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My CPAP mask finally broke for good last night, right as I put it on to go to bed. There wasn't anything I could do about it, so I tucked in and went without. This morning, I have the good ol' swollen uvula, but it's not as bad as it might be, because I made a point of sleeping mostly on my side.

I need to see if Sur-Med is open today, and swing by to pick up a replacement...not in the mood to aggravate the situation any more.

In better news-

*Happy 3rd Birthday, Newt!*

I love my little orange boy!

my MSN piccies are back! Only took a week or two... I wonder what the die-lemma was?

Well, off to get my mask, and a spare in case it happens again. Then to return and play Newtie-party games. Until later, dear journal!

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Ah, back, and ready for the weekend.

Groceries, including lots of goodies for Newt and comfort food for me.

New mask, more comfortable than the old mask.. price was reasonable, $84. I'll submit the bill to my insurance company (har-dee-har- har) and see if I can get any compensation for it. Even if I don't, it's well worth it.

Playing paper wad fetch with the birthday boy... he loves his presents. Paper wads galore, and two fresh cardboard crates for him to play in, and gnaw on. He likes the stinky tuna treats, too. a happy boy indeed... he's also quite digging the Publix bags. Where does he get all of his energy?

PSA

Those of you who own Internet domain names, or are just computer geeks, have undoubtedly heard the VeriSign horror stories. Deceptive business practices, locking out domains, and the subsequent investigation into their operations.

You can transfer to get far cheaper, more reputable and reliable service at GoDaddy or Dotster. ~$8 a year, as opposed to Verisign's ~$23 yearly fee.. And they're not bastards.

1/3 the price, and not the creeps that verisign seem to be, in my opinion...(as far as I know, anyhow)

Now, back to the party.

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I never noticed before, but each major chattie has it's own color. Yellow aim, green icq, blue msn, red yahoo. The new version of trillian has little colored circles rather than logos for each active. Pretty neat to me, for some reason. My connection to all of them comes on like a little drag-racer pole position light up... "Prepare to qualify".

Jerry Falwell -- yes, he's flapping his yap again -- has concluded from "reading Muslim and non-Muslim writers" that Muhammad was a terrorist. Which is kind of interesting, because from reading interviews with Jerry Falwell a lot of people have concluded that Jesus was a redneck, right-wing bigot. Holy men: Great ideas, bad PR representation. Why do the dumbasses seem to often get the loudest voices?

( Slow day for the homepage... )

Interesting look at author Harper Lee ("To Kill A Mockingbird")

My brother just came by looking for good condiments. Yikes... I didn't know I was running so low! No Soy sauce, no mustard? I'm out of garlic powder and cocoanut milk, too... dang. I'm going to have to go back to the store sometime this week. (Maybe tomorrow morning, along with a bookstore run.) Also shared with me good news...He's being offered $7,500 to settle out of court. He's now debating holding out for more, taking it to court, or taking the money now and being happy with it. I hope he takes the money offered to him... but I don't blame him for squeezing as much as he can out of the police department for letting that officer punk around the way he did. What I'd like to see is that officer officially reprimanded, suspended for a week, and his story given to a local free newspaper for distribution... as well as paying my bro's doctor bills and lost wages during the time he was out.

It's pretty funny that last week's stories about the looming extinction of blondes from the human race -- ostensibly due to recessive traits and societal preferences -- turns out to be a big hoax. Doesn't anyone at news agencies hire fact-checkers anymore?

Jacques Chirac used witchcraft to win the French presidential election: "The book – La Sorcellerie au coeur de la République – suggests that President Chirac used Senegalese sorcerers to charm the France team to their World Cup victory in 1998. Mr Chirac chose not to pay out again this year, because he had already used French and African witches to win re-election."

Time for some faux-chicken patties on toasted honey-wheat bread, with a side of green beans and carrots. To drink? Arizona diet green tea with ginseng. Yumma.