Wrockstock

Wrockstock Spectacular (the Wizard Rock Convention) which was held last weekend looks like it was a heckuva lot of fun (the guy with the microphone is from Draco and the Malfoys. I recognized a lot of the other wizard rockers up there, too. See the website link up above for the complete list):

Linguists: The Word "Moist" makes women cringe

I found this article to be fascinating:

Ladies, what's with the lexical disgust over the M-word?

misia, if you're still dropping in occasionally on LJ, I'd LOVE to hear what you have to say about this.

A poll for Halloween week

Sue at the Leaky Cauldron (sue_tlc) posted this poll, and I'd be interested in knowing what the folks on my friends list have to say about it, too:

[Poll #1079331]

Treating the asthma

This is the first day I've used the inhaler (Advair for asthma). Up until now, I've only had to use it during the spring pollen season, and since it was the wrong time of year and the whole thing started with an acute virus, it took me a while to twig to the fact that once the virus was resolved, my system was then coping with a reoccurrence of my asthma. But when I started considering it, I realized that the symptoms were exactly the same as they were when the spring asthma was at its worst: incessant, non-productive coughing, and the sensation that the inside of my lungs were coated with a thin layer of rubber cement.

Anyway, using the inhaler seems to have more or less stopped the coughing for the first time in five weeks. I didn't cough at all during sparring class tonight (although I did get a bit winded and had to quit early). It's a definite improvement.

It's also the first day in weeks that I haven't had to make a pot of tea to stop the coughing in order to sleep. I'm very pleased and relieved.

Edited to add: Yep, and (TMI) I am rinsing and spitting after using the inhaler, to avoid thrush.