More Lessons

I've been learning something new lately. Permanent hardware in Surgical steel or whatever they used -- gets really cold, really fast. Even when implanted into one's body.
See, unfortunately, my leg-with-hardware is on the windward side of me when I'm walking INTO work - the colder of the two to-and-from trips - so it gets nailed with a LOT of cold wind. Which, I have found out, makes the plate and screws in my leg really cold. REALLY FAST. The first time it happened, it felt like someone had just stabbed me in the leg with an icicle. YOW.

I wonder if I can find a place that sells legwarmers. Man, those looked stupid when I wore them as a teenager. I'm pretty sure they'll look even stupider now, but I do not care. I bet it'll help...if I can find 'em in my size.

More Advent Calendars Online

Here's one from the Liverpool Museums. It looks like it might be ads for stuff they have in their online stores, but the stuff looks kinda neat, nonetheless.

And one about Christmas Customs from around the world, at http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar/.

Today's is about...well, I can't tell you, can I? That's part of the experience - learning things about other countries!

The one featured in "weekly webness" is more for kids - especially small children - but these two are more for bigger kids and adults, although obviously the age of "bigger kids" varies.

Weekend Revelry

Had a good time over the weekend. My parents came down, and we enjoyed having them visit. We all went to a friend's house for dinner, and we enjoyed that. Hung out most of the weekend at our house with my parents. I really liked having them visit. We had a lot of fun, even if it WAS mostly hanging around and watching NCIS. :D

Trying to arrange Christmas Schedules...whoof. Dunno what we're going to do about that yet. Last-minute schedules, yay. I swear, I'm last-minute-planophobic, but this year it's pretty much not going to work out any other way.

I hope things work out well.

NBC Rickrolls the ENTIRE UNITED STATES

Awesome. They Rickrolled the MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. THAT is the best rickroll EVER.

Weekly Webness - Online Advent Calendar

Doing this a couple days early, because the link is dated:
Get your own Online Advent Calendar. This looks to be geared toward kids, and they do have some pop-ups, but nothing obnoxious.

It's a cool way to count down the days till Christ's birth!

Star Trek - Camelot?

If you're a Star Trek fan AND a Monty Python fan, you'll really enjoy this.



They did a very good job of splicing ST scenes to fit the song, didn't they?

I Have Laryngitis.

And it's entirely my own fault. I knew I was engaging in Risky Behavior when I did it. But I went ahead and took the chance anyway. I figured, what the heck, I haven't had a problem in the last 3-4 years, so maybe I'll get lucky again. Maybe the whole "laryngitis in November / December" trend is over, yeah?
So, even though I knew I was courting laryngitis, I went ahead. I committed to Engaging In Risky Behavior. You'd think I'd learn, wouldn't you? I mean, really, this does fall into the category of I Should Have Known Better. But noooo, I went ahead and did it. After all, I felt fine. Not even a little sniffle, for pete's sake! What could happen? No problem! And then, Saturday. A little cough...a little sniffle....turned into a big cough and getting hoarse.
Well, I'll just be careful. SURELY this can't turn into laryngitis overnight. I'll just get some orange juice tomorrow morning on my way to church. Laryngitis doesn't hit me that fast, I should be OK.

Remember, though, I was Engaging In Risky Behavior. Sure enough, I woke up Sunday morning with a good case of "Laryngitis on the way". You'd think I'd learn. You'd think I'd know. It's not like i haven't SEEN the trend. It's not like I don't know what causes it. But I still persist in Engaging In Risky Behavior. I still keep hoping that maybe this time, it'll be different. It never is.
Maybe, someday, eventually, I will learn.

NEVER, EVER commit to singing a solo in November or December.
For this is Engaging in Risky Behavior, and is always guaranteed to bring on laryngitis for the day of the solo. ALWAYS.