Eek! That sucks! :(

Worked on thesis stuff for the better part of 9 hours today. Slow going! Really annoyed that a mouse click mishap on my research matrix erased the one 'results' section I needed - I don't have hard copy of the article, it was from interlibrary loan and really poor image quality! argh!, and undo undid nothing.…

I'm right there with you with allergies/sinuses - can't imagine the other stuff on top. One thing that works for me (if you're not adverse to a little squick factor) is a neti pot or sinus rinse - it gets all the gross stuff out, it stops my sinus headaches, and it also energizes me.

Aw. That's so much to go through. All the puppies need to be okay! Sorry it's been a rough one.

Aw, he looks like the petite version of one of my sweet old dogs :( She was a mutt-y mutt, and we named her breed after her and her mom. They were Karma Sugar terriers. ;)

I'm in the not-liking camp. Impossible to scan rapidly for interesting comments. Boo! Just finished an episode of Mad Men, Season 1.

So, I'm very associative + visual and *ahem* a geek. I can usually remember random pages easily, but lately I have been trying to stop either at the end of a chapter, or at a multiple of 5.
Oh, and like others, I'm also a grad student, but one who needs a few pages of fun-reading before bed.

Of course I remember. I'm so glad to hear that he went peacefully, and that you were able to be there for him.

They best not fail me in their casting of Kimber.
Someone kick-ass. I just don't know who.

I grew up helping at my dad's animal hospital. It feels like I've never not known about death. By the same token, I grew up learning about it from a biology perspective, in that it wasn't sensationalized, but very much part of the life cycle.

Oh, no! I can relate, kinda.

Reading the very enjoyable 'Cinnamon and Gunpowder' by Eli Brown - lady pirates, uptight cooks, exotic locations... hurrah! Drinking... nothing at the mo'. Hanging out at a friend's house, taking care of his awesome dog.

Zotz candy - the hard candy shell with the gross/delicious powdery fizzy stuff in the middle - kinda like a pop-rock reaction, but less active, more fizzy. They were delicious. Now, when I've tried them - they just taste kinda stale. The fizzy stuff isn't exciting, and the hard candy is old like you'd find in a…

that'd be 42 in dog years, right? no problem!

I've been binge-watching Super Nanny lately - what can I say, child development geek - and I couldn't make it through this clip. It's not really cute to me.

Sounds amazing - I love hummus of all kinds, and especially with veggies and pita. Give me hummus and some bell pepper, and I'm in a happy place. :)

You're welcome!

Ah, cool! I'd sleep in one, as long as it wasn't taffeta ;)
Speaking of sleep, I should be headed that way.
Remember, do what's right for you, and be gentle with yourself. There's no one right way to get through this.

your party dress reminds me of 'precious things' - don't know if it's meant to :) and my name comes from the b-52's. so there's music. and yeah, the rain is the best, and party dresses are fantastic - so it all works out.

I'm glad that it reached you - sometimes you can't be sure, you know, where all of these words go. :)