zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. there are days when they should take my laptop away. this is one of them. and I don't know who they is. darn if I'm not in a funk. I will endeavor to spare you all. Off to clean the kitchen.
I need to be near water. I hate being landlocked. That's just that.
happy new rear everyone!
January 02, 2004
trauma with a G
Anyone seen Brother Bear yet? Well, don't. What a crappy movie. Despite Phil Collins' lovely voice in two or three of the songs, the movie was disappointing.
What's with Disney and Death these days? What's with G movies where family members get killed left and right? I remember Bambi being an exception--having to be "old enough" to see it without being too sad. Old Yeller too. And those were animal movies!
Now we've got Nemo and Brother Bear within a couple of months of each other with happy little characters smacked with the death of their wife/mother (nemo), and eldest brother and bear mother of koda (brother bear), not to mention Kenae's turning back into a bear forever. And what's with these dead-folks-turned-spirits that can come back and play, roughhouse, and hang out with you?
Yeh, well, it ain't like that.
Geeze louise! Give our kids a break. Make a sweet animated film without the carnage, would ya?
For the record, I think Nemo was excellent--the death in that movie was integral to the plot and handled well. As for brother bear? don't waste your $$.
What's with Disney and Death these days? What's with G movies where family members get killed left and right? I remember Bambi being an exception--having to be "old enough" to see it without being too sad. Old Yeller too. And those were animal movies!
Now we've got Nemo and Brother Bear within a couple of months of each other with happy little characters smacked with the death of their wife/mother (nemo), and eldest brother and bear mother of koda (brother bear), not to mention Kenae's turning back into a bear forever. And what's with these dead-folks-turned-spirits that can come back and play, roughhouse, and hang out with you?
Yeh, well, it ain't like that.
Geeze louise! Give our kids a break. Make a sweet animated film without the carnage, would ya?
For the record, I think Nemo was excellent--the death in that movie was integral to the plot and handled well. As for brother bear? don't waste your $$.
December 30, 2003
Jeneane's Top Spam Subject Line Predictions for 2004
In honor of the 1,000 emails waiting for me after three days away--FIVE of them from people I actually know--my 2004 spam subject predictions...
Fornicate with hardwood furniture!!! xyldm
Alpha, does your dog fetch? x,fko
Get a smaller box, pleeez your man!!!
NEW Table sex - live webcams
SECRET XX Bin Laden tapes--cave girls
Saddamy, Jeneane, try with your girlfriend
End of world - you have an e-card! xmkod
okay, you next!
Fornicate with hardwood furniture!!! xyldm
Alpha, does your dog fetch? x,fko
Get a smaller box, pleeez your man!!!
NEW Table sex - live webcams
SECRET XX Bin Laden tapes--cave girls
Saddamy, Jeneane, try with your girlfriend
End of world - you have an e-card! xmkod
okay, you next!
home again home again, jiggity jig
Back from the Sandestin Hilton, a nice stay, though cold. Did I say cold? Frigging cold. I'm no more a Yankee. I confess it here. I can't take the cold anymore. When my NY friends here me say I was cold in Florida, which they just have, they can take my yankee card away, strip me of my pizza rights, and color me southern.
Okay, there you have it. I'm a southern frigging belle already. Okay? Are you happy? I said it.
BUT the indoor pool and whirlpool were nice, if not filled with water slightly thicker than I remembered water being, something which distressed George more than it did Jenna and I, until I actually examined the pool water and noticed it looked, well, filthy kind of. But that didn't stop us. Mother and daughter on antibiotics battling bronchitis and sinus infections, what the hell could we possibly catch?
Don't answer that.
So we swam and built sand castles and ate out and -- jenna's favorite -- ordered room service and george went deep sea fishing in 6-foot plus waves. Let him tell you about that. He has a stomach made of iron, and I could make a lot of jokes here, but I won't, so I'll shut up.
I never plugged the computer in. I forgot what the Web was. Didn't care about social networks or weblogging awards or google page ranks. I only cared about finding one of those big peach pool towels as soon as they came up from the laundry because they were still WARM and I wasn't.
Fish is really tasty down there on the Gulf.
That is all.
