So, here's my story… On Sunday, January 5th, we took VT*Granddaughter to a local sledding hill. She and Grandad used the sled while I participated in the fun sport called Photography, getting some really nice photos of the two of them. We stayed a little too long, as Grand got stubborn about leaving. Grandad went down the hill to fetch (not a pail of water, but) Granddaughter. She wouldn't come, so I went down the hill too, but unfortunately came tumbling after. That is, as I gingerly walked down the 40 degree slope (which I had been doing for several hours) my right foot met ice and went out from beneath me. I fell WHUMP! onto my back, and I recall feeling it mostly at the shoulder blades. Then my head went back and hit the ice too. I was very lucky that my back hit first. I did not blank out, my eyes were fine, and I had no mental acuity issues at all. I did have a mild but persistent headache for a week and an intermittent headache the next week, and that's all behind me. On Day 9, however, I began to experience a little low back ache. This is now Day 18 and the lumbar region is not happy, even referring pain to the upper leg, groin and hip areas. I'm pretty certain this is related to that fall on January 5th, because the pain near my tailbone favors the right side, and I have had no mishaps or events since that day. I've read that pain can begin later…I never knew that! So, tomorrow I have a doc appt in the afternoon, for an evaluation. Anyone want to wager a guess? I'm suspecting either a disc issue or that the tailbone that cracked slightly when my largest baby was born might be complaining about re-injury. So, today my boss will cover my first two hours, our sub will cover my last two hours, and I'll be there for the hour in between. BLAH.
Yes, no snow problems on the trip. Except for Saturday lunchtime, when I went our to the food trucks parked next to the convention hotel. All the snow was elsewhere or elsewhen.
One purpose of the trip was to sell memberships in next year's Worldcon. But it turned out there were three of us sharing table duty, so I had more time to go to panels than I'd expected. I was also on one paned: Blindness: More than a Metaphor. Mostly about how blindness is depicted in literature. I'd call the whole experience very enjoyable.
Monday night, after the con was over, my friend and I had dinner at Legal Test Kitchen, which presents itself as where the well-known Legal Seafood restaurant tests out new dishes. Both food and wine were outstanding, and not terribly expensive for what you were getting. Although I decided to have the salmon with Hainsin sauce at $18 rather than the Angry Lobster at $31.
I applaud your culinary decision, Bill. Salmon is decidedly better looking and easier to eat, as well as pay for. But then, I have never eaten lobster. I have seldom seen something so unappetising offered as food.
I do like lobster. In fact, I got a lobster roll from one of the food trucks for lunch. Figured I had to have lobster in Boston, considering how hard it is to get real lobster (as distinct from so-called "rock lobster") in Chicago. And it would have been interesting to see what lobster tasted like when flavored with chilies and the other things in Angry Lobster.
But the salmon was delicious. The sauce was sort of sweet and maybe just a tiny bit spicy.
I blundered the front page, so here are Cat's two posts from the errant thread I posted, then took down:
Catreona1/23/2014 04:04:00 PM yet again Howard is first!
Comments on yesterday's thread, e.g. the last thread but one.
Glad you're home safe and sound, Bill.
Listener, OUCH! Sending vibes for a speedy recovery.
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Catreona1/23/2014 04:07:00 PM P.S thanks so much for the offer of fingerless gloves. If you truly don't want them, I would appreciate them. But if you change your mind, I understand.
I read H. G. Wells' The Time Traveler on the trip. Hadn't read it before. To a 21st-century science fiction fan, Wells' late 19th-century Englishmen were more alien than his Eloi or Morlocks. And I realized for the first time that the book was written before Einstein's theories came out. Which is why Wells' description of time as the 4th dimension doesn't jibe with Einstein's.
I can see why the book would have been popular at the time, but for me it hasn't aged well.
Dean is First!
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Day is 4 degrees warmer!
Cat and Bill, see notes on last thread.
It's almost the Weekend.
High for today is 8º with a windchill of -6º. Wind seems to be helping the trees rid themselves of the snow. No melt in sight.
