Tiny, what's your take on the menu?
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04/04/2010 13:02 #51327
yummmSo, we went to Toad's Place in New Haven last night to see the Hold Steady. And right around the corner was a new Indian place. Chris has never had Indian, but wanted to try it. This place was so delish. It was not your typical american 'indian restaurant'. I guess they don't have a tandoori oven, so they don't have naan. So a lot of people gave them bad reviews for that. But seriously, it was delicious. And it's all vegetarian. And they waiters were super nice. Chris asked the waiter something about okra, and he came running out from the kitchen with a fresh one, and gave him the chef's email address so he can get some recipes.
Tiny, what's your take on the menu?
Tiny, what's your take on the menu?
03/31/2010 20:00 #51300
just a little storySo today I had a patient- a 17 year old girl with a 5th metacarpal fracture. Commonly known as a Boxer's Fracture- because you usually get it from punching someone/thing. (it's always funny when kids come in and try to give us some big elaborate story about how they fell or whatever- and we just look them straight in the eye and say "no really, what did you punch?" and they get all embarrassed and freaked out that we're psychic.)
But anyway- usually teenage girls who break their hands punching people are either trashy ghetto drama queens, or really tough man-girls. Sorry for the generalizations, but, well, that's been my experience.
But so today this girl was lying on the OR table getting prepped, and we went out to scrub our hands. The nurses and anesthesiologist usually chat with the patient as they go off to sleep.
So, we came in to the room, and scrubbed, ready for our gowns and gloves. And every single person in the room is listening to the girl with rapt attention. Someone says "and then what happened? What about your sister?!" But right then she drifted off to sleep.
But so of course I had to know what this exciting story was...
Well.
This girl is 17. She has a sister who is 15. Apparently there was a bitchy girl at their school who was always bullying and teasing the younger sister, and had been making her life miserable for 2 years.
So finally one day, the sister takes a bunch of pills. I guess their mom came home and found her unconscious. She called 911 and took her to the bathroom to try to make her throw up.
And then the older sister, I guess the next day, just walks straight into bully-girl's classroom, right in the middle of class, and punched her right in the face.
That's awesome.
Not that I condone violence, but I love seeing a girl stick up for her little sister like that!
(And it's so much better than the usual "I was drunk and punched a wall" story that we get.)
But anyway- usually teenage girls who break their hands punching people are either trashy ghetto drama queens, or really tough man-girls. Sorry for the generalizations, but, well, that's been my experience.
But so today this girl was lying on the OR table getting prepped, and we went out to scrub our hands. The nurses and anesthesiologist usually chat with the patient as they go off to sleep.
So, we came in to the room, and scrubbed, ready for our gowns and gloves. And every single person in the room is listening to the girl with rapt attention. Someone says "and then what happened? What about your sister?!" But right then she drifted off to sleep.
But so of course I had to know what this exciting story was...
Well.
This girl is 17. She has a sister who is 15. Apparently there was a bitchy girl at their school who was always bullying and teasing the younger sister, and had been making her life miserable for 2 years.
So finally one day, the sister takes a bunch of pills. I guess their mom came home and found her unconscious. She called 911 and took her to the bathroom to try to make her throw up.
And then the older sister, I guess the next day, just walks straight into bully-girl's classroom, right in the middle of class, and punched her right in the face.
That's awesome.
Not that I condone violence, but I love seeing a girl stick up for her little sister like that!
(And it's so much better than the usual "I was drunk and punched a wall" story that we get.)
dragonlady7 - 04/04/10 20:39
Gotta teach her to punch with the first two knuckles-- that's how you avoid that fracture. :)
Gotta teach her to punch with the first two knuckles-- that's how you avoid that fracture. :)
metalpeter - 04/02/10 17:59
That's awesome, but she should have punched her before the pills.
That's awesome, but she should have punched her before the pills.
tinypliny - 04/01/10 18:05
Did she at least break the nose? Did your OR get the bitchy bully too? ;-)
Did she at least break the nose? Did your OR get the bitchy bully too? ;-)
ladycroft - 04/01/10 05:13
I'd justify it.
I'd justify it.
03/17/2010 15:09 #51207
?Allergies?? Help!!Ok, so I've never had any allergies that I've been aware of.
