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Not dead yet
Judyserenity sent me a nudge to ask if I'm still among the living, and indeed I am ( Read more... ) -
Too funny to pass up
What is your Indian Name
Your Result: Payphone Ringing in Empty Hallway
No one seems to listen to you and you always seem to be just a few cents short when you need it most. Luck doesn't seem to be on your side but someday you'll dial a different number.
Piece of Gum Stuck to Desk
Hair with no Place
Pain in Big Ass
Dog with Tail Between Legs
Woman with ( Read more... ) -
Cat Explosion
So I'm watching TV last night and I hear ROWR from the female catty. I leave my back door open in the summer with a mesh dangling over it to let the air from the swamp cooler circulate ( Read more... ) -
Confirmed: Thyroid Resistance
I got a message on my phone last week from the doctor's office, telling me that I have mild thyroid resistance, which is the official name for rT3 dominance, and instructing me to make another appointment three months hence to check again ( Read more... ) -
Reverse T3 Dominance
That's the latest theory about my health problems. My doctor went to a conference on thyroid stuff in Park City about a month ago and learned more about a substance called "reverse T3," which is produced at the time that the body breaks down T4 (which the thyroid gland produces) to T3 (which is the workhorse that the hypothalamus monitors ( Read more... ) -
Amusing observation about Subway
[B]eing a Sandwich Artist would drive anyone insane. Not the job itself, but the strange fog of confusion and indecision that seems to fall over some people when presented with the topping options. Onions? Oh, I just don't know. If employees designed the store there would be a giant metal fist that came from the ceiling about two-thirds of the way ( Read more... ) -
Wherein I find the music of my dreams
Many years ago, (no later than 2000), I fell asleep on the couch in front of the TV while watching something or other on PBS. Then Austin City Limits came on, and while I was in stage 1 sleep, I heard the most wonderful music. It was instrumental, consisting of mandolins and guitars and banjos and violins. It was folksy but also not, and it flowed ( Read more... ) -
Bad, bad sleep
It's Monday morning. I slept most of the weekend, and went to bed early last night. I got up around 10am. And now it feels as if I hadn't slept for days ( Read more... ) -
Latest on the health front
Not so good ( Read more... ) -
Back from I-dee-ho
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I was up near Buhl, Idaho (that sprawling metropolis) at a place called Banbury Springs, which is a little resort/camping ground that features a pool that is heated by hot springs and that sits right on the Snake River ( Read more... )