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Sep. 24th, 2025 04:38 pm
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So, got COVID last week. Thought it was just bad cold symptoms, then I realized I was feeling my shirt against my skin the way I only do if I have a fever. Since I was supposed to go for an abdominal ultrasound (possible gallstones) last Friday I got a COVID and flu at-home test and spent fifteen minutes in the bathroom.

Fever never went above 100.6 for me, thankfully. Did not lose what little sense of smell I had to begin with. I no longer have to isolate but I am now back to my all-too-familiar state of 'sinuses full of snot, post nasal drip, HORK HORK HORK coughing'. I'm taking a store-brand severe cold and sinus pill every four hours for that and drinking so much tea I feel like the goddamn harbor. Could be worse so I am not going to bitch beyond that. I'm definitely grateful my boss's first statement to me when I logged in on Monday, after dealing with a tech support issue, was 'how're you doing? Plan on working from home this week'. I wasn't looking forward to mornings of trying to assess whether I was fit to haul my ass to the ferry terminal or not.

having said this I am trying to remember where I go to edit the quote at the top of my journal page because yesterday I found out about a species of water beetle in Japan that has been documented as surviving being eaten by frogs, but only so long as the beetle is able to keep moving. The scientists tested it by applying wax that immobilized two legs to several beetle. None of them made it out in any recognizable form, whereas the others managed to get through. Longest time documented was several hours, others made it through in 115 minutes, but one beetle managed to speedrun the frog in six, which... has to have been quite the experience for the amphibian.

Mostly I just like the sound of 'keep moving. there is light at the end of the frog'.

ETA: found the customization page.
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Hi Milliways, happy fall to everyone.

Today's DE:
What is your pup's favorite cozy activity?

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Sep. 24th, 2025 06:06 am
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Monday DE: Ooh look a squirrel!

Sep. 22nd, 2025 03:05 pm
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Afternoon all!

Sorry this is a bit late, I keep opening the tab then getting distracted.


So... How focused is your pup? What will always distract them?

back on the isthmus

Sep. 21st, 2025 10:53 pm
chanter1944: an older house and surrounding autumn scenery (Wisconsin autumn: smells like fall)
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This post brought to you by the letters ZZZZZ. More tomorrow.

stopover on the marsh

Sep. 20th, 2025 10:45 pm
chanter1944: an older house and surrounding autumn scenery (Wisconsin autumn: smells like fall)
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Made it back to Fond Du Lac County. Staying the night, then heading home, to hopefully be on the isthmus by noon tomorrow. I've showered (nothing wrong with anywhere we stayed, but I've been wanting to shower in surroundings where I know who else has been using the tub, the towels, etc), laundry is in, and good gosh, I'm tired.

More later. For now, ZZZZZ.

checking in from Duluth, MN

Sep. 20th, 2025 07:40 am
chanter1944: an older house and surrounding autumn scenery (Wisconsin autumn: smells like fall)
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On the penultimate leg of the trip. Heading for the marsh after walking a local lake trail and hopefully avoiding rain. More when I'm back in marsh country. It's been an excellent trip so far!

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Sep. 18th, 2025 08:33 am
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Sherlock (mostly of Moriarty), Fleabag, Andrew Scott in Hamlet, Andrew Scott, Winona Ryder, Gillian Anderson, Little Mermaid, Moonstruck, Alice in Wonderland.

here

Tuesday DE

Sep. 16th, 2025 10:26 am
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It has been a morning...

How persistent is your pup?

two rounds to the shoulder

Sep. 12th, 2025 07:21 pm
chanter1944: Chapel with binder and stylus in hand, looking at a closer-to-camera McCoy (TOS - Chapel and McCoy: and guard life)
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And neither one has done harm. Yes, I succeeded in getting this year's influenza and Covid vaccines. Evidently, for those the information might assist, *anxiety* is on the list of valid reasons for healthy under-65's to get the shot. I have a medical diagnosis of that one, I have the prescribed meds to prove it, and the pharmacist didn't bat an eye at my revelation of the same, so bada bing bada boing bada bandage, twice. :) My insurance cleared without a hiccup, as well, and according to the same excellent pharmacist, insurance providers haven't been in the habit of denying coverage, at least that she's seen.

If any Madison local folks are looking for a friendly vaccination location, I went to the Walgreens on the square. I'd have gone to my usual locally-based pharmacy rather than a chain, but getting all the way to their location on the far east side is a gigantic pain in the rear, and making sure I got in with plenty of time before close of business was a concern, so.

I was not, and this gave me warm fuzzies atop the warm fuzzies of a double vaccination success, anywhere close to the only person turning up for both shots at once, either. There was, from what I heard, a steady trickle of people doing exactly the same thing. Yay!

RFK Jr. can stick his intertwined anti-science zealotry and his unadmitted social Darwinism. I won't say where. He can assume I'm implying whatever he damn well likes.

Thursday DE

Sep. 11th, 2025 11:13 am
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(Shows up late with cotton candy/candy floss.)

Oh hey, what's up folks?

How is your character(s) with new foods or cuisines? Will they try anything once?

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