Archive for July 16th, 2006


As most people are aware, shimmeringjemmy wears hearing aids. This means first thing in the morning audio communication isn’t really possible.

As a result I’ve come up with AnHSL. Andrei & Heather – Sign Language. Contrary to expectations… neither of us really knows any sign language beyond finger spelling the alphabet.

This morning she asked me if I was feeling better. I must digress here that I suffer from “Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal” syndrome. I believe that if Heather can’t hear me… I can’t talk. (Yeah, I know.. there’s logic in them thar hills and those hills are no where near Andrei)

None the less, I get jarred in the morning when she speaks and I can hear her… but such is how my mind sometimes works. </digression>

So, she asks me how I’m feeling. I proceed to draw in the air.
90º turned infinity symbol… She says “8”
circle…she says “0”
A sort of mishmash of 2 circles and a bar… “Percent”

She smiles and gives me a hug

I proceed to then finger write in the air e^i, sigma, integral x-n cuberoot

She’s laughing by the time she catches the Sigma.

I love have a geek in the house.

…then the resolution

The good news from my harrowing experience is that I didn’t die. I didn’t come close to death. Just some short intense pain.

Granted, some would say on LJ that just isn’t enough anymore. To them… I offer the following video.

Thank you lady_babalon for the posting.

First the drama…

So this weekend, the creeping crud has continued to rule my life. While I haven’t been near death’s door or anything fitting for LJ Drama.. I was pretty useless.

On the one hand, I’ve been exploring C#. And I hate to admit it… I’m kinda liking it. The whole “Feeling dirty, I think I should shower” impression of programming in Windows .NET has gone away.

So I watched some movies and poker. And had a quiet day while shimmeringjemmy and NefA went baby shopping.

Later in the day I pulled out the big guns and made some Matzoh Ball soup. If this isn’t good for the body… nothing is. Now mind you.. I am not a Jewish Grandmother, So I was working at a -3 in the kitchen. Granted it was prefab mix, so it wasn’t completely an ordeal.

The Soup actually came out perfectly. Even SJ loved it. The only problem was that I was holding the bowl by the lip while I poured in the boiling soup. My thumb felt the liquid rising. All 200º of the liquid. Not wanting to drop the immensely painful bowl and the ladle (causing splashes everywhere) I continued to empty the ladle and then briskly put down the bowl shaking my thumb in pain.

After about 2 hours on ice, My thumb was sufficiently blistered. If I removed my thumb from the ice for more than 10 seconds, sharp shooting pain returned. I iced for about 4 hours (and as I burnt my thumb at 10 pm… I was up a bit later than I planned)

It is now the next morning and the blistering has ‘gone down’. The thumb is a little sore and fortunately on my off hand. Depending how it feels today I may get it looked at. Amen to the internet and SJ for finding the info on the treatment of 1st and 2nd degree burns.

It’s been about 30 years since I last had even a mind burn. So, I was a bit out of practice. We’ll hope this isn’t more subconscious training for the next 5 years.