Okay, there you have it. I'm a southern frigging belle already. Okay? Are you happy? I said it.
BUT the indoor pool and whirlpool were nice, if not filled with water slightly thicker than I remembered water being, something which distressed George more than it did Jenna and I, until I actually examined the pool water and noticed it looked, well, filthy kind of. But that didn't stop us. Mother and daughter on antibiotics battling bronchitis and sinus infections, what the hell could we possibly catch?
Don't answer that.
So we swam and built sand castles and ate out and -- jenna's favorite -- ordered room service and george went deep sea fishing in 6-foot plus waves. Let him tell you about that. He has a stomach made of iron, and I could make a lot of jokes here, but I won't, so I'll shut up.
I never plugged the computer in. I forgot what the Web was. Didn't care about social networks or weblogging awards or google page ranks. I only cared about finding one of those big peach pool towels as soon as they came up from the laundry because they were still WARM and I wasn't.
Fish is really tasty down there on the Gulf.
That is all.
December 25, 2003
sunnyday
It's this google page rank thing. I see it still at 7/10 and I wonder how little traffic it will take to fall from grace. Yah. That's why I haven't been blogging. Either that or all this frigging cold-n-flu stuff. hack. cough. sneeze.
Went to the doc yesterday. Amazing how quickly i can pack on a case of bronchitis. but, with antibiotics in hand, we are OFF TO FLORIDA for a few days, God willing.
Trying Sandestin this trip. Good hotel deal--one night free. Sand, sun, and at least sixty I hope.
I've never been able to figure out how to get this computer to work on the road. I have bellsouth DSL here at home (fast access) and we go through a router. I don't even remember how to dialup, but I wish i did! Anyway, I'd like to blog from there, but not sure I can figure it out.
Ya'll have a peaceful, easy day.
Went to the doc yesterday. Amazing how quickly i can pack on a case of bronchitis. but, with antibiotics in hand, we are OFF TO FLORIDA for a few days, God willing.
Trying Sandestin this trip. Good hotel deal--one night free. Sand, sun, and at least sixty I hope.
I've never been able to figure out how to get this computer to work on the road. I have bellsouth DSL here at home (fast access) and we go through a router. I don't even remember how to dialup, but I wish i did! Anyway, I'd like to blog from there, but not sure I can figure it out.
Ya'll have a peaceful, easy day.
December 21, 2003
Keep her up past her bedtime and you get to blog it first!
George and I had a lovely dinner with Halley tonight. She was easy to spot in her cool blonde hair and pretty pink wool sweater--She's a doll and looks just like her pictures. Of course it didn't hurt that she was the only white girl in the hotel lobby. The Boston Anglo thing made her a dead giveaway.
One word of caution. If you have dinner with Halley you really should bring your inhaler. I thought that at least once during dinner when she made me laugh so hard I choked. That Halley--she can make an asthmatic wheeze. She's a blizzard of sunshine that warmed me up to about 80 degrees. Halley's so full of energy and animated when she talks that I found myself moving extra in my chair to keep up with her.
I have a new term for this. I call it "Hallisthenics." You find yourself doing these enthusiastic internal jumping jacks automatically when you talk to Halley.
If you've met Halley, you'll know what I mean.
So, I made it two years without meeting a single solitary blogger outside of this house and my job. Now in just a couple of months, I've met two dinner tables full of Atlanta bloggers, The Wonderful AKMA and Margaret, and now Halley. It messes with your head, this meeting of words in the flesh. I don't know what it means yet, but I know my world is richer for it.
Sweet dreams Halley!
One word of caution. If you have dinner with Halley you really should bring your inhaler. I thought that at least once during dinner when she made me laugh so hard I choked. That Halley--she can make an asthmatic wheeze. She's a blizzard of sunshine that warmed me up to about 80 degrees. Halley's so full of energy and animated when she talks that I found myself moving extra in my chair to keep up with her.
I have a new term for this. I call it "Hallisthenics." You find yourself doing these enthusiastic internal jumping jacks automatically when you talk to Halley.
If you've met Halley, you'll know what I mean.
