Good morning, Froggies!
Please Recommend this so it will stay up.
NEWCOMERS, we’d love to meet you. Please introduce yourselves. The Welcome Wagon is now parked here.
Okay then! Welcome to the first Thursday of the first week of the first month of the first year of the first century of the Froggy Bottom Café. You’re making history here, tadpoles and frogsters. So pick your pad, hop on up, and ribbit your little bleeding liberal hearts out.
You’ve come to the right place for:
chatting
catting
laughing
staffing
sharing
caring
hiding
sniding
crying
defying
leaving messages
heaving confess-ages
conflict resolution
froggie evolution
congratulating
flagellating
commiserating
eviscerating (Not frogs, of course. “Dr. Frist, put down that scalpel. Now slowly back away from the pond. . .”
kvetching
kvelling
bitching
twitching
bemoaning
groaning (puns encouraged on Thursdays)
supporting
snorting
issues
Miss You’s
Hi’s
Lies (“Yes, you DO look lovely in chartreuse.”)
Information
Celebration
& little lambs eat ivy.
On your mark, get coffee, DIVE IN!
Hi, all. Well, Spellcheck has disappeared, so thiz shuld bee innteressting.
Talk about anything you want, of course, but if you’d like a theme, how ’bout this one which is inspired by something Sven said recently:
Theme-ish:
If you could give this country one thing that another country has, what would it be?
Integrity and truth!!!!!!!!
I’m sorry,those words are vaguely familiar, but I can’t remember what they mean. You may have to translate for us Americans.
I’d give us health care for everyone, not just those who are lucky enough to have jobs with benefits.
A good train system would be good too. That and red, double-decker busses.
Trains! Red-double decker buses! I know I should pay more attention to your health care suggestion, but god how I love trains. And double decker buses. (NOT our domestic varieties of bus.)
Anybody got a favorite train or bus story?
The first time I ever had a “sleeper” cabin on a train, I got on around midnight. It was going from KC to Dallas, I think. Anyway, the porter pulled out my bed in the little cabin, I closed the door, put on my pj’s, crawled in between the sheets, raised the curtain and watched the world roll by. I literally thought, “I’m so happy I could die right now and it would be okay.”
Love trains!!
When I was a kid we used to drive to Pasco, Washington to get on the train to go to Billings, Montana to visit my grandparents. We was po’ folks so we slept in the coach section. Didn’t bother us kids any, though.
That train was the Vista-Dome North Coast Limited. The dome section had several rows of four seats, two-and-two, with s speaker grille in the shape of the Northern Pacific monad. (At least I think it was a speaker; it could have been an air vent. But it was definitely the yin-yang NP symbol.) I’d get up there, sit in the front seat of the dome to the right of that speaker, and pretend the grille was a steering wheel and I was driving the train. Hey, I was a kid, if I wanted to drive a train instead of pulling the throttle, I could drive a train. Just for the record, I drove spaceships too.
Perhaps the most memorable of our many trips was when we went to Billings for Thanksgiving in about ’67 or ’68. We shared the car with a group of college students who broght their guitars along. Somewhere between Spokane and Missoula they took over the dome and started singing folk songs. I had long since been corrupted by the folk song process so some of the songs were familiar to my adolescent ears. We rode the train into the night, singing songs of the open road. It was about as American as you can get.
Nothing would please the two of us more — the adult who knows we are heading full-bore for a transportation crisis in this country, and the kid who use to drive the train into the night — than seeing passenger service return in a big way.
OMG, folk songs sung on a train. Bliss.
Major train fanatic, here. My dad is a founding member of the Indiana High Speed Rail society and has been pushing for more trains, better trains and faster trains since I was a kid. Their pet projects are getting high-speed rail in place between Indy and Chicago and convincing Chicago to locate their new airport in Gary and put in a rail link to the city. Neither of which is all that quick in coming, but it’s just a matter of time.
I moved to SoCal from Boston and I think the transportation is what I miss the most. I took trains to work, to shop, to go out, to visit the b’friend in New Jersey, etc. I never missed having a car for a second. Around here you are crippled without one. Very sad.
about the spouse and I being in a “sleeper car” in Salt Lake City and how the Mormons would’ve blushed if they’d been able to see us… 😉
But please, do NOT disparage our domestic buses…we’ve been getting some very cool ones lately. 🙂
Cool domestic buses? I’d love to hear about them. Come on over to the next Cafe, why don’t you, and sing their praises.
Except. . .we’re already up to 90 on that cafe thread, after only a couple of hours. If you’re going to say anything meaty you might want to wait for the one after that so that more people will get to read it.