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ReplyDeleteSo, here's my story…
ReplyDeleteOn Sunday, January 5th, we took VT*Granddaughter to a local sledding hill. She and Grandad used the sled while I participated in the fun sport called Photography, getting some really nice photos of the two of them. We stayed a little too long, as Grand got stubborn about leaving. Grandad went down the hill to fetch (not a pail of water, but) Granddaughter. She wouldn't come, so I went down the hill too, but unfortunately came tumbling after. That is, as I gingerly walked down the 40 degree slope (which I had been doing for several hours) my right foot met ice and went out from beneath me. I fell WHUMP! onto my back, and I recall feeling it mostly at the shoulder blades. Then my head went back and hit the ice too. I was very lucky that my back hit first. I did not blank out, my eyes were fine, and I had no mental acuity issues at all. I did have a mild but persistent headache for a week and an intermittent headache the next week, and that's all behind me. On Day 9, however, I began to experience a little low back ache. This is now Day 18 and the lumbar region is not happy, even referring pain to the upper leg, groin and hip areas. I'm pretty certain this is related to that fall on January 5th, because the pain near my tailbone favors the right side, and I have had no mishaps or events since that day. I've read that pain can begin later…I never knew that! So, tomorrow I have a doc appt in the afternoon, for an evaluation. Anyone want to wager a guess? I'm suspecting either a disc issue or that the tailbone that cracked slightly when my largest baby was born might be complaining about re-injury. So, today my boss will cover my first two hours, our sub will cover my last two hours, and I'll be there for the hour in between. BLAH.
Hope things turn out all right.
DeleteYes, no snow problems on the trip. Except for Saturday lunchtime, when I went our to the food trucks parked next to the convention hotel. All the snow was elsewhere or elsewhen.
ReplyDeleteOne purpose of the trip was to sell memberships in next year's Worldcon. But it turned out there were three of us sharing table duty, so I had more time to go to panels than I'd expected. I was also on one paned: Blindness: More than a Metaphor. Mostly about how blindness is depicted in literature. I'd call the whole experience very enjoyable.
Monday night, after the con was over, my friend and I had dinner at Legal Test Kitchen, which presents itself as where the well-known Legal Seafood restaurant tests out new dishes. Both food and wine were outstanding, and not terribly expensive for what you were getting. Although I decided to have the salmon with Hainsin sauce at $18 rather than the Angry Lobster at $31.
I applaud your culinary decision, Bill. Salmon is decidedly better looking and easier to eat, as well as pay for. But then, I have never eaten lobster. I have seldom seen something so unappetising offered as food.
DeleteI don't like lobster either, even shredded in a lobster roll. Just not a pleasant flavor to my tastebuds.
DeleteI do like lobster. In fact, I got a lobster roll from one of the food trucks for lunch. Figured I had to have lobster in Boston, considering how hard it is to get real lobster (as distinct from so-called "rock lobster") in Chicago. And it would have been interesting to see what lobster tasted like when flavored with chilies and the other things in Angry Lobster.
DeleteBut the salmon was delicious. The sauce was sort of sweet and maybe just a tiny bit spicy.
I blundered the front page, so here are Cat's two posts from the errant thread I posted, then took down:
ReplyDeleteCatreona1/23/2014 04:04:00 PM
yet again Howard is first!
Comments on yesterday's thread, e.g. the last thread but one.
Glad you're home safe and sound, Bill.
Listener, OUCH! Sending vibes for a speedy recovery.
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Catreona1/23/2014 04:07:00 PM
P.S thanks so much for the offer of fingerless gloves. If you truly don't want them, I would appreciate them. But if you change your mind, I understand.
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Sorry for the thread confusion, Cat! I think your Firsties must count double now.
DeleteAnd YES to the gloves! I'll send them off tomorrow!! :-D
Oh, so that's what happened. I was confused. Thanks, Listener, for the post and for he gloves. That's very generous.
DeleteThis reminds me *very much* of the scintillating part of a scintillating scotoma. . . .
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I read H. G. Wells' The Time Traveler on the trip. Hadn't read it before. To a 21st-century science fiction fan, Wells' late 19th-century Englishmen were more alien than his Eloi or Morlocks. And I realized for the first time that the book was written before Einstein's theories came out. Which is why Wells' description of time as the 4th dimension doesn't jibe with Einstein's.
ReplyDeleteI can see why the book would have been popular at the time, but for me it hasn't aged well.