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| 10.31.04 (11:13 am) [edit] |
Another beautiful day. I got the first coat of stain on the table and the chair seats. Tomorrow I should be able to get the second/last coat, but I won't be able to get started until around noon. I have to drive up to Harrisonburg to see a doctor who wants to stick a camera down my throat.
For those of you who haven't been taking notes, I've been fighting chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia for a number of years now. I've had some trouble finding doctors who really want to help me. Finally, I've gotten someone to listen to me about GI stuff. He thinks I might have an bleeding ulcer and blames it on the pain meds I've taken over the years, which were prescribed to me by another doctor. Anyway, tomorrow I'll have a consult with this new guy and see about scheduling a look-see. I'll try not to blame him prematurely for the failings of his colleagues.
The 29 gallon tank is a little bit of a mess. The water is okay but the algae is thriving and the higher orders of plants are not. I've got a dwarf lotus so desperate for light it's only sending runners to the surface, which, of course, does nothing but shade the other plants. Right now it's a low-tech tank with 55 watts of fluorescent lighting and no CO2. I'm going to upgrade the lighting to 110 watts of compact fluorescent and add a DIY CO2 generator and diffuser. The lights come in a DIY kit from ahsupply.com which greatly reduces the cost. I've never ordered from those guys, but I've heard nothing but good things, so I'm really looking forward to getting the kit and putting everything together.
I read Paul M Ford's blog today, which had this bit at the end of his Wednesday entry:
What bothers me most is something trivial, something that shouldn't worry me, but there you have it—it's the pollsters under the sink. There was another infestation last week, and I had to call the landlord. He was testy. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Are you undecided now? Is that why they're there?" I told him that, no, I was exactly the same as I ever was. He came over, shaking his head and swearing, and sprayed in the cabinets, ignoring their scuffling and shrieks, their requests for just a moment of our time. He also put poison in the walls, and I believe that will kill them, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3%. Pollsters are worse than telemarketers ever were.
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posted by: basild (reply)
post date: 10.31.04 (12:13 pm)
I think if they ever nuke this country thoroughly, the only survivors will be roaches, armadillos, lawyers and pollsters. BTW, good luck with that doctor. A camera down the throat sounds pretty awful.
posted by: flaring (reply)
post date: 11.01.04 (11:18 am)
Reply to: basild
FWIW, it's a very small camera.
posted by: Andaloo (reply)
post date: 11.01.04 (9:06 pm)
Good luck! Hope the sound man, film crew nd director are small too.
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