Thanks.
I was talking about:
This is one of three Zero Emission Buses (ZEBs) running in Santa Clara County, in a joint project with a bunch of other agencies. They run on hydrogen fuel cells, so no air pollution (if you see them running down the street, you can see the steam vapor being exhausted in the back).
Reports are mixed; I heard one driver say that reliability has been a problem, but that might just be due to it being new technology and the mechanics are still getting up to speed on keeping them working.
That’s a far cry from the old diesel-blowers I grew up with. Oh, sigh, what I wouldn’t give for good mass transit in the Kansas City area.
I’ll tell you – you haven’t lived until you’ve ridden the night bus in London. There’s just something about standing in Trafalgar Sq. at 2am waiting for a double-decker bus that, when it finally pulls up, contains a driver, 3 very drunk students and a guy with crazy hair who will stare at you the whole ride home until you are so freaked out your skin crawls. And that’s just the bottom deck – best not to even go up to the top. And then it drops you off 2 miles from your usual bus stop (cuz it’s limited service in the middle of the night) and you fall into bed as the birdies are starting to chirp.
If I sound like I’m complaining about it – I’m so not. I think the idea of public transportation running in the middle of the night is fantastic, and hurdling through London in the middle of the night in a big red bus is an experience not to be missed.
Democracy
the Reinheitsgebot. It’s the German Beer Purity Law of 1516. No, it wouldn’t actually solve any of our real problems, but it would please this humble scribe immensely.
Well, I’m just going to jump up here on the welcome wagon. I finally created an account after lurking around for a couple weeks.
For your enjoyment, I’ll share a little info about me
I live in Maple Valley, a nice little suburb about 20 miles southeast of Seattle.
I have an amazing 14 year old daughter-smart and compassionate beyond her years.
I’m a buyer for a local utility, and I’m also a part-time student working on that degree I should have gotten 20 some years ago.
As for what I’d give this country-I have to go with universal healthcare. A shorter work week would be a good thing, too.
Welcome!! Now I hate to say this, but we’ve gotten crowded and had to move the cafe over to another diary. Would you pretty please do this all over again over there? This always happens! Somebody new comes on, gets up the nerve to say hi, and then finds out there’s nobody here but the hostess. Sorry! See you over at the next thread, I hope.
Good morning Kansas…here have a nice hot crouissant! I would stick around but must go do my morning walk on the beach. Will be back later. See if you can talk someone(hopefully Catnip if she is up to it)into a live thread for the Conyers’ Forum today on Cspan3. Later!!
You’re taking a walk on a beach? A WALK ON A BEACH?? Do you have any idea how cruel you have just been to this Kansan!? If I ever announced, “I’m going to take a walk on a beach,” it would be months before anybody heard from me again, lol.
Do you mind if I ask. . .which ocean?
Pacific Ocean…I live in Del Mar and can hear and see the waves a block away from my balcony. It is wonderful to walk and clear my head of all the crap that is going on right now.
Brrr. I could do a morning walk on the beach, I suppose, but I’d have to get up at 4:45 to do it and the weather is pretty crappy right now in the OC. Foggy and spitting down rain. I hope it’s nicer in Del Mar.
And by the way, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! rrrrribbit
that my suggestion for the Froggy Bottom greeting is:
“May the 4’s be with you”
lol! I love this. You may have to repeat it for weeks until we remember to put it up top. (Did you notice that you inspired today’s theme? In a thread somewhere, probably in a galaxy far away, you listed some European things you loved. Or, at least, that’s what I think you did. Maybe you were listing things you wouldn’t miss on a desert island. It was late when I read it. Just take credit, either way, okay?
I am always happy to take credit 😉
I was earlier talking about all the things we DIDN’T have to suffer in Finland – like earthquakes etc, and the things we DO have like ‘unlimited’ drinkign water. We also have a wonderful warm woman President.
Since the weather is cold and probably rainy here in Northern CA…I’m in favor of some coffee and then curling up with my friends here…
Nap time everyone…
Nice Pootie Pic. Thanks for the note, Told CD last night. Hope you have a fun and wonderful day.
JJ
Awww. I hope all Cafe threads will have at least one pootie pic. Does anybody remember how it got the name “pootie pic”?
The incomparable PhillyGal has a picture for every occasion and here long haired white kitty is named “Pootie”.
I wonder if we can bribe her to come over to the frog pond? Hmmmm….
In the meantime…I think I’ve copied at 1/2 of her collection to my photobucket account…
I know that 🙂 The name *Pootie has taken on a life of it’s own.
