I got kidded a lot as a kid. “Carrot top” was at least one where I could say “but the top of a carrot is green!” and get a confused look.
Of course as an adult I’ve learned that women think it’s really nice. 
Downsides: insensitivity to anesthetics; fair skin & skin cancer.
It’s 2100h where I am right now.
I remember it was 1900h, and I swear I only closed my eyes, but now it is 2100h. Not surprising since my throat’s been ticklish, but dammit.
I’m not going to get the work I wanted to finish done tonight. I’ve got just enough time to scrape together a quick lunch for tomorrow and collapse into bed.
Dammit.
Last night I saw 2100. And 2200 and 2300 and 000 and got up and watched some netflix until the spouse noticed i wasnt in bed. So i saw 0100 and 0200, got close to 0300 until the cold harsh reality of 0500 came around and dragged my ass out of bed.
Today was long.
Insomnia sucks.
I’ve had an upper resp infection for about a week now. Mostly it’s in my right ear and right sinus, which means I have mucus gunk going down the back of my throat and into the top of my right lung. I call it 8% pneumonia.
Since my lungs are mostly clear, using an expectorant is ill-advised. Since my sinuses are half-clear, antihistamines have to be taken cautiously (too much and I’ll get a nosebleed).
So why am I whining about this now? Because the part of my right lung that has muck in it keeps squeaking every time I exhale, like I inhaled a dog toy, and it’s VERY annoying. I can’t cough up enough to make it stop.
Wah.
Pout.
Time to try some Benadryl so I can sleep.
Fuck, that sounds awful; feel better soon.
GG, I love you but I have to ask…does it sound like a deflating bagpipe when you lie down?
Not quite that bad. I’ve upgraded from squeaky dog toy to this weird wheezing sound that sort of reminds me of baby birds – not the chirpy kind, but some species where the adults don’t chirp either, like hawks or seagulls.
I’ve moved on to fever and chills though. Not as sleepy during the day, but more dopy than usual.
Exciting times!
Ah, hell. You have my sympathy. This year’s is brutal. Not as bad as a century ago, mind, but still brutal.
As a five-year-old, I spent a week in an oxygen tent in the hospital. It was the longest week of my life. Mainly because I was five years old.
I wish you a speedy recovery. Here’s an inspirational Mickey photo from the movie Rocky.
Local Site “Technicians” that don’t know how to figure anything out except in spectacularly wrong ways.
The sheer willpower to not reply with
was incredible.
I congratulate you on your restraint.
I recently had to rather heroically (if I may say so myself) resist the urge to send an after-the-fact email to a consultant with a link to the documentation that says exactly the opposite of what he claimed it said when he was on site.
It’s not that he was wrong (we all make mistakes, especially me), it’s that he was such a smug asshole about it. 
Well.
I’ve FINALLY joined the 21st century and have a smartphone! But I’m having problems activating it. That dost grindeth mine gears most grievously.
(look for a post in the “Victory! I’m a Rockstar!” thread when I finally DO get it activated)
My first smartphone, they accidentally activated everything EXCEPT voice calls. That took a while to explain.
That would have taken me weeks to notice. I find I carry a pocket computer that incidentally can receive phone calls. Which I let go to voice mail.
Voicemail think I’ve heard the legends.
Netzero. 
I used to use their 3G stick to get my laptop online. But given I use my phone more often, and my dad and I both have Kindles, it seemed like a good time to upgrade to a WiFi hotspot.
And that’s where the troubles started…
The first hotspot I was sent (two weeks ago!) refused to activate on their network (and threw up a Sprint customer support phone number every time it failed.) It took multiple calls to Netzero’s Customer So-Called-Support for them to recognize the device as defective. Getting informations and directions out of them was difficult; one gentleman I spoke to seemed to be trying to rush through our interaction as quickly as possible to get to the next caller. After multiple attempts to access the network with both laptop and phone, via multiple browsers, in multiple locations (I had to haul the whole kit and caboodle to my local park, since they insisted I needed to try to connect in a wide, open area!) they finally acknowledged I got a bad device and decided to send a new hotspot.
It came in today’s mail. I gleefully set it up, it completed the activation… only to land me at a Boost Mobile setup page.
What? I’m a Netzero customer. I call again…
…“Our offices are closed. Please call again during business hours…”
I search for a live chat option. Can’t find one.
In desperation, I find a Boost Mobile number and call them. The device isn’t on their network, but they’d be glad to set up an account with me… for more money.
At this point, they’re probably lucky nobody’s on the line at Netzero, because I’m boiling mad and about five seconds from cancelling my account. It must be really nice to take people’s money all month long, yet only offer support during business hours. Nice way to value their customers, huh? Especially when the nice Boost Mobile operator tells me they’re willing to give me 10 GB a month for $50, when I’m paying more at Netzero for only 4 GB…
Monday’s phone call should be very interesting.
Seems legit.
True, and I understand why they asked. There was a chance something nearby was interfering with the device’s ability to connect. Going to the park proved that wasn’t the case.
It’s just been a long and frustrating process. And now that I know another provider might be able to give me a better deal, I’m really tempted to switch.
We get redlines to work instructions. So many things overriding the drawings, formfitfunction. I call them Dude-fallacies, because that’s like, just, y’know, your opinion, man. Rejected.
