CHICAGO: If Hepatitis C Were Attacking Your Face Instead of Your Liver You'd Be Doing Something About It

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wtf, priceline has a hotel i stayed at before listed as a one-star whereas orbitz has it listed as three. PRICELINE IS TELLING THE TRUTH. although the hotel appears to have a new name.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't like my ability to go to the bathroom to be limited by other jerks

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link

My elbows always hurt after flying, too. I'm just all aching creaking joints by the time I get off the plane.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I like the window because then I don't have to deal with people on at least one side.

― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Window is good for sleeping against! And once I was seated between two fattish (well, middle-aged sales types who were pudgy and florid-faced) who ended up talking to each other ACROSS ME for most of the flight and leaning into my knees and stuff until I offered to move. They never excused themselves for the leaning or crowding me, NEVERMIND the sales talk. Grump grump.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link

only thing you have to watch out for with sleeping against the window is bell's palsy. the vibrations from the plane tranfer through the glass to your facial nerves and can paralyze them. happened to ralph nader!

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

jenny, how much longer 'til you're done school?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm too retarded to answer that difficult question.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

omg you did not just mention bell's palsy. it happened to my aunt and i lived in FEAR OF IT for the first 18-20 years of my life. my mom told me that i was NEVER EVER to go to sleep with wet hair while a fan was blowing cold air on my face or else i would wake up with a half-paralyzed face like aunt betsy.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Also I answered that difficult question on the DC thread, but the answer is: December 19th.

How did Aunt Betsy get Bell's palsy?

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

From going to sleep with wet hair while a fan blew cold air on her face! Also truckers sometimes get it when they drive with the window open. Or so my mom said.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

that sounds like an old wive's tale!

― sweet tater (sweet tater), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Of course I'm googling it now . . .
I love that the Mayo Clinic says that it can "be a blow to your self-esteem" . . .
"The condition may result in a droopy appearance of your face. This can be a blow to your self-esteem, but most often Bell's palsy isn't serious."

They also claim that most cases clear up within weeks or months for most people. Is Aunt Betsy's still active?

― sweet tater (sweet tater), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

i know. but i believed it all the way. i know for sure that aunt betsy had a partially paralyzed face for a good 6 weeks or so. i guess in a way i still believe it, just to be safe. who wants a partially (or entirely?) paralyzed face?

aunt betsy has been fine for many, many years -- way longer than i've been alive, but her legacy remains. avoid bell's palsy at all costs!

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link

i googled it too, and it looks like it's idiopathic, meaning they don't know the cause. a friend of mine in high school had it, but it wasn't that noticeable at all.

― JuliaA (JuliaA), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

bell's palsy: worse than boogeyman because it's REAL

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link

omg pwned by finals

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

one site i read said that it's possibly linked to a virus, one of which could possibly be herpes simplex. so the cold sore on yr lip could lead to (gasp!) bell's palsy!

think bells brewery would ever come up with a 'bell's palsy brew'?

― sweet tater (sweet tater), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh no, Evan! Did you just take one or are you being pwned by the study process?

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link

study process. barfcity. t-minus 4 hours until i'm pwned by the actual test itself.

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

OTM re: barfcity on the studying but you won't be pwned! You'll do good. You're going to RUIN THAT EXAM'S DAY.

In ten minutes I'm leaving work, taking house keys to the cat sitter, and then it's home to my own barfcity study time. I am in cross-country solidarity with you!

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

http://schools.katyisd.org/groups/speced/Clip%20Art_pictures/holding%20hands.jpg

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.nataliedee.com/012303/solidarity.jpg

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link

...am i the little bunny creature?

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link

must've been the tempeh i had for dinner last night.

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link

You can be whichever you want but you're cute like a bunny so it would fit.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

A wee, pink bunny.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

for the record jenny is not retarded.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Speaking of retarded, that "tofu makes you gay" ding dong said that tempeh doesn't have the fagola compound. Only raw tofu has it. So yr cool, Evan.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, tempeh does make you bi-curious though.

― otto midnight, that "tofu makes you gay" ding dong (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Miso soup makes you grow a third boob.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I know. [hides face in shame]

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

using soy milk with coffe turns you into a compulsive masturbator.

― otto midnight that "tofu makes you gay" ding dong (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link

boca burgers make you gay AND impotent

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link

soy ice cream leads to a tendency towards scat.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:dyEEtinb5hm_VM:http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Cartoons/The-Simpsons/Blinky-the-Three-Eyed-Fish.jpg

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

using soy milk with coffe turns you into a compulsive masturbator.

I've got to go and... um... get some coffee.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Bulgar wheat leads to porn.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link

i have had TWO cups of coffee today.

― grbchv! (gbx), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

careful, don't want to get that shit raw

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.activewin.com/reviews/xbox/software/2002/wwf_raw/raw_box.jpg

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link

wow I bet that game blows

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't know if someone's been dosing me with soy or what but from the time i first read that awesometacular shoe thread until now i have abandoned what i was supposed to be doing in favor of looking for shoes.

i hope i remembered to tivo "the view".

― otto midnight that "tofu makes you gay" ding dong (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i have been enjoying my new boots. wearing them today.
i am crazy bored and feeling overwhelmed with nerves for some reason.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link

i am crazy tired, a couple of nights with less than optimal amounts of sleep after a mostly sleepless weekend have finally caught up to me. my patience for shopping at target is gonna be pretty damn thin. but after that i will go to the grocery store and i will buy hummus and everything will be ok.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Mands! What are you wearing them with? I wish I could see. :(

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

so... what are you wearing.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link

hey will someone remind me how to make that mexican chicken soup that was on some thread somewhere? i know it's easy, but i can't remember what's in it.

i am wearing jeans, red/black mod boots, stretchy red long sleeve shirt with black short sleeve cashmere t-shirt sweater over it for modesty. also black belt with large silver buckle that i have been wearing since 1990. AND i washed my hair so even my hair looks ok. i feel alright about myself today.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I love you today, plus you're wearing my colors! I wear red/white/black about three days a week.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link

this outfit would look 75% better if i had slim-cut white pants on. i love you everyday laurel. tofu has made me gay.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link

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