“War is not the answer, For Only love can conquer hate” Marvin Gaye “What’s goin on”
I’m partial to all critters….so puppies, ferrets, baby wild animals….will rotate through…
Maybe a puppy pic for jdog tomorrow??? :^D
meeting you here…
You too. Many friends here that I miss greatly. I hope you have your German translator ready 😉
“War is not the answer, For Only love can conquer hate” Marvin Gaye “What’s goin on”
Sie werden sehen, was gestern Abend in C&J geschehen ist
“War is not the answer, For Only love can conquer hate” Marvin Gaye “What’s goin on”
Was bedeuten Sie, sie werden sehen??
Best way is english. Cable went out last night, so did my internet access. Middle of conversation, poof.
“War is not the answer, For Only love can conquer hate” Marvin Gaye “What’s goin on”
Got it… Seems to be happening alot lately… Did you have a storm?
Nope, Think Comcast lost something somewhere. The cable came back on, but their internet service took a good hour and a half.
“Krieg ist nicht die Antwort, Für Nur Liebe kann erobern Hass”
Thanks, SallyCat. I thought it probably had something to do with PhillyGal, but I couldn’t remember what.
How about a little snack?
“OOOh, you are AWFUL”
…Rufus flipped his pancake gingerly…
<loved it>
That’s hilarious. I have two miniature dachshunds & two cats that are bigger than the dogs. At my house, it would be a cat who was flipping the dog. So far all they’ve done is flip them off, though.
Spellcheck is back. Thank dog!
Just be careful how you store any leftover batter!
You have a VERY funny family. lol
Awwwwwwww! The one on the bottom. . .that’s what my baby does when I’m resting on the couch. Plops herself down on my chest, and falls asleep with her outstretched paw on my cheek. (‘cept my “baby” weighs 17 pounds)
Hi Kansas and glad to see you are on the job this morning. Thanks for being right on time for opening up this place. Looks nice but where’s the coffee and pastries. LOL
YOu question to aloha, its the Pacific, she lives down the coast from me in Socal, I don’t live as close to the ocean as she does, so no morning walks on the beach for me.
BTW thee are still two days open for hosting, Sat, and Sun, any volunteers, please email me….
Hi, Diane!
Didn’t you see the coffee pot over there under that fern? It’s a Cuban roast this morning. But darn, I forgot the pastries. Excuse me while I hop to Krispy Kreme.
Good morning everyone! The Cafe has a cheerful glow today. I especially like the way the sun is shining on the table at the back.
Moring, kbird. Hope your connections are working better today?
Not yet 🙁
Geek alert:
I hope it doesn’t break the stuff that’s working….
I wish you had some of those bearclaws from yesterday….
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Yay!! It worked!! I am a blockquote girl now. Thank you so much.
(Thunderous applause) Congratulations!
(and where’s my spell check — I’m terrible with that many vowels)
Ooh – could you link to that diary? I haven’t worked up the nerve yet to try a block quote, but I’d like to hotlist the directions in case I ever do.
I’ll just repeat: It’s very easy: Just type:
<blockquote>Type what you want to say</blockquote>
And it will come out like this:
In the instructions they mention [TYPE], but it isn’t necessary.
But..but…that’s so easy! 🙂
Thanks, katiebird!
I promise nobody here will make you feel like an idiot if you screw it up.
Yay!! You did it!
Hooray!!!
I’m on a roll! I just used one in a different diary as well.
You’ve done it now – soon I’ll turn into Maryscott O’Connor and put everything in text boxes so bright, your eyes will bleed. 🙂
A few months ago, I had no clue on embedding links, doing blockquotes or inserting pictures. Amazing how simple it really is.
As to your comment (and you have probably picked this up already) – for bigger quotes from other text, simply block the text you want copied and drop it in the above code between the start- and end-tags.
Well, happy Block Quote to you, my dear! (And fabulous diary intro, if I may add)
I did my first blockquote on Sunday morning and felt like the Queen of Tech for the remainder of the day!
Thank you, thank you.
Ooo, did you see that? I accidentally wrote an extra blockquote on the front end of “We preen,” and an extra slash blockquote on the other end, and got that yummy box in a box.
Damn, I’m good. By accident.
Hey guys, I’m brainstorming with a friend about creating a progressive community in dealing with issues from the feminist viewpoint. Would anyone be interested in that? I’m going to register a domain name as soon as I think of one and get the site hosted. My friend, Chris, will help with the technical issues.
