In Vain I Have Struggled

Posted on by Sarah A. Hoyt

It will not do.  I can’t write a chapter this morning.  Sorry.  I woke up feeling icky.  Have called HVAC people and asked what in heck they’re doing that they haven’t repaired this thing yet.  I’m going to try to write a chapter this afternoon, but right now, I’m going to clean the house and try to clear my head.

Apologies.

43 thoughts on “In Vain I Have Struggled”

            1. Sarah, take care of yourself. Your health comes first.

              RES wrote:
              “Sigh. It is such a sad thing when the immortal undead go senile.”

              Several times I have read that SPQR was “immortal undead” or similar things, but I am a newby here. For that matter what does SPQR (or RES) mean?

              Is there someplace where the back-story on the various Hoyt’s Huns can be read?

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              1. Ray, my nom de trolling “SPQR” is the insignia of the Roman Republic. Its a Latin acronym from the motto of the Roman Republic “The Senate and People of Rome”. I use an avatar of a hairless cat with a crucifix on it that originally had (on the Icanhazcheeseburger version) “Take it off me, it burns”. So there were jokes about putting a character into a set of spoof SF works that was an undead Julius Caesar. And off of that we’ve spun out our little tale …

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                1. RES constitutes the initials of my name as well as being the Latin word for “thing.” For various reasons I find I prefer to use that as my cyber identifier over any name conveying indications of sex, race or other characteristics irrelevant to my statements as posted.

                  Apparently, some people take the odd view the who says a thing matters more than what is said. Obviously, i demur.

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              2. You know, that could be great fun for a “Sarah’s busy” post: the regular irregulars could post our “biographies.” Undead Iulius Caesar, the RESident wallaby, the Clam with Legs, there’s a lot of material drifting (strolling, wandering, meandering) through.

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                1. skulking. SPQR is definitely skulking.

                  …now, me? I’m boring. Boring holes in what, I refuse to say. You’ll figure it out any day now, muahahahahaha! ahem. Boring, I say. Boring. Nothing to see here, move along…

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  5. If the source of your malady is airborne cleaning may just raise more dust and debris. You might try wearing one of those cheap painter’s masks that the Japanese are so fond of and see if it makes any difference.
    Con-stellation this weekend in Huntsville. Have assumed you won’t be there, but I’ll mention you to the Bar Flies and probably take your name in vain at Toni’s cover art pitch.

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      1. Absolutely, Libertycon and Con-Stellation are my two near home cons. Will look forward to seeing you at one or both next year.

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      1. As of tonight no sign of Doc. Saw Toni, Larry Correia, Stephanie Osborn, and had a long chat with Uncle Timmy and several of the usual suspects, but looks like a smaller than usual con this year. Thinking the gov’t shutdown may have impacted both locals and travelers.

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  8. May I suggest a long, hot shower? Few symptoms of exhaustion and congestion can stand up to the power of pouring lots of hot water over your head.

    If that doesn’t work, there’s chicken soup with a trace of red pepper, (but just a trace, just for you), and if that doesn’t work, there’s a hot toddy, and toddling back to bed, well fed and clean, and ready to sleep off the latest crud.

    …or getting someone to ride with you, cradling a shotgun, while you “talk” with the HVAC people, and to give them Significant Looks while you ask questions, questions that need answers.

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    2. Might consider instead of cradling a shotgun you suggest that as this is health impacting, RSN a lawyer might be broght in if things aren’t made better.

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      1. Ah, but lawyers can be fought with other lawyers. A shotgun has such an immediate force advantage, and an impact upon its presentation, that’s hard to pull off with distant threats of courts.

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    1. At least it wasn’t an announcement that SPQR lured her into the undead ranks, and she’s having trouble with the new diet. Then the title of this post would have been “In Vein I Have Struggled…”

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  14. Get well soon.

    I used to have hideous sinus pain when I lived out west (Albuquerque) – almost weekly there would be at least one evening where I just had to shut down. I’m not sure if it was related to my migraines (much worse back there) or not.

    (The AF said it was allergies, gave me Mucinex, but it would never do anything.)

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