Monthly Archives: September 2009

Sep
23

Detox for the Soul

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I admit I’m a little dubious. Jeffe swears by the Yogi Detox Tea, but I’ve always thought it was basically a bunch of overpriced herbal crap. You drink a few cups, you shit your brains out, why, hells yes, you’re gonna feel lighter and happier.  Of course, I wouldn’t know, as I haven’t actually had any yet. It’s sitting in a box on my counter, and it *says* you can have up to 10 cups a day. That it’s mild with no laxative effect. (So what happens if you’re the daring sort and you drink cup number 11? Implosion? Explosion?) I still remain somewhat suspicious, and in either case I won’t be taking any until my antibiotics are over with. I honestly don’t know if it actually works, but I figure it can’t hurt – several weeks of heavy doses of painkillers, antibiotics and general anesthesia are bound to screw… Read more
Sep
22

Staples Are OUT!

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…and I’m happy enough about that fact that I’m blogging about it.  From the doctor’s office, actually. In truth, it’s my aunt’s doctor – driving still sucks enough that for longer car rides, it’s easier for someone else to be behind the wheel. (I did try, today – had to take the kids to school/daycare, and while it was doable, it’s still very difficult to see behind me.) There is still some residual pain down the back of my left leg, but doc said that would be there for a little while. They had some difficulty moving the nerve out of the way during the surgery, as the disc issue was apparently chronic. As opposed to acute, which would have been better. My understanding of the situation is that chronic means the issue was there for a while  – i.e. the disc fragment was hard and the nerve was looped… Read more
Sep
20

We Need To Get Bigger Guns! Big F*cking Guns! **

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This is actually from yesterday. Dan took the kids out so I could wrap Lucy’s birthday presents…looks like Old Town Manassas was having a bit of a WW II exhibition. (Or getting ready for the zombie apocalypse, not sure which…) 🙂 Honestly, it’s the Barbie sunglasses that do it for me here.  LOL. ** free render to whoever can tell me what movie that’s from (w/out googling it)… Read more
Sep
19

Shelta Goodness

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And here’s some mad props to Craobh Rua Books in Northern Ireland for getting me my Secret Languages of Ireland book in about 4 days. Seriously – I ordered it on the 15th and it showed up today. (And yeah, I paid for delivery in 8 to 16 business days, but that’s just downright ridiculous…must have sent it by Pooka.) Nice to see my Irish connexions are still in good standing. So far, it’s a very good book. Nice to see it’s got a whole section on Ogham. Funny thing, that. In high school @Saille and I used to send each other notes in Ogham. (had the whole alphabet memorized, actually.) Not sure if that would have made me a good druid or not, but it’s nice to think so. 😉 Why yes, I am a total nerd. Why do you ask?… Read more
Sep
19

Sage Advice.

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Yeah, it’s for her latest movie, but I kinda dig it.… Read more