Please keep us posted on your progress. That sounds like a great idea. Are you going to mention it over at womenkossacks? And, of course, at culturekitchen.
womenkossacks has been closed down. I haven’t heard anything else from nyco who created that site on the womenkossacks e-mail list. I’m going to fire off a couple of emails on that list and see what responses I get. Their ideas were great, but we need the follow-through!
grins
There was a notice last week…I’ll see if I can track it down…
It’s a few weeks hiatus…an understandable need to heal and regroup.
a few weeks hiatus??
“Yeah, yeah, it just got started! But as we discussed in the comments, this blog has only been a temporary emergency meeting-place / solution to talk about much
bigger issues. Unfortunately, I am going to be out of town for a few days and I’d prefer that things be quiet there for a while. However, the comments are still open.”
This is part of the note…so I have been over since it arrived….
do we have to wait for nyco to get back from vacation? who’s the leader in creating this proposed feminist community on womenkossacks?
I can’t determine one yet. That’s why I’m stepping up to the plate on this.
I know that any advice and ideas and plans are welcome. Opening this discussion in the comments there would be good. Thanks for taking leading role in this!
Well, Kansas. In addition to the coffee pot and pastries, you obviously have handy your thesaurus. 😉 Them there writer types just can’t leave those reference books alone. LOL
How about some nice green tea for us non-coffeeholics?
Ribbit.
Actually green tea should probably be the Official Froggy Bottom Drink, now that you mention it, Mnemosyne. I have a fav green tea that I can get only through Claflin Tea at Claflin’s Bookstore in Manhattan, Ks. It’s called, “Strawberry Cream Green,” which probably sounds awful, but is fabulously lush and tasty.
Kansas do you want to add to the diary above something about Newcomers can use this for the welcome kind of diary until we get a great big influx again. Put it in box quotes if you can.
I was thinking about this last night, as we will not be putting up the ww diaries for awhile.
I like your list in your diary
Did you have conflict resolution on the list, I didn’t notice. Your list will be a good one for other hosts to use for future diaries, copied and pasted into the diary. Not required, just suggested.
Great ideas, Diane. Thanks. Will do. Oh, boy, a chance to block quote for real. I’m so excited. You don’t think my list is too long? I wondered if I should have used Extended Copy.
I don’t know what extended copy is, but maybe it would be better in running format, rather than a list and then a lovely box quote would be nice.
BTW do you know how to post pics yet. If not, do you need help. Just curious, a lot of folks do not know how. Zander might be able to find the comments made on how to do in previous WWagon diaries…
You know how, on some diaries, you may read a bit and then you’ll see something like, “there’s more.” And when you click on that you go to the rest of the diary? They use it on the front page a lot. That’s Extended Copy. Extended copy is that second empty box on the page where you write your diaries. If you have a very long diary, it’s considered good form (at some sites, at least), to put an intro in the first box–there may be a minimum word count, I don’t know about that– and then move the rest of the verbiage to the extended copy box.
Clear as the mud at the edge of the pond?
I do NOT know how to add pictures & would love to know.
As for my list, I think what I’ll do is leave it as it is for most of the day (I confess I kinda like it like that, for now) and then before closing time I’ll Update it into a boxed paragraph that anybody can take. That was a good idea you had, there!
Whew. I guess that went okay. I had to work to come up with anything even resembling a rhyme for “conflict resolution,” lol.
Diane, I’m just making sure you see Brotherfeldspar’s offer, below, to host a weekday if we still need one.
Just thought I would introduce myself since I’m new here!
First of all, here is my wishlist from what other countries have that we don’t:
So, aside from that, I was a red diaper baby and grew up hanging around with my parents while they honored picket lines, gathered, signatures, distributed leaflets, and attended meetings of the Socialist Labor Party. From there I became a Berkeley Radical, and from there a lifelong activist for human rights. I’ve seen some awful things go on in this country, but nothing like what’s happening now. Not even close! Thanks to all of you who are fighting the good fight. Count me in.
With a name like that you’re going to fit in here just great. We have a lot of people who are fascinated by myth, symbols, etc. I say “we,” so confidently, don’t I? You’d never know I’ve been here less than two weeks, myself. That’s how welcoming this place has been to all of us newcomers. I hope you’ll stick around the frog pond today and get to know lots of BooTribbers!
Can we put Nessie in the Lake of the Ozarks, please?
Thanks, Kansas. I think we should have a silent Nessie auction, proceeds towards to help John Conyers, whadya think, good idea huh?
Welcome to the frog pond!
Pull up a toadstool, coffee this morning, Damnit Janet bartending later with green drinks…
I think I’ll arm wrestle kansas for placement of Nessie to Lake Tahoe!