So, I made it two years without meeting a single solitary blogger outside of this house and my job. Now in just a couple of months, I've met two dinner tables full of Atlanta bloggers, The Wonderful AKMA and Margaret, and now Halley. It messes with your head, this meeting of words in the flesh. I don't know what it means yet, but I know my world is richer for it.
Sweet dreams Halley!
December 20, 2003
halley claus
Talked to Halley tonight who has landed safely in our fair and FREEZING city. Hoping to get together tomorrow. Wish us luck--still nursing Jenna through this nasty bug. She's in that phase of not feeling as bad as she was but not feeling well enough to do anything, which to a kid equals boredom. A fate worse than sickness. For a mom too.
Netflix better hurry up with the next delivery. Had to make an emergency trip to Blockbusters to pick up Honey I Blew Up the Baby and Freaky Friday. Hey, whatever gets you through the night.
Everyone's sick down here. We had our first pediatric flu death reported last week. 30 percent of the students at Jenna's school were absent Monday. I didn't ask if things had improved or worsened by the end of the week. Thursday she didn't make it the whole day--I picked her up at the nurse's office sitting with a trash can in front of her ready to... well... you get the picture.
fa la la la la... la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Netflix better hurry up with the next delivery. Had to make an emergency trip to Blockbusters to pick up Honey I Blew Up the Baby and Freaky Friday. Hey, whatever gets you through the night.
Everyone's sick down here. We had our first pediatric flu death reported last week. 30 percent of the students at Jenna's school were absent Monday. I didn't ask if things had improved or worsened by the end of the week. Thursday she didn't make it the whole day--I picked her up at the nurse's office sitting with a trash can in front of her ready to... well... you get the picture.
fa la la la la... la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaa.
December 19, 2003
Dr. Mom
Sorry. I haven't been writing much because I've been doctoring the little one.
Today's the last day of school for Jenna until after the new year. I hope she can go for a while because they have a little book exchange party.
Eeeks! Better begin a plan for fun once she's feeling better. Must include sun and swimming--just not sure where.
So what went on while I was away? I hear they caught Osama Bin Laden or something. Wow! Finally. The mastermind behind 9/11 can be brought to justice. What a moment for the U.S. and its leaders!
oh. come again? Sadam? They caught Sadam?
Yes. Well. That's nice.
Today's the last day of school for Jenna until after the new year. I hope she can go for a while because they have a little book exchange party.
Eeeks! Better begin a plan for fun once she's feeling better. Must include sun and swimming--just not sure where.
So what went on while I was away? I hear they caught Osama Bin Laden or something. Wow! Finally. The mastermind behind 9/11 can be brought to justice. What a moment for the U.S. and its leaders!
oh. come again? Sadam? They caught Sadam?
Yes. Well. That's nice.
December 17, 2003
MRSA--don't ask for it by name
Dr. Sessum says that THIS, in a memo released today on the CDC site, is what's REALLy going on with this year's flu that is killing too many young people. It's the resistant staph that's the dangerous piece of the puzzle, not the flu itself.
CDC Says:
Staphylococcus aureus, often referred to simply as "staph," are bacteria healthy people can carry on the skin or in the nose. Staph bacteria commonly cause skin infections. Most of these infections are minor, appearing as pimples and boils, and are treated without antibiotics.
In addition to skin infections, staph bacteria can cause infections in the blood, in the bones and in the lungs (pneumonia). Most serious staph bacteria infections are treated with an antibiotic related to penicillin. However, over the past 50 years, some staph bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics, including the commonly used penicillin-related antibiotics. These resistant bacteria are called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , or MRSA.
Persons infected with influenza are sometimes at higher risk for developing secondary infections, such as pneumonia. During the current U.S. influenza season, several cases of community-acquired MRSA infections, including pneumonias, have occurred in association with influenza infection. This has not been reported previously. [[Bold emphasis mine.]]
Call it a result of the over prescription of antibiotics, call it bioterrorism, call it the End Times. Whatever you call it, watch your kids closely if they get the flu. Staph is nasty and works fast. The best place to be is with IV antibiotics in your arm. I've seen it in action with Jenna when antibiotic-resistant Staph sent her to the hospital after the now-famous cat bite incident.
Stay well ya'll.
Oh, and I'm on a kick now. No eating out til spring. Specially here in atlanta where no one in the kitchens wears gloves.
