a lot better

Am feeling significantly better... Dr. appt. ina little while... reduced codeine intake a little bit...

I can't wait to get off the codeine. I HATE IT and how it makes me feel... all glazed over and la-la and thick, with thoughts floating in and out of each other even more vaguely than usual, and unstoppable, so that sleep and waking seem closer to each other than they should be.

finished "paladin" and half way through "Salt: A World History". Interesting but it's a bit fluffy. It bugs me sometimes when things are dumbed down.

I was wondering about the whole "Tyrian purple is not purple, but more like red" issue. Is that true? It's not like I know, but I've read it enough places to wonder when Kurlansky in the Salt Book talks about purple dye without going into the question.

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Page on Tyrian purple, but still no visual sample of what the color is. Apparently more reddish-purple when you're testing your dye on a fleece?!

And this from an eloquent guy who feels it's okay to take things from museums as long as they fall on the floor...

This page on tekhelet is interesting. It's much bluer than I would think the reddish tyrian purple would be.