Sigh. Once Nessie sees Lake Tahoe the Lake of the Ozarks Chamber of Commerce won’t have a chance. Maybe if we offer her a few tax breaks. . .and god knows she won’t have to worry about zoning restrictions.
I’m hoping my fellow swamp denizens can spare a little sympathy today. I’m getting ready to move across the country to start grad school and I’m so anxious about it I’m getting sick in all kinds of unpleasant ways (canker sores, etc). I’m really excited about school – I’ve been wandering, directionless, since I graduated. I finally found the right career path (library science, yay!) and can’t wait to get started. I’m also going back to my alma mater, which is a mixed blessing, but at least I know a few people and don’t have to learn the lay of the land again. The thing is – I’ve gotten more or less settled here in CA and I’m freaked out about having to uproot and start a scary new life and new program.
So far I’ve been self-medicating with music and chocolate chip cookies, but any advice, consolation or anecdotes would be much appreciated.
Thanks, everyone – I hope you’re all having a better Thursday than I am.
hang in ther 1979,,just remember that tomrrow will be a better day…well, maybe…:o) Just know you got friends here all over the states and world…just ahng with us and we will make it all better…don’t you just love the pixs today? so much to give a laugh to…
<great big hug>
Try not to stress too much! Sounds to me like a case of overexcitement maybe? 😉 You sound so excited (as anyone should be!) about going back to school. Kudos to you! Take alot of deep breaths, but not too many! Don’t need ya hyperventilating on us!
When I was in the 3rd grade, I was so nervous about starting in a new school that I vomited all night long the night before school was to start. We had just moved into a new house, new neighborhood, the whole she-bang.
It took me a few days to calm down enough to actually go to school. (I was 8 or 9 at the time)
Sit down, grab a cup of tea and a wubby (blanky) and curl up and watch a movie…get your mind off of this life changing event for a moment.
And don’t eat too many cookies! They’ll rot your teeth ya know? (hmmm but they do go really good with that wubby and a movie!)
</great big hug>
I started with spiral notebooks and now have bookstore type spiral journals.
When life is freaking me out I write it down…then go back and read it an hour later…
The written word gets it out of your brain and you can re-evaluate. Sometimes I laugh out loud at my own panic over stuff even as I write it down.
Safe travels….
Yes! What sallycat said! Write it all down, then curl up with your cookies, watch a movie, and then look back on what you wrote. I know that I have gone back to see some of things that I wrote in my Journal when I was feeling like the world was crashing around me, I felt like a fool! Alot of good laughs have resulted from perusing my writing in a time of stress. 😉
Thanks, guys! I really appreciate your <hug>s and advice. At least there’s a time limit on this particular anxiety – in a month I’ll be on my way and the nail-biting will be over.
I’m starting grad school at berkeley in the fall and I’m pretty anxious myself. If I was moving more than 10 miles away, I’d probably be a basket case! Regardless, it’s pretty clear that the anticipation (and playing out the string at work) will be far tougher and much less fun than school… in the meantime, I have been focusing on doing as many fun summer in CA things as possible!
Where are you going? What are you studying?
Finally – someone I can relate to! 🙂 I’m going to Indiana University to get a masters in Library Science (specifically I’m going to be studying digital libraries). I grew up in Indianapolis and I did my undergrad at IU, so it’s really going home for me. That’s what’s keeping me from being a total basket case.
I know what you mean about ‘playing out the string at work.’ My work ethic has gone down the toilet lately and I’m basically marking time until I leave (only two weeks of work left!).
So what are you studying?
so you’ll be an expert in the Dewey Decimal system eh?
I am getting an MBA which I hope to apply to non-profit management. Preferably in subsidiary educational services. Mostly though, I want to find a way to coach little league and get paid for it. =)
very tough to stay focused at work… ugh.
What exactly are ‘subsidiary educational services?’
like running an afterschool programs, mentoring programs, sports programs… the business development side of youth services.
Sounds like important work. Best of luck to you!
They have a program on digital libraries? Really? Do you have a link to some information? Really?
Yep, it’s a brand new program put together by profs at IU and the U of Illinois. Digital libraries are the big thing right now in the library world, and every major library is creating some sort of digital component. The thing is, they go to hire someone to create it and find that there aren’t enough qualified people. (In other words, great job market for me!) Hence the new program – it’s called the Digital Libraries Education Project. I managed to snag one of their fellowships somehow, so I’m going to be right in the middle of things. Very exciting!
