5 things, for Monty Python definitions of "5"

[truepenny]

1. On the meat front:

Went to the doctor Wednesday about the continuing nightly queasiness caused by the ropinirole (generic Requip), and I'm now on a prescription antihistamine, which both gets rid of the nausea and makes it easier for me to get to sleep. I'm not real enthused about the vast panoply of drugs I'm now taking, but in the short term, they're a good deal better than either unchecked RLS or being queasy every night, and in the long term, I'm hoping that when I can return to the exercise regimen I worked out over the summer (which is to say, when I can drive again), I'll be able to ease off on the ropinirole, which will make the antihistamine unnecessary.


My GP agreed with me that the next logical step may be a referral to the UW Sleep Clinic. If so, I will blog that for posterity, too.

2. I promised a report on Noodler's Old Dutch Sepia, ergo:

It's a perfectly nice sepia brown. I'd like a little more gray in it to get to what I think of as "sepia," but that's a quibble. More importantly, it does not read to my eye as shit-colored, which is the problem I have with most brown inks (although there, of course, YMMV). The Old Dutch Sepia is exclusive to Fountain Pen Hospital, but I find they're the easiest source for Noodler's Inks anyway, so that's not an annoyance for me. Again, YMMV.

Also, a follow-up on the Technixx and the Squeteague: MADE OF WIN. I've decided I don't want to fiddle with the Squeteague; it's gorgeous as is, even if more of a dark green than really a turquoise. It's all good.


5. The awesome Simon Tofield has a new and seasonal Simon's Cat short: "Santa Claws."

Comments

[lebannen.livejournal.com]

there was a conversation over in Synecdochic's journal (http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/) the other week about putting a bar of soap under the bottom sheet as a treatment for RLS in bed, and I am nosy and wondering if this is something you've ever heard of and if so, ever tried? Apparently it works through various theories of magic, I'm not sure entirely which ones....

I'haven't had RLS since I was in my teens, and never really badly, but I still found myself fascinated by the conversation (and found myself agreeing with the person who wanted to get a group of people using a soap-shaped piece of wood under the sheet, and possibly another group with soap not shaped like a soap bar, as controls, that's the nosy researcher part of me...)

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I have, in fact, been told about that remedy (by the nurse in my GP's office, as it happens), but, well, everybody has to draw the line somewhere, and I draw it at putting soap in the bed.

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Have you tried Waterman's Havana ink? It's a lovely chestnut sepia. I think Cult Pens carry it.

cats and Christmas trees

[(Anonymous)]

What a fun video cartoon-and how true to life with cats at Christmas time. I knew a woman with many cats who anchored her tree to the ceiling as well as having a stable floor stand. Well, the tree was upright but ornaments still in peril.

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[(Anonymous)]

Aw, this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this also – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get anything done… Regards…