There are several herpes-related antiviral meds that will lessen the severity and length of a shingles episode. Hopefully, his doctor prescribed something.
The quest for a good punchline in no way reflects on my sympathy for Alien’s situation.
Gordie has the runs, and my hairdryer started smoking the morning. I am apparently under siege by the Raleigh division of TVCTPMO.
Okay, apparently I missed a memo.
TVCTPMO?
Busy, busy…
Hail to all the returnees!
Too much to do today. Lost my pronouns.
MWAH!
ETA: TheVastConspiracyToPissMeOff
Yeah, that sucks. Being off from 11PM to 7AM is a bit… on the short side. Between commuting eating and showering you probably have about 4-5 hours left to actually sleep :eek:
Although having a full 24 hours between shift-end and the next shift-start sounds not too bad! 
Hey!!! :mad:
It’s raining here already. Now that’s a good thing. But I don’t want it to turn into hail!!
Drum roll please…
The Bus Kid is engaged!
Yes, I approve, and yes he actually asked me first, all formal like.
Rebo got that one, so I’ll define one I used yesterday: OSIM.
Oh Sh*t, It’s Monday
Congratulations, BusFamily!
OOOOOOOH! Congratulations to the Busette!
Holy cow! Yeah!!!
Acyclovir is my friend.
No longer look like a facepaintless Joker, now look like I lost a fight with a rabid raccoon.
Where do they come up with these names? A random letter generator?
Hai.
It hailed briefly here (for, like, 5 minutes), while I was out grabbing my lunch. I guess that’s all Mindy’s fault, coz he’s the only returnee Mumper in the GTA.
Congrats to BusKid! I think it’s cute that her fiance actually asked for daddy’s approval. Awwwww.
Ugh. Two more hours 'til Quit O’Clock. For some reason I’m a big clock watcher today. It’s just been that kind of day.
@Manha[sup]2[/sup] - Whoa there, don’t blame me, I didn’t bring that back with me. I came bearing sunshine and ponies and Ernest Borgnine. (Don’t ask me, he was following the ponies.)
@VBob - There’s an acronym I can get behind.
@Rebo - Oh, crap! They have branches everywhere I’ve been. And they’re always busy.
Helloooooo
Tuesday was awful - had my work physical today and the doctor was just plain rude
I am off on yet another work trip tomorrow… Le Sigh. But at least I get to go visit the 'rents this weekend.
And it is16 days til I see mr ems!
Congrats to the Bus Kiddo!
Hi guys. Somehow I don’t think I checked in this morning.
Today is my grandpa’s 81st birthday! My grandparents and I went to Cracker Barrel for lunch and it was yummy, yummy, yummy!
Congrats BusKid!
What is this V that everyone’s excited about?
I have tuna steaks that I’m going to make for dinner tonight. But I’m feeling uninspired about how to cook them. Usually we just grill them, but I think I’d like to add some… well, something tonight. Any suggestions? They’re albacore steaks.
Happy Birthday GrandPie!
Yay for BusKid!
That’s all I got for now.
Screwit, I’m heading home.
I was here by 8:30am for a freakin’ conference call (which, incidentally, ended up getting delayed to 9:15am due to technical issues), and I’ve run out of real work and look-busy work and even obviously-not-busy-at-all work. So yeah… time to go home. 
20 minutes and I can blow this pop stand.
@Taxi - V was a pair of miniseries from back around '84, followed by a short-lived TV series (I think it only lasted one season) and was basically about lizard-like aliens in human disguises landing on Earth under the guise of peace. It was quite good for its day and had a pretty large budget for a made-for-TV thing. The V that’s on tonight is the modern remake of that and anyone who’s a fan of the original is gonna be tuning in to check it out – myself included.
@BusDude - Oh, forgot to mention, congrats on the offspring getting hitched!
Ah, thanks for the explanation Mindy.