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Can anyone recommend a good acupuncturist in the Portland / Salem area?

I am sick sick sick. Sigh. I'm really hoping that I feel good soonest. Especially since I have concert tickets for Thursday night. Maybe Kaite and Jacob cursed me - the last time I was going to go to a concert with them I got sick too. :-( Went to the doctor, got meds, including some super cough syrup which made me feel less bad for a few hours, then it triggered a migraine. Ugh. Meep. Ick. On the plus side, husband couldn't decide what sort of chicken soup to buy me, so apparently got one of each. So I have enough chicken soup to withstand a siege.

My beloved camera is having issues. It is having problems with the compact flash card, which is my preffered method of picture storage. I keep getting an error saying the card is not initialized. I bought a new card, and have tried formatting both the new and the old card with the camera and on my computer (a mac) and on our server (a PC). Nuthin' changing. My camera is a Fuji Finepix S7000. I have had it since the summer of 2004, when I got it so I could take pics for my portfolio after graduating from art school, and it has been awesome. Until now. I am thinking I might try picking up another kind of card for it, since it will accept a couple types, and perhaps there is an issue with that slot? I am hoping it isn't a software problem, but if it is, can I get it fixed? I really don't want to buy another camera...

Edited to Add Happy Ending:

I got an xD card and it works just fine. So apparently the CF slot is just messed up. Yay for my still having a working camera! And for only spending $20 for an xD card to find that out. ;-)

The bi-yearly Pacific Northwest Juggling Convention is happening in Corvallis on the last weekend in March. I'm totally going. Of course it just happens to be opposite the Mountain Edge Defender's Tournoment. But I need to get some juggle on. ;-) I went to the public show but missed the rest of the festival two years ago, and the show was good fun with a lot of our local talent on stage. If you are nearby you should think about catching the show. And maybe I can hang out and do dinner with local peeps if anyone is interested. Come to think of it, does anyone have crash space in Corvallis for a crazy juggler? I'd love to not do the commute to and from Newberg.

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Here are some better pictures of the glass bird heads I made in December:( Glass Bird Skulls )

There is a book I really really want.  I was trying to track it down for quite a while off of something close to its English name translation as related to me by William Gudenrath in a phone conversation last fall. I couldn't find the book until today when I ran across a reference to it in an article in one of the Journals of Glass Studies. Because unless you search for it in German it is impossible to find. D'oh. The book is: Phönix aus Sand und Asche, Glas des Mittelalters. I am having a huge case of really really really want its. Mostly because it apparently has lots of good stuff on early goblets. But I am sure there is lots of other good stuff in there too. Sadly, the least expensive copy I've tracked down so far is $113 and would have to be shipped from Germany. Grrr. Ah well, time for some inter-library loan fun to make sure it is worth saving up for I guess... 

A while ago I got the end of a bolt of yummy patterned wool from Mill Ends. It is black with lozenges that are 1 1/2" wide by 2 1/2" long. Sadly I only have about 2 1/2 yards of it. So what might ot be appropriate for? Ideas, thoughts and suggestions are welcome!