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Monthly Archives: December 2005

December 2005: Book Reviews

31-Dec-05

This is an archive of my shorter book reviews and notes, which historically have been posted over at the 50 Book Challenge on LiveJournal, but which I’m starting to move over here. I’m posting them with altered date-stamps, but they might show up in my LiveJournal cross-post anyway. Bear with me, please.
Note: Many of these [...]

Much better now

31-Dec-05

I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER now! Either this bug needed 5 days to run its course, or the antibiotics really helped, but finally for the first time this break, I feel normal.
Of course, just in time for my holiday to consist of a 3-day “vacation” during which I’ll try to catch up on all [...]

Urgle

29-Dec-05

I have now seen the doctor. She gave me a prescription for antibiotics, in case it’s something that antibiotics can help with, and an OTC recommendation for a drug that isn’t OTC, and is in fact a controlled substance (she thought it was no longer prescription). Ah, well– Immodium AD for me.
Oh, yeah, and apparently [...]

OT: Chicken Run!

28-Dec-05

Click here for the movie! (MPEG-4 format)

This one deserves a little explanation. I am shifting away from the Benrik Book as my content inspiration. I’m not sure what I’ll be doing next, but for now, I’m going to focus on people being passionate about something. I enjoyed using The Book for my inspiration, but I [...]

*sigh* *sob*

28-Dec-05

As of tonight, I have had “food poisoning” for far longer than is likely.
New possible causes: stomach flu or salmonella.
Since it’s been 3 days with no improvement, I’m going to go to urgent care tomorrow (I don’t have a “real” primary care physician).
Anyway, John and I watched this terrible movie tonight. It was pointless in [...]