Notes from the front

[kiya]

Found a piece of glass we missed from the thing we broke moving in. Fortunately, it is no longer buried somewhere under the callus on the sole of my right foot, which is where it was for a while.

My copy of The Chemical History of a Candle is 98 years old, which explains much about it that puzzled me when I was six.

Randomly flipping through my Lonely Planet USA Phrasebook managed to annoy me by defining 'transgender' as 'annoyingly PC way of saying "transvestite"', or something like that. Mmmmmmph.

I have two Lonely Planet books that I've found so far -- the USA Phrasebook and Montréal. I'm wondering whether or not I need more as reference for the Lonely Planet-style Guide to the Duat I'm still strongly tempted to write. Perhaps I need to travel more so I have a reason to pick up a few more. Oh, the pain and suffering.

Cataloguing books reminds me, once again, that jenett once explained to me what the ISBN numbers meant. I recognise publishers when I do a bunch in a row; for a while on a previous box I had White Wolf's ISBN start in my copy-paste. :P

Damn, keeping a bandage on the sole of my foot is difficult.

I hope teinedreugan remembers to get kibble. The cats are peevish.

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[larksdream]

Krazy Glue works well to hold wounds together, if they're not too big. I just smear it gently over the whole area and it forms a flexible, waterproof film.

[kiya]

I seem to recall that it was engineered as a medical adhesive.

arawen will likely be along in a day or so to say so. ;)

[larksdream]

A slightly different formulation was, yes. They officially say not to use Krazy Glue this way, but I do it all the time with no problems. It's not like I'm using it to hold my intestines together or anything.

[whispercricket]

I think they were planning on producing a version as a liquid bandage, if they haven't already. Possibly a different formulation (without additives or something?), or possibly the same thing at a higher price - who knows? :)

[autumnesquirrel.livejournal.com]

They still use some sort of glue for such things sometimes. Or, at least, they glued my little sister's head shut when she bonked it on the underside of the china cabinet when she was four or five. She's thirteen now, but less than ten years ago the local ER was using glue to close small wounds at any rate.

Notes from the front

[(Anonymous)]

Randomly flipping through my Lonely Planet USA Phrasebook managed to annoy me by defining 'transgender' as 'annoyingly PC way of saying "transvestite"', or something like that. Mmmmmmph.


Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong! (and incorrect too, BTW) One can qualify as one but not as the other (Ed Wood springs to mind), which kind of puts the kibosh on the whole concept of their synonymy.

Seems they have more concern for sounding hip-and-flip than they do for accuracy.

I have two Lonely Planet books that I've found so far -- the USA Phrasebook and Montréal. I'm wondering whether or not I need more as reference for the Lonely Planet-style Guide to the Duat I'm still strongly tempted to write.

I’d still *love* to see that…

Perhaps I need to travel more so I have a reason to pick up a few more. Oh, the pain and suffering.

Horrors!

Io Phanes,
Tzeenj

Notes from the front

[(Anonymous)]

Randomly flipping through my Lonely Planet USA Phrasebook managed to annoy me by defining 'transgender' as 'annoyingly PC way of saying "transvestite"', or something like that. Mmmmmmph.


Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong! (and incorrect too, BTW) One can qualify as one but not as the other (Ed Wood springs to mind), which kind of puts the kibosh on the whole concept of their synonymy.

Seems they have more concern for sounding hip-and-flip than they do for accuracy.

I have two Lonely Planet books that I've found so far -- the USA Phrasebook and Montréal. I'm wondering whether or not I need more as reference for the Lonely Planet-style Guide to the Duat I'm still strongly tempted to write.

I’d still *love* to see that…

Perhaps I need to travel more so I have a reason to pick up a few more. Oh, the pain and suffering.

Horrors!

Io Phanes,
Tzeenj

[kiya]

Welcome to the ranting and inanity that is my journal. :)