Last week, the wife and I were waiting on her gastrologist to come in and talk to her about her lower intestinal issues. On the wall I found a Bristol Stool Scale. Who knew that they had a number of ratings for number 2.
While it has only been 36 hours, it’s been 36 hours with out a headache. That’s pushing a record. Here to hoping I’ve found, if not a cure, at least something to keep them at bay.
I love the images they use during the guitar solos. Their lyrics aren’t quite right. I think it is “Standing the four of us” not “standing in front of us” and “With the heart of a Dragon”, not “With the Heart of a the Dragon”, but hey, I could be wrong, it is freaking speed metal.
Yesterday, I got a call from the owner of $WeSellOldMacs
Which is odd, because, well, I freaked out on him last time we had any thing to say to each other. Not that I yelled at him or any thing, but that I, well did my freak out an run away thing that has been effecting my for the last year or so.
He said he had a couple of issues that needed to be fixed.
I fixed them. Got my self a part time, temp job fixing some other issues. God, I hope I can deal with this long enough to pull my shit together.
In this post, “jervis” makes a strong argument, a very good argument against self check out in stores.
Let me give the other side.
I don’t like to deal with people. Never really have, and it’s gotten MUCH worse over the last few years. If I plan a run to the store right, I can get the items I need, go to where they are in an efficent manner, gather them, go to the self check out, finish my transactions and never need to say any thing to any one. This is ideal. I get the stuff I need or want, and I get it today, not several days from now when FedEX drops the stuff I ordered over the web on my door step, and I didn’t have to deal with any one I don’t already know.
But, store owner, if you decide to put a self check out in, make God Damn Sure it works. A “Wait for attendant” message should not pop up after I scan my first item (I’m looking at you Reasor’s). If I scan something large, heavy and/or bulky I don’t want to have to do more than push one “skip bagging” button to put it in my cart. Clean your scanner lenses daily, at least. Have 3 bags available. Don’t freak out if I remove a full bag and put it in my cart. And for all that is Lawful Good, don’t try and register something weight if it weighs under an half ounce. Going into a loop about putting an item in the bag for a package of tic-tacks is just going to cause an slightly unstable customer to go off on the manager of the store. At 110 dbl, using both command voice and field herald training. Been there, done that, haven’t had Cafe Press make the tee shirt just yet.
Yes, I understand that this is not normal. I’m not a normal person. I’m working on that.
While I can’t say if they are having any effect on headaches, I can say this. The 14 watt spiral florescent bulbs that are supposed to replace, in light level, the 100 watt incandescent bulbs, well, the are “teh suck”. While I didn’t sic a light meter on the level, I can tell, visually that 3 100 watt “long life” bulbs, of the glowing metal bits version, are a lot brighter than 3 of the spiral florescent.
If This report is right, I know why my migraines have got worse. They really started getting bad after I moved into my current house, which is 100% lighted by those types of bulbs. Need to go out and buy some “new” old school bulbs. Like tonight.
Let’s go with under employed, have to move out of the old house by the end of the month and the ice storm of Dec 10th left me with out power for 15+ days, no net for 21 days and we still don’t have DirecTV back.
Then we have the whole “The Darling Wife spent 5 days in the hospital during the ice storm, returning home to a powerless house”.
Adding in the “spending Christmas day in the ER because of The Darling Wife having a massive allergic reaction” is just pilling on.
