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And my sinuses are sort off letting me know it. I was proactive with the antihistamines so I am really OK today. More than one person including Shana has recommended a Neti Pot so I am looking into where I can get one today.

Got some stuff done yesterday and will get more done today. The general body ache is now down to a dull roar and the bruises are healing up nicely. I am almost feeling like myself again or some current version there of.

New Doctor Who on tonight long with a Sarah Jane Adventures and a BSG. Fun night of television on the SciFi Channel. To answer a few questions, I am watching both the BBC version and the SciFi Channel versions. I have seen all of SJA and Torchwood and I love both. Caroline is very partial to Sarah Jane Adventures but she does love the Doctor too. Ariel is still only seeing certain episodes of Torchwood after we vet them. We saw the last episode of Torchwood on the first night of Passover on BBC America which is a channel I really really want Cablevision to get. (Shout out to the Mad Scientist, we got your package in the mail yesterday).

Just a general note about the current season of Doctor Who, it just goes to show how fans can be so mean and declaring that they will never accept something or someone but after an episode or two they change their tune and sing the praises of the change. Happened when Eccelston became Tennant. Happened when Rose left and Martha showed up. Happened when Martha showed up on Torchwood. And it is now happening with Donna who is rapidly going up my pantheon of companions as my favorite. I like her in the Runaway Bride but how they are playing her is a breath of fresh air in Doctor Who.

NOTE: Please do not put any spoilers for Donna in the comments. Save it for each episode review entry. General comments are OK but let's avoid the spoiler specifics.

I am reading Michael Moorcock's "The Metatemporal Detective" and am remember why I started reading Moorcock in the first place. He is a good writer who can tell a story. I started reading the Eternal Champion series starting with Elric because all my other D&D buddies were reading it and we were passing the books around. We were also listening to Blue Oyster Cult at the time. So this is taking me back to my teen years in a funny way. Now I just need it to be summer and Mary Aileen and I are holed up somewhere reading books to complete the feeling.

So what books or authors do you read that take you back to an earlier time?

I am grateful for good reads still by authors I liked when I was a teen.

Date: 2008-04-25 02:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jon-chance.livejournal.com
I echo the awesomeness of a neti pot, although you don't even need to go buy one - if you have any old nasal spray bottles, clean it out and use that with warm slightly salted water. It's an odd feeling but it totally works.

Date: 2008-04-25 02:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gryphonrose.livejournal.com
Yeah, my allergies are driving me nuts, too. Our next-door neighbor has a southern magnolia in front and a dogwood in back--both very pretty but we're allergic to them both.

I loved SJA season one! For me it was far more Dr. Who in feel than Torchwood season one, and of course I adore Sarah Jane. Can't wait for season two of SJA.

And yes, Donna is rapidly rising in my esteem as well. I didn't like her the first time I saw Runaway Bride, but on successive viewings I admitted that part of that was because she was stressed and freaking out. I'm liking her more and more with each new ep.

I loved Moorcock when I was a kid! Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon--those were cool books! As far as books that take me back, I still reread the Belgariad every so often, and Feist's Riftwar saga sometimes as well. Those were some of my favorites in late high school and early college.

Date: 2008-04-25 02:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tristam.livejournal.com
Sir Seaton and Taffy! I only got a taste of those guys from the Micheal Moorcock's Multiverse graphic novel. I should have known they'd have their own book. I'll have to look into getting that. That was one of the things I'd love about Moorcock. An intriguing character would show up in the book you were reading for a few chapters and lo and behold, said character has his own set of novels. I loved following the web from book to book.

Date: 2008-04-25 03:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] billritch.livejournal.com
So what books or authors do you read that take you back to an earlier time?

Heinlein for me. Always Heinlein. I read Heinlein in grade school. And Junior High. And High School. And College. I remember always reading Heinlein.

Other great authors/books of my youth: Andre Norton, Larry Niven, P. L. Travers, Nancy Drew, The Mushroom Planet.

I like them all and I try to collect some of these old, out-of print books to remind myself of my lost youth...

Date: 2008-04-25 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] popfiend.livejournal.com
I'll echo most of this.

Except Hardy Boys for me.

Date: 2008-04-25 04:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] tryslora
If you want an alternative to the Neti pot, I use the Ayr system -- available at any drugstore. Easy to use with warm water and salt packets they provide, and very very helpful. I am using pickling salt now that I've run out of packets.

And I like Donna. I also rather like seeing an older companion after the string of seeming very young ones!

Date: 2008-04-25 04:57 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] readinggeek451
And I use the Sinus Rinse system, again with its own packets, or you can mix your own saline solution. I get the Sinus Rinse supplies at Walgreen's or RiteAid; last time I looked, my local Walgreen's also had neti pots.

If you mix your own saline solution, be sure and get the proportions right. The formula's fairly easy to find (or I can give it to you; it's here somewhere), and it does matter.

Date: 2008-04-25 07:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] tryslora
I measured how much was in a packet and went with that for my saline after the packets ran out. The big thing I learned was to use pickling salt because it dissolves well and doesn't have anything added to it (like the iodine in most table salts).

Date: 2008-04-25 08:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] readinggeek451
Most things I've seen recommend that you use a little baking soda too, to buffer it. But if what you're using works, then you're probably fine.

Date: 2008-04-25 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] querldox.livejournal.com
Trust you've heard that Moorcock's the latest SFWA Grand Master?

Date: 2008-04-26 03:47 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-04-27 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lordrexfear.livejournal.com
For me it's always be Douglas Adams. I first read it starting back when I was maybe 8. I was reading Stranger in A Strange Land around the same time as well. Adams made much more an impact though.

and Roald Dahl... easily.

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