Today.

• 1 jigger bourbon • 1 tablespoon mild honey • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice • 1/4 cup boiling-hot water Last night I substituted Splenda for the honey, since that is what I had in the house. It doesn’t cure the common cold, but it sure makes you care less about it. The cold has…

You’ll have to excuse me. I’m pissed. I’m really pissed. I probably shouldn’t be making an entry right now. I probably should be cooling off first. takes a deep breath But I’m going with the moment here. I have momentum. I have a good head of steam going. I am royally P.O.’d. I just got…

We have four cats in our household (plus a cat I’m fostering for a rescue group I work with). Because of the Terrible Ringworm Outbreak of 2010, you are all mostly familiar with my little grey problem child, and the rest of the pride gets the short-end of the stick for updates. When my now…

Yesterday TraumaMama wrote to me: Please don’t dismiss the living donor option! Instead why not have lunch with them separately to explain some of the conditions you tried to bring up? It sounds like your younger sister is making medical assumptions and needs to be straightened out. I bet both your sisters want very much…

Went to bed at 7:30 last night – told the Professor I was really tired from our friend from Norway’s visit and needed to catch up on sleep. And I did sleep, too, until six this morning when the alarm clock went off. I always get this way when I get really down. Appetite is…

First, I feel it is my civic duty to call this to the attention of all my Australian readers. This link appeared in my July edition of mini-Air, the mini-Annals of Improbable Research e-magazine, from the people who bring you the Ig-nobel awards every year (also known as the “Iggies”.): 2004-07-13 Aussie Catnip Controversy Are…