Okay, there’s a damned good reason not to ignore those horrible headaches or just put up with them: Migraine Linked to Brain Lesions
PopeFelix’s Birthday & Books
Happy Birthday popefelix! Have any of you read The Wonder of Boys? It looks interesting. It was mentioned in a discussion about helping adolescents to understand the changes in their bodies. The venerable Our Bodies, Ourselves has been suggested for…
Quotes & Cleaning & School
This quote: Television has raised writing to a new low. –Samuel Goldwyn Reminded me of this one: To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.…
So Many Things!
Happy Birthday kittybecca! If anyone sees a frantic message posted from my LJ name or sent using any of my chat IDs claiming that someone is being held hostage and starved, it’s just Shelley. We put her on Iams Active…
Conventions
I enjoyed GaFilk so much that now I want to go to other cons. I certainly want to go to GaFilk again next year, and now that I know about the dance I’ll use it as an excuse to get…
Weird Dreams
What is it with people having weird dreams lately? I had one last night that was even weird for me (and that’s going a far piece). My parents had moved to a new house, but something was wrong with it…
Neck Thingie
I have a lovely neck whatsis that I warm in the microwave. It has nice-smelling herbs in it and it feels wonderful. Everybody should have one. Maybe two. I’m serious. It has lavender and something else I can’t quite identify…
Feeling Better
The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. –Allan Bloom I don’t agree with MoveOn.org’s push to ask CBS…
Uncle Albert
I just learned that my Uncle Albert had a major stroke a couple of days ago. He’s in serious condition. He already had congestive heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, and insulin-dependent diabetes. He’s just a couple of years older than Daddy,…
Pain Meds!
Happily, the GP visit was much more productive than the rheumatologist visit yesterday. I have pain meds and muscle relaxants. I feel much better, but I’m so woozy that I’m fairly useless. The nurse warned me not to take the…