1. I got hooked up with these guys, who are conducting a study on treatment of fibromyalgia via exercise and stretching and psychological stuff. I told them, look, I don't have a diagnosis of fibro, but this is what I'm going through. They wanted to see me, so I went in ( Read more... )

it's my birthday and i feel COMPLETELY TERRIBLE

stuff I have cooked: chickpea and potato curry; beans and tomatoes and onions and garlic; huge pot of rice to eat both with. Both vegetarian if not vegan, which is pretty cool ( Read more... )

Gorgeous day today. All the trees are in such leaf that it looks excessive to my still-Californian eyes, the air is clear, the breeze is strong, and thick creamy clouds are cruising purposefully across the sky ( Read more... )

(Yes I'm not in bed...when I said I had a nap, I actually meant I slept nearly three hours and woke up just before midnight. Soon though ( Read more... )

I had my first meeting with her today. Her name is Anita. She seems to be in her mid fifties, and as is typical for the breed, is whip-thin and wiry ( Read more... )

The phrase is "in-world" for MMOs. "In-game" is used sometimes, but has a different connotation--more technical.

You know what would REALLY sell me on a Kindle? If it was packaged with a little laser zappy with which I could zap the barcodes on my books. ALL my books. And boom, downloaded. This would also go a long way towards fulfilling my dreams of the world's library in one book. (Unlike many a bibliophile, the physical forms of books don't hold much ( Read more... )

1. I had an amazing culinary experience tonight. First, we went to the store where I bought all kinds of things. This is a big deal because I am often very much too tired to go to the store, and I launch Dave on a specific-ingredients-seeking mission. And even though I went tonight, and this has happened previously, at some point (for some reason, ( Read more... )

okay....doing better. Inhaler, codeine, tylenol, run of antibiotics. I'm about 80% recovered. It was scary there for a while. First time I ever really viscerally understood why people die from flu. I live, thanks to the miracle of modern science.