Tonight, we will have an open topic. Because Crazy and Medusa are at a loss. So. Your task, as patrons of this fine establishment, is to make some vibrant and witty conversation. We promise to participate. All topics, great and small, are welcome :)
Somebody from Cairo or Houston, Crazy is a little unclear, got to our blog via a google search for "conversation starters." I believe we've spoken here before about our Drs. Crazy and Medusa etiquette book featuring a chapter on conversation starters, segues, and closers . Here's some of our favorite starters: "May I ask you a personal question?" (to be asked to a complete stranger and followed up by a completely banal non-personal question like, "How do like those Sox this season?"), "Walk with me" (to be asked only in a crowded space), "I don't mean to offend you, but . . ." (to be followed with something like, "I really enjoy the Harry Potter series"); and our favorite closers: "I'm sorry. . .I have a pressing engagement" (said at a bar at last call), "Please excuse me while I take this call" (said in a space with no phone or cell phone in sight), "Hold that thought" (to be followed by walking away. . .for good). Remember--the point of the STARTER is to get someone's attention but then not to have to talk about anything meaningful. The point of the CLOSER is to make a mysterious and memorable getaway. I hope that helps our Egyptian or NASA friends.
Speaking of music, the song "See you when you're 40" by Dido just came on. These lyrics are particularly prescient for me at the moment:
"You think that you are complicated, deep mystery to all Well it's taken me a while to see, you're not so special All energy no meaning, with a lot of words So paper thin that one real feeling, could knock you down "
Did not. Now I have it on. Rebecca is a 42-year-old CPA with tacky, ill-fitting clothes. That patchwork vest is HORRIFYING.
Sample of the maudlin fare I am filling my maudlin head with: "Love is blindness / I don't want to see / Won't you wrap me in darkness" (The Devilins).
Hello! Drinking while What Not TO Wear is on is almost required.
I'm only here for a bit, then out to help someone celebrate filing his master's thesis. (Whoo-hoo filing!)
To continue out the STARTER and CLOSER, conversation, do these work better with interesting people, or people-you-need-to-hide-from people? I want some better "you are boring and not cute" getaways.
BTW using that statement as a direct quote never goes over well.
Hrm. Now you've got me thinking: perhaps I fake myself out on the drinking by having some tonic with a twist of lime in a fancy glass? And with a dash of cranberry? Maybe in the super sweet huge blue martini glass?
KALI BICHROMICUM, PROFGRRRRL! KALI BICHORMICUM!! You must try this homeopathic remedy. It cured my chronic sinus infections of two years and saved me from surgery.
Hi sisyphus! I usually just walk away from people who are boring and/or not cute. That's how the conversation book got started--because people kept telling me how I tended to just walk away in the middle of conversations =).
Yes, I'm allergic to penicillin and sulfa (horrible hives from the latter, my fingers swell like sausages). And Nyquil does wake me up. My beloved alka seltzer cold meds have disappeared (some still exist, but not the right ones). I think I'm having horrible allergy attacks right now that are swelling my sinuses and causing the pain. Problem is that I don't sneeze, itch, or have a runny nose like the rest of the world. Just pain. And beyond dried out sinuses.
neti pots are not bad, but also not necessary. I can just sniff the salt water up my nose (put a bit in my palm or whatever) and then cough it out my mouth. Sorry if that is TMI.
Profgrrrrl--that's me to a T. And, yes, the Amazon link--exactly what I took. Don't drink alcohol while you take it. Take three pellets three times a day, no liquid 30 mins before or after. Don't touch them with your fingers and let dissolve in your mouth. Limit coffee (none at all is best) but other caffeine is fine. Take for three days. You'll get worse before you get better. Repeat in a week if not completely cured, but I was with one three-day dose.
Medusa, so this is for a sinus infection? 'Cause I don't have a sinus infection and haven't really had one in a long time. Just sinus headaches these days. I think right now my problem is having the windows open again with the nicer weather.
Other caf is OK? I don't do coffee, but I down a lot of tea and diet coke each day. Actually, diet coke (but not tea, so it isn't the caf) helps my sinuses for some reason.
Hi ladies. I've got nothing to add. (Do I ever?) It's rainy and cold here and I just got back from dinner with my friends where everyone was crabby, crabby, crabby. Since I spent the whole day writing a conference paper, I think I'm the only one who actually deserved to be crabby.
And now, no wine in the house. Unless I can squeeze one more class out of my Target box. Be right back.
Only three days at first, and then again in a week for only three days. No--not forever more. You will feel increasing pressure/pain after a couple of days, but it should be gone completely in a week.
I just got back from a post-colloquium dinner/party at the home of a collegue (yes, I have such an exciting social life!). The wine I drank was excellent, and I learned later that it came from a box--it's called "Black Box," actually. From the local supermarket chain... They didn't serve it from the box, though, which might have made me like it less.
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I am listening to the Rescue Me soundtrack. It is both maudlin and rockin', which kind of describes my mood right now.
How great is Blondie's Rapture, though? That's what just came on the iTunes. (God, we're boring.)
Yoohoo! Helloooo! We're here!
Somebody from Cairo or Houston, Crazy is a little unclear, got to our blog via a google search for "conversation starters." I believe we've spoken here before about our Drs. Crazy and Medusa etiquette book featuring a chapter on conversation starters, segues, and closers . Here's some of our favorite starters: "May I ask you a personal question?" (to be asked to a complete stranger and followed up by a completely banal non-personal question like, "How do like those Sox this season?"), "Walk with me" (to be asked only in a crowded space), "I don't mean to offend you, but . . ." (to be followed with something like, "I really enjoy the Harry Potter series"); and our favorite closers: "I'm sorry. . .I have a pressing engagement" (said at a bar at last call), "Please excuse me while I take this call" (said in a space with no phone or cell phone in sight), "Hold that thought"
(to be followed by walking away. . .for good). Remember--the point of the STARTER is to get someone's attention but then not to have to talk about anything meaningful. The point of the CLOSER is to make a mysterious and memorable getaway. I hope that helps our Egyptian or NASA friends.
