Now THAT'll straighten out your back. ;)

Heh. I can feel my spine decompressing as I type.

Back pain is so hard to cope with. It just clouds everything else. Do you see a chiro at all? I know a good one if you can get to Oz. ;)

Take time off work! Let those bitches sort out their shit and while they're at it, you start looking around for something else. You never know what might come up if you start searching.

I hope you're feeling better about everything soon. :)

Thanks! :)

Last week the doctor could not even begin to straighten my legs from their 45 degree angle while i sat in the chair. Today he could. He put me back on the prednisone which makes sense because we had stopped controlling the inflammation in any meaningful way.

You're so right about work. I feel things are a bit better sorted today. And you totally said what my dad has always told me...that no matter what job you're doing, no matter how good it might seem, always keep your eyes open because you never know what could come up. :)

An early happy Thanksgiving to all the 'Merkins tomorrow. Hope you enjoy/endure it, depending on your situation. (Endurance needed at our house.)

Hoping to enjoy and not endure. As long as tempers stay under control and there isn't an incident requiring 911 intervention, we'll be good ...

First time not cooking in, oh, forever ... that'll be sort of cool, anyway. I get to see the adult kids take over and stretch their culinary wings. They're making stuffing tonight. I can get used to this!

Just in case anyone thinks I've gone all rogue nice, please to let me say "get your head out of your ass for pete's sake."

This has been a public service announcement.

Sitting here waiting for 4PM. That's what time I'm supposed to meet a friend of mine, to go to the place to eat Thanksgiving grub (ya know, the place).

Been waiting a couple of hours already. No booze in the house. So. Bored.

PDX's latest contribution to holiday traffic tie ups...

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The hell you say...

What is this 'alcohol' of which you speak?

Going to investigate further...

There was one on the news today where the guy had a count of 0.5... not 0.05, 0.5. The sumbitch should be dead.

That means fully half of his circulating blood was alcohol. You aren't born with that kind of skill, you have to train for it. Goddamn.

Um, 0.5 is 0.5% by volume, not 50%. That said, a level of 0.5 (or 500 in old units) DOES take practice, if you're conscious and walking around. Some people actually cruise at that level and start withdrawal by the time they hit 200/0.2.

You are totally right. I blame poor anti-drinking campaigns in my high school health class.

You were right about having to train, though - most people couldn't reach 0.5, they'd pass out well before even getting close. We definitely aren't born with the capability of driving around (for however short and disastrous a time) with a blood alcohol of .5.