What are your favorite library sites?
ek! i did mention i haven’t even started my master’s yet, right? so don’t expect a lot of informative stuff from me, but here are the things I like:
The Librarian’s Index to the Internet: a collection of resources from the internet on lots of topics. These librarians have the coolest job ever: they search the internet for interesting and informative sites and add them to their database.
ibiblio.org: a cool online library, sponsored in part by The Center for the Public Domain. These guys do some very important stuff in the world of digital librarianship, alternative intellectual property and copyright structures, etc.
The California Digital Library: a digital library created by the UC system with a more academic focus. A major player in the DL world.
There are lots more – these are just the ones I’m familiar with.
So, if I may pry, you seem really interested in libraries – are you a librarian?
Congratulations on library school!
GSLIS (U of I Library School) grad here. Don’t stress — library school isn’t hard, and the people are great.
Plus, at IU you’ll be near upcoming Lord of the Rings exhibit this fall!
Thanks! I have to admit, the people are part of what got me interested in the field in the first place. I’ve decided the best way to find a career is to try a bunch of jobs until you find yourself looking around and saying ‘hey! these people are like me!’. Then figure out what they do. Or, at least, it’s no worse way to find a career than some others I can think of.
Now, what’s this about an LOTR exhibit?
And are you currently working as a librarian?
You can see more about the exhibit here. I’m planning to make a weekend of it sometime this fall!
I don’t work as a librarian. I test software that libraries use though, so I like to think that I help the librarians do their jobs more easily.
Wow – I had no idea! My family is all in Indianapolis and I will probably be up there every few weeks. I’ll have to stop by and see that. Plus, my brother is a huge LOTR fan, so I’m sure he’ll want to go.
Just out of curiosity – what made you choose your current job over being a librarian? More money? Fewer patrons?
I worked in a library for a short while (VERY short while) and didn’t like it. It was an exceptionally bad, dysfunctional place. The only good thing about it was I met my future husband there!
To make a long story short, we moved halfway across the country without a jobs, and the company I’m at now hired me. So, I’m doing what I do largely by chance. At this point, I don’t think a library would hire me b/c they think that if you’re not actually in a library, you must have no clue about what they do. It’s the one thing about the field that really annoys me a LOT.
On the plus side, the money is a lot better than I would make as a librarian, and the working hours are better (no nights or weekends unless I’m making up time). And, no patrons, ever.
Just remember, if you don’t want to be in a library, there’s a lot you can do with the degree. Before I ended up in my current company, I did web design, independent research, and all sort of weird stuff.
Try Super Lysine Plus cream for the canker sores. You can get it at Whole Foods. Just put it right on the sore with a Q-tip or your finger and you will be amazed at how fast they clear up.
Are you serious? If this stuff works, it’s the holy grail of home remedies. I’ve had canker sores my entire life (usually brought on by stress) and I’ve never found anything that could do more than numb them temporarily. There isn’t a Whole Foods around here, but maybe I can find it somewhere else. Drugstore, maybe?
My husband suffers from canker sores inside his mouth…big time. We’ll go to Whole Foods tonight and get some…
If this stuff works we’ll mail some snail mail to your or email you the manufacturer info…totally, totally sympathetic to this….we”l trade emails tomorrow…
SallyCat, you should be canonized. People who don’t get canker sores just don’t understand what a pain they are. It’s not just your mouth – your whole body ends up feeling crappy from dealing with the constant pain. Absolutely email me and let me know how it goes! I’m my username at yahoo.
This is an extremely painful remedy, but it works like a charm. Take a Q-tip and get it wet with some water, then sprinkle a bunch of salt on it… Jab it into the offending sore, jump up and down like a 5-year old having a tantrum (scream if necessary). I guarantee you that in 30 seconds, you’ll feel much better and your sore will be gone the next day.
This is also a helpful way of curing a sunflower seed addiction when you eat too many and get a sore from it.
Tried it. Very painful, yes, but it didn’t help. I later decided the roommate who suggested it just wanted to cause me harm. The momentary pain of the salt did put the canker sore pain in perspective, though…
It’s being implemented at Gitmo as we speak, for any number of open wound conditions.
Someone at Whole Foods told me about it. I used to suffer agonies from canker sores. If one started I knew I was in for 10 count ’em TEN days of severe pain. So I tried the Lysine trick and the pain was gone by the next day, the sore in about three. My son tried it and it also works for him, my sister tried it and it works for her. If the sores are really bad, take Lysine tablets orally, too. Don’t know why it works, but it does. The recurrence has also diminished greatly.
