Category Archives: nablopomo

simple back therapy

10 Saturday Nov 2007

Posted by in health & happiness, life stuff, nablopomo

≈ 6 Comments

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Simple therapy ‘best for backs’

Paracetamol and keeping active are the best cures for back pain, according to Australian researchers who warn that other treatments do not work.

A Lancet study of 240 back pain sufferers found anti-inflammatory drugs and spinal manipulation did not make any difference to recovery time.

I love this study because it backs up (no pun intended) what I’ve known for about 25 years. That the best thing for lower back pain is just continuous gentle movement and occasional painkillers, though I do sometimes take an anti-inflammatory for the first day or two.

And that’s it! No muscle relaxants, no bone-crackers, no nuthin else is necessary.

It’s kind of like having a cold. If you rest in bed, drink plenty of fluids and take aspirin your cold will last for about 7 days. If you do none of those things it’ll last a week.

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coldplay

09 Friday Nov 2007

Posted by in humour, music, nablopomo, video

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Nog & I were over at our favourite local ay Maricrú! yesterday, having a pre-lunch drinkatito, and Coldplay was on the soundsystem there. Which reminded me of this very funny video by Mitch Benn called Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now.

Any other good musical parodies you’d like to share?

Mitch Benn and the Distractions

ps. . . yeah I know – another video!
But it’s a really good one and it was either this or a rant about shoes. . .

 

good books, bad films

08 Thursday Nov 2007

Posted by in books & writing, films, nablopomo

≈ 25 Comments

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20 Good Books Made Into Not-So-Good Movies

Do you agree with the AV Club’s list? Are there any more titles you’d like to add?

  1. Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
  2. The Bonfire Of The Vanities (1990)
  3. Bicentennial Man (1999)
  4. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
  5. The Scarlet Letter (1995)
  6. All The King’s Men (2006)
  7. The Human Stain (2003)
  8. The Hours (2002)
  9. Stardust (2007)
  10. Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
  11. Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
  12. Tropic Of Cancer (1970)
  13. Bee Season (2005)
  14. Stuart Little (1999)
  15. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993)
  16. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
  17. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
  18. The Black Cauldron (1985)
  19. Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)
  20. Stephen King’s The Shining (1997)

And here is another possibly scary list … this one of Books Into Movies that have release dates in November and December.

az’s travelblog

07 Wednesday Nov 2007

Posted by in blogging, nablopomo, photos, spain, trips

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Yeah yeah, I know . . . another blog!!!

But I was looking at my sadly abandoned and neglected trips page this afternoon and thought it might be more interesting to have everything together in one place, kind of like I did with the sevilla tapas page, moving it all over here.

The main ‘problemita’ is that the travelblog is going to have way more photos than the tapa blog – and there is no way of doing bulk uploading of photos on WordPress. Which turns uploading a photo album into a most tedious and arduous task (especially like earlier today when I uploaded and posted 58 photos !!! and then found out they were all the wrong size and had to do it all over again!) f_wah.gif

Anyhow, there is only one category even somewhat set up so far – the Barcelona one. I’ve transferred the Barcelona blog post over from here, which talks about the trip – though it still needs to be edited. And there will also be different ‘albums’ (much like how I set them up on Fotki) on separate posts. The only Barcelona album up at the moment is my favourite one, with photos of Casa Batlló. But Nog says 58 photos on a blog post is maybe too much and I should think about editing them down. What do you think?

~ Viajando ~

new duvet!

06 Tuesday Nov 2007

Posted by in home, life stuff, miscellany, nablopomo, retail therapy

≈ 8 Comments

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Mmmm . . . there’s nuthin like a plump new duvet.

Almost turns needing to use one into a desirable situation. I usually experience duvet denial this time of year, forgetting to take the thing to the cleaners in time and ending up suffering through a few chilly nights before I get it back. But the other day when Nog & I were out shopping we stopped in at Corte Inglés to see if there were any good deals on duvets (ours was looking decidedly unplump). And as luck would have it there was a fab 25% off special offer happening, so we made our purchase and just two days later (last night) needed to use it.

And it’s great because it’s still not really cold and, for example, I can sit here typing this in bed with a hot mug of coffee on the night table and feel quite cosy and warm, covered in cats (they love it too) and mounds of lightweight pillowy softness. But next month needing the duvet will become a less pleasant, more needy, experience.

But why think about that now? Indeed, ‘carping the diem’ is becoming more and more frequent here at casa az.

Oh, and I had f_coffee.gif and digestive biscuits for breakfast. 😉