That is how I feel today. The grinding pain of the last few days seems to be gone for now, and I am left with just the usual amounts of unpleasantness.

Slept a fair bit today. Don’t know if that is a factor. Got up to pee around breakfast time, but once more was too damned sleepy to go eat and so I went right back to bed and slept till around 11:30 am.

And then I got up, had lunch, and then went back to sleep again, Not sure if I needed that last bit of sleep bit now that I have had it, I want more. Funny how that works.

It is like those odd times when I am not hungry at all, then I eat, and suddenly I am absolutely ravenous and could eat an entire buffet restaurant, steam tables and all.

Right now, I feel like I could sleep for a year and be quite happy about it. And if I did not have things to do and was not looking forward to going to Boston Pizza tonight with friends, that’s what I would do. I would just go right back to sleep, and dream away until I rose refreshed.

The plus side of this is that other than the sleepiness, I feel fine. No grinding pain, no tension, no feeling like I can’t quite breathe properly. I am not sure where that shit came from but for the moment, I am willing to accept that it has passed for now, and that I should be grateful and just carry on.

So, no, I will not be making an appointment to see my GP after therapy on Thursday. Not unless whatever the hell that was comes back again. Then I will definitely go to see him, and find out what’s what.

But enough about me, let’s talk about the news for a change. And no Hurricane Sandy stuff because honestly, I want to forget about that for a while.

For instance, check out these radical fashions for the budget traveler.

The idea is that since airlines have started charging their choice of arms and legs for checked baggage (the bastards), these wearable luggage garments will fight back by really pushing the envelope (as well as your muscle tone) and refining what it means to carry luggage onto the plane in your pockets.

Here is an example of the striking look you will be wearing in order to get everything you want to take into what are still, technically, your pockets.

Sort of a “bondage at the Ren Faire” look. But ugly.

So yes, technically, you will look like a bloated sack of unnamed brown substance on your flight, but then again, you evaded some pretty hefty and unjustifiable charges, so it might just be worth it.

Myself, I think it might be cheaper, easier, more comfortable, and definitely and definitively more fashionable to simply pay UPS (or whoever) to ship your stuff to your destination.

Plus, I seriously doubt it is possible to sit down in those outfits when they are full. True, they transform into luggage and you could then stuff them in the overhead bin, but then where does your more conventional carry-on luggage go? And if you do manage to sit with all that stuff on you, I would bet dollar to dinars that whoever is sitting next to you will come to resent you.

Seeing as you have basically transformed yourself into a fat person like myself, trust me, nobody will want to see either of us coming.

Still, it shows just what these crazy airport fees will do to people.

Then we have the burning question of our ages : are all beautiful women boring?

The article asked two women, one pretty, one plain, to answer, and they voted pretty much along party lines. The plain woman said YES and the pretty one said NO.

But it was a stupid question to start with, and the wrong question entirely. It is a classic Black Swan scenario. All it takes is one interesting pretty woman to disprove the theory, and either way, it is besides the point.

The real issue is whether or not being beautiful makes it more likely that a given woman is boring, and conversely, does being plain make it more likely that a given woman is interesting.

And I think there is some truth to the idea, as long as one frames it as a tendency and not a rule. Beautiful women tend to be more boring. That is as far as you can take it.

And I say this as someone with two beautiful and very interesting and intelligent sisters.

But the basic concept is sound, that people who are beautiful tend to focus their energies on that and pursue that avenue of development, and that tends to make them more conservative and conventional because they have so more more invested in the beauty-loving status quo.

But I also think that being beautiful is a real skill, and one that some people hone to perfection all their lives. Sure, there are the genetic lottery winners who truly have everything handed to them in their early life simply because looking at them makes people happy.

But that does not last, and the ones who are savvy enough to understand this learn to master beauty as a skill. It may be vanity, but it still takes a lot of knowledge and understanding in order to make sure you always dress right, eat right, wear the right makeup, and so forth just to look right.

Myself, I pay next to no attention to my appearance (and it shows!), but I can understand that a lot goes into beauty (especially the female variety) and so for us ugly people to assume they have a free ride is a little bit unfair.

Still, all in all, I would rather have personality, wit, warmth, and charm than all the beauty in the world. I personally can’t imagine valuing something so superficial very much.

Your results may vary.