Hi Folks,

I’m about to join Johnny Depp’s crew on The Black Pearl. Yup, I’ve slipped on my eye-patch, I’m looking all pirate-esque, and I’m practicing my “Arrrrgh’s“.

Yeah, okay.

I’m having a “one-eye” Aura migraine kind of day. So pardon me while I go crawl into the dark, and slip a Zomig on my tongue.

While I recooperate, ya ought to check out this link. I found it rather interesting. I’ll start ya off with a two paragraph excerpt …

Oh, and would you be so kind as to shut off the lights and pull the curtains closed on your way out?

Thanks so much.

The Magical Mystery of Migraines
(An excerpt taken from: The Clevleand Clinic)

Talking flowers, barking trees, magic mushrooms, people shrinking to tiny sizes and stretching to great heights—not all of these events came purely from Lewis Carroll’s imagination. According to some experts, the creator of Alice in Wonderland drew on his experiences with migraines—a form of severe headache—to help create some of that fantasy world.

Today, many neurologists use the term “Alice in Wonderland syndrome” when referring to the visual disturbances and hallucinations that can be part of migraine aura, the neurologic churning that can occur before migraine onset and affect vision in very odd ways. “Many of the descriptions conjured for Carroll’s stories were based on classic migraine experiences,” says Cleveland Clinic neurologist Mary Ann Mays, M.D. “Only a person who had experienced these phenomena would be able to describe them.”

… continue reading …

I love the weekdays! Everyone has gone off to school and I’m left with a wonderfully quiet house. No TV blasting those annoying Power Puff girls. No kids bickering. No interuptions … ‘cept for the dog, but his potty breaks are less frequent nowadays.

So what do I do …

I light a whole bunch of vanilla scented candles, as well as the tea lights under my liquid cinnamon potpourri. And then I open up my Media player.

Sometimes I pick one artist to play, other times I’ll settle upon a genre, and other times, (when I’m feeling overly optimistic), *heh* … I set all 1,425 songs to play. Of course, on those days, the shuffle feature is quite handy. Over 90 hours of playtime won’t fit into my 4 hours of sweet serenity. Yeah, shuffle is fun. I find it somewhat entertaining, like pulling the handle on a slot machine … what jackpot is Media shuffle going to give me today. And, it’s FREE to play folks! How cool is that? I can even make a guessing game out of it … how many pulls until Billy Idol reaches the top 10, or one of my favorite songs hits the top slot. Yes, I’m quite easily amused. Thank you for noticing. *grin*

Yeah. I can break out into a fit of chuckles over *simple things. Like “Lil Kim” singing about the magic stick, directly after “Loverboy” saw Heaven In Your Eyes, which is then followed by “Avril Lavigne” singing about things being complicated.

Ha! I caught ya. You smiled.

(*Simple – I was going to say the “simplist” of things, but it didn’t sound like proper grammar to me. So, I looked it up, and sure enough, it wouldn’t have been appropriate.)

And so …

Here’s my Media shuffle for Monday. Of course, I haven’t given you the full list, as that would take several hours to read, and I’m sure you don’t have THAT much time to spend on my silly little blog.

*sigh*

Bob always sings “Angel Eyes” to me when it comes on the radio. Sometimes he sings it when it comes on in his brainwaves … that’s always fun. He has a pretty good voice, actually.

All righty then, I’ve got work to do around here.

Have a wonderful Monday!

*heh*

It’s a Blogthings quiz. I’m being blog lazy today, can you tell?

Actually, I thought I’d tinker around with my sidebars a bit. So, well I’m off messing with php and html, you lucky folks get to read my latest quiz. Aren’t you just thrilled to pieces? (Um, the answer to that question would be a concordant, “Yes.”)

I’m telling ya, this little quiz here was frighteningly accurate. Why dont’cha take the quiz and leave your results (or a link to them) in my comment box. I’d like to know you better too.

Sidenote: If my blog looks all kinds of wonky today, please hit the refresh button. I’m playing around with the coding, and well, sometimes I make mistakes. So, when I screw up, I fix it right away. Hence the “refresh” suggestion.

Stacy’s Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs. For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

“I just got an email! I just got an email! I just got an email! I wonder who it’s from?”

*heh*

Sorry ’bout that … it comes from watching too many kiddie shows with little ones. I spoke with the family doc and found out that I have what’s commonly referred to as, Bluecluebigbearpurplefreakindinosauritis. It’s highly contagious and similarly addictive, so you best keep your distance until my kids have all surpassed the 2nd grade … at the very least.

*snicker*

So, the email is from My Aunt Joan. Ya gotta love her! Yup. She’s soooo funny! And without further ado, here’s the email…

Muscle Building Exercise:

Just came across this exercise suggested for seniors, to build muscle strength in the arms and shoulders. It seems so easy, so I thought I’d pass it on to some of my younger friends. The article suggested doing it three days a week.

Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-LB. potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides, and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax.

Each day, you’ll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-LB. potato sack.

Then 50-lb. potato sacks, and eventually try to get to where you can lift 100-lb. potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute.

After you feel confident at that level, then you can put a potato in each of the sacks.

*heh heh heh*

Pssst! Wanna get in on something really cool?

Duh! Who doesn’t?

BlogMad’s Bug Day … what is it? It’s a chance to check out BlogMad in pre-launch status … test the site … watch the creators eat pizza and pull their hair out while fixing last minute bugs. Yup, that’s right. We, the bloggers, get to swarm the site and report any bugs that the Beta testers, (myself included), didn’t find. In other words, they want us bloggers to test their debugging skills, as well as their patience. *heh*

Seriously folks, this here is your chance to get into BlogMad pre-launch. It has already increased my traffic, why not let BlogMad do the same for you? Check out the BlogMad Forums tomorrow, (that’s Saturday for those without a daily Calendar), and get in on a chance to test out the coolest blog trafficking site to ever hit the Internet! Here’s a snippet from BlogMad …

BlogMad is the ultimate Blog Traffic site…

Are you just a hobbyist blogger? Or could there be even more in store? Why not take it to the next level? How do you earn money from your blog? And, of course, how do you get the search engines to rank and list your blog so that you can get even more visitors? Welcome to one of the most talked about Blog services on the net… welcome to BlogMad!

BlogMad is an evolutionary blog trafficking site designed to help you grow your blog – whether you are a small blogger or a massive one, you can benefit greatly from BlogMad’s amazing features and incredible 1:1 traffic ratio, and best of all – its free!

And here’s a snippet from the BlogMad forums:

BlogMad’s Bug Day promises to be a fun filled day full of surprises.

Saturday the 25th of February will see us opening the doors of BlogMad to selected people that are found wandering about on the forums. For one day only.

The Beta testing team plus selected members will be allowed to start the ball rolling on the site.

It will be a day of interviews, ideas, bug fixing, games, tournaments, random prizes and whatever else we can think of.

There will be a couple of webcams set up with streaming so that BlogMad members can watch the crew at work.

Now, doesn’t that sound like a whole bunch of fun!?! Come on in and shout out, “Hey! Pick me! Pick Me!“, and you just might get a chance to catch a pre-launch glimpse of BlogMad’s actual site. Oh, okay … you don’t really have to shout … just follow this link for the forums and hang out with the cool crowd.

If you would like to sign up for BlogMad now … click here! (A link to the forums will be on this page as well.) It’s simple, all you need to enter is a “username” and “email”.

I’m looking forward to seeing you there!