CDC Says:
Staphylococcus aureus, often referred to simply as "staph," are bacteria healthy people can carry on the skin or in the nose. Staph bacteria commonly cause skin infections. Most of these infections are minor, appearing as pimples and boils, and are treated without antibiotics.
In addition to skin infections, staph bacteria can cause infections in the blood, in the bones and in the lungs (pneumonia). Most serious staph bacteria infections are treated with an antibiotic related to penicillin. However, over the past 50 years, some staph bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics, including the commonly used penicillin-related antibiotics. These resistant bacteria are called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , or MRSA.
Persons infected with influenza are sometimes at higher risk for developing secondary infections, such as pneumonia. During the current U.S. influenza season, several cases of community-acquired MRSA infections, including pneumonias, have occurred in association with influenza infection. This has not been reported previously. [[Bold emphasis mine.]]
Call it a result of the over prescription of antibiotics, call it bioterrorism, call it the End Times. Whatever you call it, watch your kids closely if they get the flu. Staph is nasty and works fast. The best place to be is with IV antibiotics in your arm. I've seen it in action with Jenna when antibiotic-resistant Staph sent her to the hospital after the now-famous cat bite incident.
Stay well ya'll.
Oh, and I'm on a kick now. No eating out til spring. Specially here in atlanta where no one in the kitchens wears gloves.
trying without antibiotics
let this be a lesson to you. Do not EVER not ever enjoy yourself. Do not go for a facial if you have a kid, because you will pay for it. That's where I've been the last couple of days. Paying for it with a sick kid. Ugh. ARGH!
Direct correlation: None
Bad Karma: 25%
Guilt for good time by self: 75%
Anyway, we're trying to get her through this illness without the usual viral-to-bacterial-to-strep=antibiotics treadmill we've been on, which means using any and every weapon against sinus congestion. I've been vapor bathing, I've been vapor cupping, I've been vapor patching, I've been nebulizing, triaminic-ing, and every other ing you can imagine outside of sucking the pleghm from her head with my mouth. Not that it hasn't occurred to me. It has. Geez. I'm losing my mind.
Anyway, she seems to be turning the corner with an RX today for some prescription sinus medicine that's actually working.
Please. All I want is one full night's sleep. Then I'll be ready for whateva.
And I'm sure whateva's right around the corner.
Direct correlation: None
Bad Karma: 25%
Guilt for good time by self: 75%
Anyway, we're trying to get her through this illness without the usual viral-to-bacterial-to-strep=antibiotics treadmill we've been on, which means using any and every weapon against sinus congestion. I've been vapor bathing, I've been vapor cupping, I've been vapor patching, I've been nebulizing, triaminic-ing, and every other ing you can imagine outside of sucking the pleghm from her head with my mouth. Not that it hasn't occurred to me. It has. Geez. I'm losing my mind.
Anyway, she seems to be turning the corner with an RX today for some prescription sinus medicine that's actually working.
Please. All I want is one full night's sleep. Then I'll be ready for whateva.
And I'm sure whateva's right around the corner.
December 14, 2003
Girl Stuff
Last night I had a babysitter come (what an invention!!!!) and I went to get a facial. No rude comments, please. I went to Ulta and got a classic mini. I knew nothing about these things except that my friend went last week and said afterward her skin felt as soft as her three-year-old son's.
I said, HEY! I like that. And they had a special. So I went.
What a treat. They spray your face with warm steam and put all kinds of lotions and potions on your face and neck, complete with what felt like cucumbers on my eyes--I couldn't tell because they were closed--and a hot towel wrap. Just like you see in the movies! The massage part was the best. I never realized how tired my face had started looking until afterward.
Anyhow, the classic mini is on special for $35 right now. And well worth it to have your face feel like a baby's butt.
I said, HEY! I like that. And they had a special. So I went.
What a treat. They spray your face with warm steam and put all kinds of lotions and potions on your face and neck, complete with what felt like cucumbers on my eyes--I couldn't tell because they were closed--and a hot towel wrap. Just like you see in the movies! The massage part was the best. I never realized how tired my face had started looking until afterward.
