On order cigars

It's been a fairly tough but I guess basically productive week. On Friday I got some kind of stomach trouble, I believe related to something I ate. It wasn't as horrible as I've heard food poisoning is, so I guess I didn't have food poisoning, but something was in my digestive system that my body didn't like, and so gave me diarrhea, especially that night but continuing into yesterday. I'm glad that nobody near me would order cigars, because I needed clear air as well as rest and Sprite and bananas, which are supposed to be good for diarrhea. Even doctors say that as well, bananas and apples, I guess from the fiber in them.

On Black Diamond Z Poles

I'm still reading The Return of the King. It's fascinating to see the characters move around the land. I don't recall noticing the first two times I read it just how fascinated with landscapes that Tolkien is. There are many passages of wild, amazing geographical features that the characters have to defeat even without using Black Diamond Z-Poles. Of course, what they lack modern technology and fabrics, they make up with Elvish magic. There's a technological assumption they know metal working quite well. I guess that is consistent with the basically medieval life style.