How can y'all listen to music when What Not To Wear is on?
How can you drink while watching "What Not to Wear"? (Medusa made me write that) :)
Speaking of music, the song "See you when you're 40" by Dido just came on. These lyrics are particularly prescient for me at the moment:
"You think that you are complicated,
deep mystery to all
Well it's taken me a while to see, you're not so special
All energy no meaning,
with a lot of words
So paper thin that one real feeling,
could knock you down "
Did not. Now I have it on. Rebecca is a 42-year-old CPA with tacky, ill-fitting clothes. That patchwork vest is HORRIFYING.
Sample of the maudlin fare I am filling my maudlin head with: "Love is blindness / I don't want to see / Won't you wrap me in darkness" (The Devilins).
I can't drink. My sinuses hurt.
Hello! Drinking while What Not TO Wear is on is almost required.
I'm only here for a bit, then out to help someone celebrate filing his master's thesis. (Whoo-hoo filing!)
To continue out the STARTER and CLOSER, conversation, do these work better with interesting people, or people-you-need-to-hide-from people? I want some better "you are boring and not cute" getaways.
BTW using that statement as a direct quote never goes over well.
Hrm. Now you've got me thinking: perhaps I fake myself out on the drinking by having some tonic with a twist of lime in a fancy glass? And with a dash of cranberry? Maybe in the super sweet huge blue martini glass?
KALI BICHROMICUM, PROFGRRRRL! KALI BICHORMICUM!! You must try this homeopathic remedy. It cured my chronic sinus infections of two years and saved me from surgery.
I don't trust taking anything because I have weird opposite reactions to just about everything and a gazillion allergies.
Hi sisyphus! I usually just walk away from people who are boring and/or not cute. That's how the conversation book got started--because people kept telling me how I tended to just walk away in the middle of conversations =).
sinus stuff ... you aren't talking about that little thing that looks like a watering can but you use it to drip stuff up your nose, are you?
Because that looks painful.
(although sinus headaches are painful too)
I know--I do too. I think, for example, Nyquil makes us both hyper. I also have awful drug allergies--penicillin, sulpha. I think it's worth a try.
Is this the stuff?
The neti pot? Noooo. Ewwwww. Kali Bichromicum--little homeopathic pellets you get at the health food store and take for a few days. Miracle drug.
Yes, I'm allergic to penicillin and sulfa (horrible hives from the latter, my fingers swell like sausages). And Nyquil does wake me up. My beloved alka seltzer cold meds have disappeared (some still exist, but not the right ones). I think I'm having horrible allergy attacks right now that are swelling my sinuses and causing the pain. Problem is that I don't sneeze, itch, or have a runny nose like the rest of the world. Just pain. And beyond dried out sinuses.
neti pots are not bad, but also not necessary. I can just sniff the salt water up my nose (put a bit in my palm or whatever) and then cough it out my mouth. Sorry if that is TMI.
Profgrrrrl--that's me to a T. And, yes, the Amazon link--exactly what I took. Don't drink alcohol while you take it. Take three pellets three times a day, no liquid 30 mins before or after. Don't touch them with your fingers and let dissolve in your mouth. Limit coffee (none at all is best) but other caffeine is fine. Take for three days. You'll get worse before you get better. Repeat in a week if not completely cured, but I was with one three-day dose.
Alright, I don't mean to be a buzzkill or anything, but I'm bored with the sinus conversation. What's happening with 402 Profgrrrl?
Mmmm, PG is in love. :)
Yay! In love and soon to be cured of sinus problems =).
Medusa, so this is for a sinus infection? 'Cause I don't have a sinus infection and haven't really had one in a long time. Just sinus headaches these days. I think right now my problem is having the windows open again with the nicer weather.
Other caf is OK? I don't do coffee, but I down a lot of tea and diet coke each day. Actually, diet coke (but not tea, so it isn't the caf) helps my sinuses for some reason.
Medusa is such the evangelist about the sinus difficulties. You'd think that she actually believes in things from the way that she talks :)
Hey, I'll take all the sinus help I can get!
Other caf is fine. It's not for a sinus infection, per se. It's for sinus pressure, blockage, irritation, etc.--which can and will lead to infections.
I believe with complete conviction in exactly three things: homeopathic sinus remedies, flossing, and recycling.
Indeed, you do. How could I forget?
Good luck, profgrrrrl. I hope it helps.
Hi ladies.
I've got nothing to add. (Do I ever?) It's rainy and cold here and I just got back from dinner with my friends where everyone was crabby, crabby, crabby. Since I spent the whole day writing a conference paper, I think I'm the only one who actually deserved to be crabby.
And now, no wine in the house. Unless I can squeeze one more class out of my Target box. Be right back.
Margo Darling. You have Target wine in a box? That's so rad.
Refresh and move to new discussion topics above, everyone.
Must try the Target box wine sometime.
Medusa, you only take this for a few days? Not daily forever more?
And how much worse does one initially feel?
Only three days at first, and then again in a week for only three days. No--not forever more. You will feel increasing pressure/pain after a couple of days, but it should be gone completely in a week.
I just got back from a post-colloquium dinner/party at the home of a collegue (yes, I have such an exciting social life!). The wine I drank was excellent, and I learned later that it came from a box--it's called "Black Box," actually. From the local supermarket chain... They didn't serve it from the box, though, which might have made me like it less.
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