Don't get me wrong, I love disasters

[sovay]

Happy ninety-fifth anniversary, Boston Molasses Flood. You remain one of the weirdest disasters I know to have overtaken a city and in combination with the London Beer Flood would have been one of the worst milkshake ideas I've ever heard. I hope for some equally weird commemoration in five years.

In the meantime—

The glaciers of northern Italy give back their dead of World War I.

The Porpentine Players get a shout-out from DigBoston. (That's derspatchel with the crutches. He doesn't look bad in a watch cap. The flat cap is snazzier.)

Oh, whatever. This song is hilarious.

I have a doctor's appointment for my back tomorrow.

Comments

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

I totally encourage seeing the doctor (and PT and chiropractor) for your back. The following is not meant as an "or" offer: If you ever want to try inversion for your back, I have an inversion table and would be happy to let you come by and use it whenever you like.

It has made a big difference with regard to my sciatica and kept my upper back from going into serious spasm for over a year now. I bought it after hearing from several other people who swear by inversion and reading a lot of positive reviews online. From what I can tell, it has not been evaluated by medical research and when I asked my GP, my physiatrist and my PT about it, they each said "I don't know anything about those, the theory makes sense and I'm not telling you not to do that, but I can't officially recommend it". So--totally up to you, but if hanging upside down (well, slightly upside down, really) and letting gravity provide traction for your spine sounds good to you, just let me know.

[sovay]

If you ever want to try inversion for your back, I have an inversion table and would be happy to let you come by and use it whenever you like.

Thank you. I do not know whether it would be helpful to me or not, because I don't know what is causing the problem with my back right now, but I very much appreciate the offer.