Anyhow, the classic mini is on special for $35 right now. And well worth it to have your face feel like a baby's butt.
December 11, 2003
Halushki!
I swear I thought my Czech grandmother made this recipe up until I searched it up on google just now and found proof that it's a Polish/Slovak standard.
We make it a little different. We cut a head or two of cabbage up into thin strips, then put a MESS (that's like almost a stick) of butter in a pan, and sautee the cabbage until it starts to brown and carmelize. This takes a while, and it's an art to get the gas just right so the cabbage gets soft before browning.
While the cabbage is cooking, we boil noodles (shells preferred, so the little soft pieces of cabbage can stick all inside of the shells). We skip the onion. We use lots of salt. When the noodles and cabbage are done, we mix them together and add more salt (and butter if needed, and when is it not?).
Calories: 339,004,005
Sodium: 449,440,000
Taste: Priceless
We make it a little different. We cut a head or two of cabbage up into thin strips, then put a MESS (that's like almost a stick) of butter in a pan, and sautee the cabbage until it starts to brown and carmelize. This takes a while, and it's an art to get the gas just right so the cabbage gets soft before browning.
While the cabbage is cooking, we boil noodles (shells preferred, so the little soft pieces of cabbage can stick all inside of the shells). We skip the onion. We use lots of salt. When the noodles and cabbage are done, we mix them together and add more salt (and butter if needed, and when is it not?).
Calories: 339,004,005
Sodium: 449,440,000
Taste: Priceless
From the land of scratching backs...
No surprise here. Bush&Cheney will make it all sound okay, and even if they don't, it won't matter because Bush fanatics, like Limbaugh fanatics, could have proof positive shoved up inside their noses, all the way to their sinuses, and they wouldn't buy it. The if-then-else programming is so deeply ingrained that their brains switch to autopilot when threatened with the truth.
see why i stay out of this political crap? it makes my head explode.
see why i stay out of this political crap? it makes my head explode.
Alternative Medicine
If they run out of the batch of flu vaccine they're buying and importing from Europe, I think I'll take this version of the flu shot instead. I'm not sure it keeps you well, but I don't think you much care about having the flu either.
Holy PR, Batman
Check this site out for a slew of good PR links. Must spend some time digging into these.
I SO wish I had stock in Zicam.
Zicam works. And I think it's essential backup with killer viruses sweeping across the nation. I wish I had stock in this stuff. How do I get some? I'm a stock idiot. I have no idea.
Zicam works. I've said that since I first used it.
Get some.
Zicam works. I've said that since I first used it.
Get some.
I dunno. It's not the David I thought.
Was reading Dr. David's JOHO a few minutes ago, which I always search up via google by typing in "JOHO," because I always type joho.com (wrongly) and so google is how I get to david.
Anyway, I mistakenly (I guess) clicked on google images for JOHO.
I don't know. There are a bunch of men depicted in images entitled joho.gif, and yet, none of them look like the david weinberger I saw at Publix a month or so ago. Unless he looks very different in swim trunks.
Hmmm. I'm ready for a blog version of What's My Line to find out who the real Sir JOHO is.
Anyway, I mistakenly (I guess) clicked on google images for JOHO.
I don't know. There are a bunch of men depicted in images entitled joho.gif, and yet, none of them look like the david weinberger I saw at Publix a month or so ago. Unless he looks very different in swim trunks.
Hmmm. I'm ready for a blog version of What's My Line to find out who the real Sir JOHO is.
Slippers and Parkas
For the first time since we moved to the south, I got bedroom slippers this winter. I've never been a slipper wearer or a robe wearer, and I don't know if it's that I'm older now or just plain Southern, but I can't take this cold. Today I found myself nostalgic for a parka, you know the kind with a hood and the fuzzy fake fur around your face? Yes. Mmmmmm. Warm.
The heating bill's gonna be crazy next month. 75 degrees and counting.
The heating bill's gonna be crazy next month. 75 degrees and counting.
Remember how they owed me money?
Well, they still due [sic]. Two invoices past 60 days, three past 30. Things are getting tight. Again.
Ho Ho Ho,
might as well
become a
Ho.
Ho Ho Ho,
might as well
become a
Ho.
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