All I can say now is that if this is what I've been 'missing'- I have a whole new sense of sympathy for allergy sufferers.
Yesterday morning I woke up with a bit of a scratchy throat and stuffy nose. No big deal. Took some aleve, made some theraflu, took a nap after work. And Airborne. (which is hocus pocus to me, but people swear by that stuff, so I figure it can't hurt.)
Felt decent this AM, a little sniffly.
So at 6am before work I took:
Airborne
1000mg tylenol
10mg claritin
240mg sudafed.
4 sprays Afrin
Got to work.
Eyes itching. Nose not stuffy, but dripping like a faucet. Coughing, sneezing. WTF!!!
This was probably 2h after taking that pharmacopeia at home.- and these meds are all supposed to last 12-24h.
But it was intolerable.
So I went to the pharmacy downstairs.
Took:
10mg zyrtec
more afrin
No relief.
Got home, took 25mg benadryl.
Still no change.
WTF!
I feel fine- except that my poor nose is about to fall off from kleenex overdose. No fever, no sore throat, no congestion. just itchy, runny nose and eyes, plus sneezing and some itchy cough.
From what I know, these are allergy symptoms. But i've never had them before. And the only places I've been are home and work- nothing new there. Yeah it's a little warmer out- but no flowers or pollen or anything.
If this is not better by tomorrow I don't know what I'll do.
Any chronic allergy people out there know any magic cures?!
All I can say now is that if this is what I've been 'missing'- I have a whole new sense of sympathy for allergy sufferers.
Yesterday morning I woke up with a bit of a scratchy throat and stuffy nose. No big deal. Took some aleve, made some theraflu, took a nap after work. And Airborne. (which is hocus pocus to me, but people swear by that stuff, so I figure it can't hurt.)
Felt decent this AM, a little sniffly.
So at 6am before work I took:
Airborne
1000mg tylenol
10mg claritin
240mg sudafed.
4 sprays Afrin
Got to work.
Eyes itching. Nose not stuffy, but dripping like a faucet. Coughing, sneezing. WTF!!!
This was probably 2h after taking that pharmacopeia at home.- and these meds are all supposed to last 12-24h.
But it was intolerable.
So I went to the pharmacy downstairs.
Took:
10mg zyrtec
more afrin
No relief.
Got home, took 25mg benadryl.
Still no change.
WTF!
I feel fine- except that my poor nose is about to fall off from kleenex overdose. No fever, no sore throat, no congestion. just itchy, runny nose and eyes, plus sneezing and some itchy cough.
From what I know, these are allergy symptoms. But i've never had them before. And the only places I've been are home and work- nothing new there. Yeah it's a little warmer out- but no flowers or pollen or anything.
If this is not better by tomorrow I don't know what I'll do.
Any chronic allergy people out there know any magic cures?!
03/15/2010 21:01 #51195
NostalgiaSo, last night I had a really vivid dream about my old house in New Orleans. So today I googled it.
And I found a pdf of some glossy report about katrina funding- showing that my house was denied.
Then I found a pdf of the minutes of some new orleans historical preservation society- from 2009.
And in the last section of the minutes, "demolition for neglect"- I found my house.
Yet google maps still shows it in all its glory... bougainvillea (sp?) in bloom... looking great. But, it says 2009 in the corner.
I am amazingly sad.
In fact, I am surprised by how sad this news makes me.
Goodbye, old friend.
:(
And I found a pdf of some glossy report about katrina funding- showing that my house was denied.
Then I found a pdf of the minutes of some new orleans historical preservation society- from 2009.
And in the last section of the minutes, "demolition for neglect"- I found my house.
Yet google maps still shows it in all its glory... bougainvillea (sp?) in bloom... looking great. But, it says 2009 in the corner.
I am amazingly sad.
In fact, I am surprised by how sad this news makes me.
Goodbye, old friend.
:(
I'll leave it to (e:tinypliny) for the technical analysis but the menu seems South Indian to me.
The menu has some similarities with the Palace of Dosas on Millersport Highway locally.
I first ate dosas in the 1980s at a Jackson Heights, NYC restaurant called Udupi (named for the city in India) when I was married to the widow of a Hindu.