The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Ted:

Quoth Xopher:
Actually we use the BT lesson to teach caution, but no longer blame The Church as the totally evil villainous murdering infection some people tried to paint it as back then...it was really horrible, you'd be amazed.

Would you mind continuing? Or referring elsewhere?

I once e-mailed Ms. Hayden to ask why the door-to-door Mormons used to scoot off my family's doorstep when I was a kid, once we told them we're Catholic.

(By the way, thanks again- it was a great reply. Still don't know why the Witnesses did. It's not like we slaughtered the goat at home or anything...)

Since then, I thought it's at least good policy, to see how others view "your stuff". Sometimes it's educational, and sometimes it's humbling.

(Of course, in the case of someone like Chick, it's a trip to the funhouse, but that's neither here nor there...)

Cricket fans who want to get an intro to Baseball (from the Cricketer's perspective) might like Playing Hardball: A Kent County Cricketer's Journey Into Big-League Baseball, by E.T. Smith.

Um, that's it. Besides "yippee", that is.

Remembering a New Yorker Cartoon...
Child being read a bedtime story:
"Daddy? Could you please read the part where he dreams of life outside of Dublin, again?"

No, you may not get shot right now. I was here first, and signed on the waiting list like everyone else. ;)

Seriously, hope the migraines pass soon. Family gets them, a lot, so I have some notion...

Dumb thing, but it seems to work...

When I'm at work, and coworkers (and braver customers) complain of a general sinus/throat thing, this seems to help: a tall (handled) glass of steaming-hot water, with a liberal shot of honey and lemon, with a good shake or three of salt to follow.

Then, with instructions to do this someplace quiet: breathe the steam in first, then (when it's cool enough to do this), gargle half, then take a good swallow of the (now settled) honey & lemon.

It may be placebo effect, it may be the 'ritual' involved, but the gargle salt-water/honey and lemon thing are both tried and true- it usually seems to offer at least a few hours' relief.

The Boskone Plague-Vector isn't entirely new- I attended Boskone three times, and twice came back with Something Nasty. This, and the smell of overchlorinated pool (hopefully fixed by now), are the only things I wouldn't recommend about Boskone...

Re: Ginger Beer: One time, I was in a Jamaican takeaway place in South London. I bought a Meat Patty and a Ginger Beer- thinking it was like the Jamaican Meat Patties in New England and a ginger ale.

I now like to think of my reaction to both (ie, 'Jeez, this is hot! (drink) Aaa!, This is hot!') as my little contribution to keeping silent comedy alive.

Oh, and Hot & Sour Soup clears sinuses, no doubt about it.

Best wishes, speedy recovery.

PS: The 'threats with a language barrier' scene makes the Wasabi movie worth it.

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