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Thank you all for the pinched nerve advice. I am pretty sure this is a combination of: ongoing ergonomic issues at work causing muscle pain/cramping and travel stuff. A hot shower and enforced rest last night helped. It still hurts and tingles, but not as much, and my main goal is for it not to get worse again during the day right now. It's far from the most painful thing I've ever experienced, but it's annoying and distracting and affecting my productivity, which I find highly objectionable.

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Lou Dobbs is considering a run for president. And you thought 2012 couldn't have more racism on parade.

Yesterday there were mass political killings in the Philipines. 46 people are now confirmed dead in the pre-election violence, including twelve journalists, according to Repoters Without Borders.

Department of Crappy Songs I'm Obsessed With: Miss Hollywood by Carbon Leaf. Yes, this is another Con Sweet thing.

Today's big news is that a homeless organization called UHO is really a fraud. I thought everyone in New York City had known that for years?

The muse, after: obituary for Charis Wilson.

All hail the unconscious brain: Two nights ago I dreamed about the whereabouts of something really important I had misplaced and had been fretting over for a while. Sure enough, this morning when I checked, there it was.

Tomorrow night I take Patty to see the balloons getting blown up for the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Last night, more Bollywood, in which the most common phrase uttered in our household was "is this really happening?" as it was hard for us to tell what were dream sequences and what weren't (the answer was that the scenes in question were often a mix of dream and reality and we weren't picking up on that film vernacular particularly quickly). Weirdest thing about this film? One character looks so much like marchek it's disconcerting. Also, the douchebag fiance guy who won't get the girl in the end totally looks like the Indian Clive Owen. There was also a major subplot involving Switzerland and a giant cow bell.

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[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Lou Dobbs is considering a run for president. And you thought 2012 couldn't have more racism on parade.

Oh 'eck. As though we needed the field to swing more to the far right. I expect his chances will be on a par with Fred Thompson's in '08 but it's still not encouraging.

I thought everyone in New York City had known that for years?

I'd had my suspicions, particularly since they've been v. cagey about their charitable paperwork in a way that other nonprofits haven't. Sad to know they've been confirmed, anyway.

[rm.livejournal.com]

What I'd always been told was that people paid like $10 or something to use their jars and got to keep the rest. Sure enough.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Yeah this is an old old old scam from back when I first lived in NYC. Tehy get really aggressive too.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

The one time I got holla'd at in a sexist sort of way? Was a UHO stallholder in Times Sq touting for business.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

I used to get it from the quarterstaff carrying idiots too. " Hey white boy! Yeah you ! did you knwo you are the source of evil in the world?"

MY favorite rant from them was the one about how the Disney version of Hercules was completely false. They yelled " he was no blond haired white boy faggot! he was a PROUD BLACK MAN!! "

( their words, not mine )

[lawnrrd]

I'm not surprised in the least that the UHO has been revealed as a scam. Details of things like that, though, are always interesting and often surprising. Sticking with UHO, I had never looked into it at all, but I had always imagined it to be more like a beggars' co-op or something.

[toujours-nigel.livejournal.com]

OMG, you watched Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge? Well. That would be confusing. The Indian Clive Owen is doing very well for himself on television, btw.

[rm.livejournal.com]

We haven't finished it yet, but Indian Clive Owen's quite the hottie.

[abnormal-apathy.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen an actual New Yorker throw money in their jars though. So...wonder how the tourists feel.

Balloons....le sigh...this is something I REALLY miss about living in New York. Brendan thought it was ridiculous last year...until we went and he saw how awesome it really is. I was so tempted to brave the traffic and drive down late tomorrow night just to try to see them. But that would be insanity.

[marchek.livejournal.com]

Weirdest thing about this film? One character looks so much like marchek it's disconcerting.

Okay, I'm utterly intrigued. I've often been told that I look somewhat Indian. What's it called and where could I rent it?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Netflix has it.

It's the younger sister. two long braids, big round glasses and your officious Percy/Ianto cosplay body-language. It's BIZARRE.

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

"There was also a major subplot involving Switzerland and a giant cow bell."

But of course there was. What on earth were you expecting? Indians?

[sphinxie.livejournal.com]

I'm usually not an ass about this pet peeve of mine, but since I'm sick and grumpy today and YOU are a WRITER, I have to say: I can't believe you wrote "from Patty and I". (Would you say "from I"? Of course not.)

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Lou Dobbs for President. Why doesn't the Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Clan run and then we can stop all the posturing about 'reasonable' racists.

He used to make me angrier than the sum of Glenn Beck, O'Reilly and Hannity together.

Sure, let's free two border guards who shot an unarmed man in the back. Yes, said man turned out to be a criminal, but they didnt know that when they attempted to murder him.

Sure, let's stop those bad companies who are using damn foreigners to take our jobs away, when of course to bring someone here on a visa (such as an H1-B) you have to demonstrate that you are paying them the going rate in your community. And of course, I would much rather hire a foreigner and pay him exactly what I pay a citizen and incur the extra legal costs and hassles because, why???

As for the birthers - Jesus H. fucking Christ, get a life already. You've seen the birth certificate, and you're not entitled to ask for anything else. Can't find it in the constitution, nope looked, and it doesn't say what kind of birth certificate you have to submit.

CNN really damaged their credibility by keeping him on as long as they did. I might even start watching them again. I'm almost over them shafting Aaron Brown (yep, I've got a long, long memory).

Sorry to use your blog as a rant, but its been one of those days!

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

I found out about UHO in my freshman year of college. Whatevarrr.

Oh my god, Miss Hollywood is such a terrible song! TERRIBLE! That said, Carbon Leaf is one of my favorite bands ever, so if you haven't yet heard any of their GOOD songs, let me know and I will totally fix that. :)

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

There was also a major subplot involving Switzerland and a giant cow bell.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have identified what was wrong with Zurich.

NEEDS MOAR COWBELL.

[gatheringrivers]

Regarding the pinched nerve thing - I checked the last entry, didn't see anything similar to what I do, so wanted to toss it here just in case it might be useful.

When I have my occasional shoulder/neck issue, it seems to be aggravated by stress - so likely muscle tension that built up to an intolerable level.

I have a homeopathic leg cramp ointment (made by Hyland's, orange label, it IS called "leg cramp" something or other - findable on Amazon at the very least) that works like a charm to get the muscles to calm down.

Then, for an exercise, I grab onto a convenient non-moving object (stair railing, shelf support, etc - seems to work better when my hand is around shoulder level), hold on tight, and lean away from the object (while still holding on) and this provides tension without using muscle power.

Then, I twist that arm back and forth a few times, GENTLY, stop leaning, and let go. One or two times in a day, and some sleep, seems to take care of it for the most part.
I do recommend a chiropractor - mine is wonderful - but I know it's a pain in the arse finding one who's any GOOD. A good chiropractor should be willing to sit down and explain why you have pain in x-spot, in a way that actually makes sense to you, and anatomically. Mine has posters of skeletal and muscular structures, so I can point to it and go 'I hurt here when I do x' and he tells me what's connected. It's very cool. :)

Hope that helps. You're welcome to email me if you want more details, or reply here and I'll expand. :)