to Splenda or aspertame with coffee and see if that makes a difference.

Stevia! Much better option. And yeah, I get a lot of my oatmeal in smoothies. Less trouble than cooking in this hot climate.

^^^ Likes Bev's post. Lots.

:edit because

Also, Matt, it sounds counterintuitive, but try a little coconut oil in your oatmeal--it actually helps lower cholesterol. Might help with the liver, too. We throw in a handful of walnut pieces and dried cranberries and a dash of pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, ginger, clove), and it's pretty good.

I like your design, Gud.

I'll second the 'tornadoes bad! Raises good!' sentiments.

That stage sounds more like an ER triage than a theater, sophia.

(Likes Laura. Lots. *g*)

I don't like the taste of Stevia, personally. But it's worth trying for those who don't mind it.

That's terrific, Bev!

I use stevia in my coffee and I haven't noticed any taste difference from real sugar. I love it!

I skipped running tonight. But it sounds like a long-planned trip down to Portland this weekend is not going to happen, sadly--three of my friends canceled. So at least I can go to running Saturday morning.

Silver lining, I guess. I need to make myself a schedule that includes running time, my half-assed plans to start training again after work on the days when I don't have Tai Chi or bellydance or before work any time have not panned out at all. Need to go full-ass with the plans.

I have my red clothes (plus nevertheless shirt in black) ready for tomorrow. I impulse bought a blue leather jacket because it was marked waaaaaay down and it reminded me of Buffy, so I think I will wear that on Friday, although I will have to figure out what to put under it. And I have plenty of clean clothes to choose from for Thursday. So my morning wardrobe challenges should be minimal. And I have the Gooseberry Bluff audiobook that I don't think I ever listened to, so that's my evening entertainment and then some. This is amazingly on top of things for me lately, so I'm gonna enjoy it.

I've been eating a lot of oatmeal lately and am having a couple of unexpected side effects. At first, I got terrible heartburn, so I added banana, which seems to help. I've also experienced a lot of um...wind. Did not expect that at all. Not sure I can keep this up.