I rarely get canker sores anymore, but recently I had serious dental surgery and a whole battalion of canker sores broke out. The dental surgeon looked at them and said boy are you in for some serious pain. By the time I went back for aftercare, three days later, they were all totally gone. After he looked in my mouth I handed him a tube of Lysine and suggested that he tell his other patients.
I will definitely have to find that stuff.
Go on line and find a Whole Foods or health food store near you. And good luck with your new adventure!
Well, I stopped by the drugstore and I found something called Lysine, but it said it was for cold sores, so I wasn’t sure if it was the same stuff. I’m always a little wary of cold sore medicine because it’s not always meant to go in your mouth.
The stuff I use is made by Quantum it’s called Super Lysine Plus and it says “Relieves Cold Sores Fast” on the tube, which is green and white. I’ve been putting it in my mouth for years, so if you have the same stuff, I believe it’s totally safe. The ingredients are listed.
Hope it helps!
Oh to be in your shoes, with so much excitement ahead of you! You’ll be expanding your world in so many ways through new experiences, new friendships, new learnings. . .and you’ll be setting yourself up for continued success down the road with your advanced education.
When I moved from my home town to the “cities” over 27 years ago, I was terrified. Petrified. Cried the whole 3.5 hour drive to the new location. But in a matter of days, I found myself surrounded by incredible new friends and incredible new experiences. It’ll happen before you can blink.
In addition to journaling, please network with anyone you find who shares a passion (whether it be school, politics, whatever). Those relationships today can land you in your dream job, or help you with client referrals or support you in a number of ways decades down the road.
Most importantly. . .whenever you’re feeling anxious, or whenever anything gets you down . . . you know where to find us. We’re only one click away with an armful of e-hugs, a shoulder for support, sitting here at the ready to listen and respond. (Because you’ve hooked yourself up with one damn fine group of “first responders”)
I have wonderfully positive feelings about your new ventures. All will be good in your world.
And now, snippets of encouragement, courtesy of Dr. Seuss (“Oh the Places You’ll Go”):
You have brains in your head
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
And when things start to happen,
don’t worry. Don’t stew.
Just go right along.
You’ll start happening too.
On and on you will hike.
And I know you’ll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
And will you succeed?
YES! You will indeed!
(98 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So. . .get on your way!
***********
I wish you the best of everything, my dear. (But, um, please don’t expect any e-kisses from me till ya clear up that problem with the sores, ‘k? 🙂
Thanks so much, anon! What a thoughtful reply. I’ve always loved that Seuss book. And every other Seuss book, come to mention it. I’ve decided that on the (far, far, distant) day that I find out I’m pregnant, I am going straight to the bookstore and buying every book that man ever wrote. I will start reading them to my offspring in utero and just keep right on going when they are born.
Hm. How did I get on that topic? Anyway, it definitely helps knowing there’s a whole pond full of supportive people out there. In fact, on Kos I’ve met quite a few librarians – one of whom I’m going to meet this summer. You just never know, do you?
By the way, canker sores aren’t contagious. I guarantee it would hurt me more than it would hurt you. 🙂
xxxxxxx
Just teasin’ you about the canker sores. (Although I’m sure it’s not a laughing matter to you.) Even if they were contagious. . .I think we’re protected via the channels in which we’re communicating. (e-condoms, so to speak 😉
Blessings and peace to you
Likewise. It’s nice to meet you, by the way. I think I remember seeing you around Kos pretty regularly, but I don’t think we ever ‘met.’
Nice to “meet” you to. (For a variety of reasons, it couldn’t have been me on Kos.)
Kansas,
Did you manage to get all the days of the week covered for the Café? I’d be happy to host a weekday if one is left unclaimed.
Bless you, Brotherfeldspar. That’s Diane’s baliwick, so what I’m going to do is go back up and attach your kind offer to one of her comments to make sure she sees it.
HI Brother, Currently Sat and Sun is open, but if you need a weekday I would be happy to switch my Wed. with you. Let me know here, or you can email me….better email me in any case, I might miss your response here.
Kansas your box quote in diary looks lovely…!!!!
I foresee this conversation taking on aspects of a Heckle & Jekyll cartoon: “Oh please, after you!” “No, no, no, after you, I insist.” “No, I wouldn’t dream of it, after you.” “My dear, it wouldn’t enter my wildest imaginings, after you, please.” and so on ad nauseam. In brief, I couldn’t bring myself to inconvenience the schedule already set. Sundays will be just fine for me after all; in fact, I envision the Sunday Café becoming an unofficial NYT crossword hint-line (maybe I’ll actually be able to finish one someday!).
lol, Alphonse. (As in, “after you.”)
Actually, and I do NOT want to discourage your superb Sunday idea, we’re all probably going to be wanting to team up for our days.
