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This probably makes me sound like a hypochondriac, but after describing my progression of symptoms following my flu shot to a coworker, she did some searching on the web, found out about Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and suggested I read up on

I got a flu shot today, and almost immediately began experiencing a strong metallic taste in my mouth. Within twenty minutes, I began to feel woozy. The nurse who administered the shot said she’d never heard of the metallic taste

It looks as if Amendment 1 will pass, and that sickens me. It upsets Mike at Chez Bez, too, and he makes an interesting observation: I see amendments like these and think that it’s just a ploy by one party

to the people who didn’t vote because it would have taken too long or been too inconvenient: Yeah, you’re right. It really would be much more convenient to live in a dictatorship.

And this is just the CMAs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_P-aYADTkw I have no idea what Faith was saying before the winner was announced, although some theories are that she was saying “I better fucking win.” But there’s no denying that she said “WHAT?!”

I’m swamped with work at the moment so I’ve got nothing of my own to say, but I just peeked out at some of my favorite blogs and saw something I know some of my friends would appreciate. Many of

A propos of my earlier post today, I’ve been working on a song this evening inspired by both the Shawn Colvin song “One Small Year” and the eulogy I gave for my dad’s funeral. Of the four songs I’ve written

As of 10/27, I’ve been keeping this blog/LiveJournal/whatever for 3 years, dude. It would have been longer if I had kept my original LJ account. I think I set that one up sometime in 2002. But still. 3 years, and