Paul's Journal

12/21/2013 12:24 #58473

I Cut My Own Hair Damn It
Category: haircut

Back when I was 16 I had kind of long hair which my Dad was not fond of. At some point I decided to cut my hair shorter but left two longer pieces temporarily. Happend to be the weekend of the boyscout spaghetti dinner. At the dinner I was serving spaghetti when some guy who was a photographer from the Buffalo News asked if he could use my photo for an article he was doing about hair.

Later on it ended up in the paper and my grandma hung it in her fridge. I actually hated the photo. When she died it was the first thing I grabbed so I could destroy it. The other day my cousin Erica was at my great aunt's. Her grandma and found a clipping from the paper. Her grandma told her not to show my because I hated it so much that I even threatend to sue people over it.

And the strange part is thats true but not because I hated the pic but because I went to the galleria and De Bernardenis? hair salon had it blown up like 4ft x2ft and hanging in their store like they had cut my hair. I was so mad. I mean they definately never cut my hair and the pic was definitely the exact pic in the paper.

They ended up taking it down. Now I wish I had gotten the poster.

joe - 12/21/13 14:13
90s are in, bring it back.

xandra - 12/21/13 14:08
you are my hero

12/20/2013 12:37 #58471

Normal Tongue - There is Hope
Category: orange tongue

So many people write to me asking if the orange tongue (e:paul,54192) ever resolved itself. I can totally understand their pain and concern as it was making my life a living hell. It did resolve itself. I did nothing extraordinary other than get a root canal on a tooth that was bothering me but it had already subsided before then mostly. After about 2 years it just went away. I still get geographic tongue every once and a while but its usually one nice pink slate and never orange.

I guess I also did start using a water pic ever day to clean my gums thoroughly.

Do you still suffer from orange tongue? Did you ever find out what the issue was?!
I too have been suffering from the same problem. Been to the doctor dozens of times, only to be told my tongue looks "normal' and to use a tongue brush if I am concerned. ...There are some days I wake up with very little orange and some days I look like I sucked on orange popsicle.
This is driving me crazy - it was nice to see someone else with the same issue.

ExBuffalonian - 12/23/13 14:32
I never had an orange tongue, but I did once have a reaction to eating pine nuts. Everything I ate or drank, even water, tasted bitter for about two weeks. Then it just went away. I know it sounds weird, but it's a real thing. You can Google it.

paul - 12/21/13 14:18
I did use a tongue scraper, religiously for years. It did not help. Sometimes I thing maybe I scraped it too much as I dont use one now. I seriously went to so many doctors it was crazy. A research dentist at UB even had a bunch of his students look at it. The geographic tongue is a genetic thing. The combo or geographic tongue and orange tongue made it look really gross.

(E:TinyPliny) and I researched the crap out of it.

It started when a dentist gave me this stuff called called magic mouthwash that was a combo of antifungal, anti bacterial and anti inflammatory steroid after mistaking the geographic tongue for some sort of infection. This was before I knew what it was.

Two days later my tongue turned hot orange and kind of stayed that way for a long time. It did not hurt or itch or anything like you'd expect from an infection and my breath did not smell bad during it. It was not thrush or a fungal infection as antifungals did nothing. Every dentist/doctor would always say, doesn't look like any infection I've ever seen are you sure you aren't eating anything orange. At one point I even stopped eating anything orange color for weeks just to prove them wrong. The thing that made it most ornate was fresh greens like salad or spinich.

Chlorhexidine would work but it would come back as soon as I stopped and everything tasted terrible so I quit.

oda - 12/21/13 02:14
paul, you are so gross. I think there was some health reason that you may have had an orange tongue. I know you've historically been a hypochondriac, but this was probably serious, and I'm glad it's gone away now.
did your breath smell bad? i am very curious to find out about it. did you use a tongue scraper ever?
on a side note, I just posted a few responses to Joe's journal, thinking it was you! I hope to see you really really soon.

12/19/2013 14:16 #58469

Express Is 50% Off - New Tuxedo
Category: clothing

I usually not one to advertise but holy crap

is 50% off of everything in their online store. I know the normal prices and these are truly 50% off not markup then markdown.

For example I bought a tuxedo for a wedding on monday that came to $590 and now I rebought it for half price and am returning the original. I called to just see if they could retroactively refund me but they couldn't because it shipped already so I had to return.

I also got new suspenders and some bow ties for super geek flavor.

Here

is the tuxedo. I hope it fits.

heidi - 12/24/13 10:32
I'm sad that you didn't like it. :-( I can't believe we're spending so much $$$ on rentals. 3 tuxes * $176! We're all gonna look so spiffy.

lilho - 12/21/13 09:48
I look that tux... Make sure you post pcs! I'm gonna check out the site right now to see if I can find a nice black dress cheap!

metalpeter - 12/19/13 19:31
that is looking at least on the model like a spy movie and that is a good thing .....

paul - 12/19/13 19:10
Got the matching shirt and black silk bowtie. Need to buy shoes and cufflinks when I go Christmas shopping this weekend.

heidi - 12/19/13 16:53
Have Jill Zach on speed dial to make sure it fits! :-) Did ya get a shirt & shoes?

12/18/2013 22:37 #58467

Happy Birthday Hodown
Category: birthdays

Too bad you aren't on Google hangouts like everyone else lol. I miss you. Hope you have the best day.

sina - 12/20/13 15:01
oohoom
So I say congratulations in advance
;-)
for the future

paul - 12/20/13 14:58
Its not birthday lol. Not yet. It was (e:hodown)'s on the 18th

sina - 12/20/13 14:55
HPB to you dear paul
<3 <3

metalpeter - 12/19/13 19:29
Hope you had a great birthday .......

mrmike - 12/19/13 10:35
Happy day

hodown - 12/18/13 22:42
I love this so freaking much. I love y'all!

12/16/2013 22:37 #58460

100 Hours Left
Category: work

Massive project at work with about 100 hours remaining and I still don't have the exact final specs. I can't wait for phase 1 to be over.

joe - 12/20/13 16:37
Despite all the things, and people, that get in your way at work - if there's anyone who can pull it off and do it well, it's you.