Sundays it is then! Keep your thesauruses (alt: thesauri) at the ready….
Booman? What gives? A month’s worth of inane commentary and wiseass remarks (not to mention my megatrollhunting capability) seem to have dissappeared.
Allright… can I get a cappachino? I’m gonna need to be sharp today to get my powers back…
Oh, no! Well, here’s your cappuchino. Hope it’s a comfort.
There was a Great Data Disappearance on Sunday night, I believe. Much was lost. Teeth were gnashed. Hair was pulled. Contrition was expressed, along with considerable bafflement. Forgiveness was issued. But things are still a little wonky, I think. For instance, Spellcheck got lost this morning. And there was a front page story that I swear I saw and which disappeared mysteriously.
cccccaapppuucchhhiiinnnooo </beavis>
well, the good news is, my powers have returned. the bad news is that I still can’t find any trolls to hunt. But with 1500 folks here, we’re bound to get one sooner or later. And when we do, well, BAM! I’m there.
Excuse me! 1504 — at least!
I stand corrected.
Glad to see you here. We have missed your pea-flicking abilities at the Frog Pond. Have you been practicing your aim?
well, I’ve been trying to limit my internet time at work (as you can see that’s not going all that well today), and the post-work time has been crammed with school prep stuff, trying to find a new apartment and all that…
I generally stop by to read the news of the day here and dKos with the morning coffee, but I found that one post inevitably led to another…
Anyway, I plan on journaling some MBA adventures here as school gets rolling in the fall. I think the BT’ers need to see that there are a few folks with business/financial skills out there working towards “socially responsible” businesses and non-profit endeavors! That, and it’ll be a great way to bag on the young republicans I encounter…
to the diaries. I work in the non-profit world so very interested in the commentary. Back to “work”.
The Poorman seems to have exceeded his bandwidth. Hope he gets the site back up soon – I’m hoping for some more kitty pics.
Just wanted to let everyone know that Diva is alive but I don’t know about the well part. She just got out of the hospital, but was unable to get all the details due to power cut off over there.
Appears not to be an injury but a break down of some sort brought on by see this comment from her:
It appears she has a great new job with Reuters, and just loves it and has learned photo editing. Seems as the powers in Iraq do not want Iraqi women working for non Iraqi’s, which Ihave heard many times from her.
Don’t know if the men were American, Iraqi’s or what.
I sure hope Slackerinc reads this comment and then tells me how much Iraqi’s like conditions there now and support occupation!!!!!!
I’m so glad she’s all right. What a brave woman.
I am so glad to hear that your friend is ok. Ever since the first time you mentioned that you haven’t heard from her, it had me worried as well. I have been lighting a candle a day for her in the hopes that she would resurface.
That is great news Diane!
Is this loading too slow for some of you folks? Do you want me to shut this one down and open an annex? Diane, what do you think?
I think you need to stop using dial-up! =P
Ha! Not me, luckily. I love me some highspeed roadrunner. But, hey, oh great troll hunter, I know people who would love for you to shoot their dial-ups.
No, I just talk like one….
Well sorta. Second to last day of school and already the special education director dickwads are being their complete batch of imbeciles….
My son was so stressed out last night because of their ineptitude and lack of communication skills THEY have.
But I won. He’s keeping his laptop for the summer to use.
And anyone who says autism is just trend diagnosis to me – can go to hell with my first up their butt. (yeah I went into the autism/mercury thread… I should know better)
ACCCKKK I now I gotta get up to date with the Conyers stuff.
I need a maple bar.Stat! 🙂
Oh… in my sweet voice – Hello! Everybody!
A strange morning. Now it’s afternoon.
Oh… in my sweet voice – Hello! Everybody!
lol! “Ranting” is something else that should go in my list up top.
Hey, Janet,congrats on beating the system, and please come on over to the Cafe Annex when I close this place up in a few minutes.
Thread is getting long, you can just copy and paste and post day 3.5 diary. this diary will go on all say I suspect and we will need maybe another one too and you can call it what you want.
I am trying to do a lot of things today and am a bit muddled,
Will do.
good morning everyone!!!! yes, i know i know, its really afternoon! mmmmmm.. not much time today. gotta run.. lessee..
oh yes. cafe con leche, por favor!
now i know its thursday and thats when all the college kids like to party. if you see any in here late tonight, tell them not to make a mess k? i’ll be back later to sweep up.
Hey, Bay! This place is moving to the Annex. See you later.
See you there. Don’t forget to Unrecommend this diary.
Thank you all so much for being here!