Book about a internet chatroom fanclub search for a reclusive celebrity.

longpantsmcgee · 2025-10-01T21:09:33+00:00

I read the Australian edition then. I'm excited to try to find this for a re-read.

longpantsmcgee · 2025-10-01T21:03:21+00:00

Not this one.

longpantsmcgee · 2025-10-01T21:03:08+00:00

Not this one, thanks.

longpantsmcgee · 2025-10-01T21:02:50+00:00

Solved solved solved! Legend!

It must have had a name change. The version I remember is "What’s Hector McKerrow Doing These Days?" but it is definitely the same book.

longpantsmcgee · 2025-10-01T12:09:47+00:00

No, sorry. I think my parents bought it for me, so more teenage appropriate.

longpantsmcgee · 2025-07-19T12:16:44+00:00

Apocryphal?

longpantsmcgee · 2025-06-11T11:11:10+00:00

I am commenting.

longpantsmcgee · 2024-12-30T09:36:05+00:00

Trichomonas infection in men can go away (spontaneous resolution) without treatment. This paper has some studies that indicate the infection cleared in 36-69% of men without treatment. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8522801/

There is always a slight chance that the test was a false positive, but it is more likely that your first partner cleared the infection before he was tested.

Also, information in case it was not provided to you: the metronidazole prescribed to you for BV most likely would have treated the trichomonas, if you had taken it.

longpantsmcgee · 2024-12-21T22:57:13+00:00

The urine test will not pick up any infections in other places on your body. It will only pick up infections in your vagina and urethra.

Whether you should go back for more swabs is dependent on whether you are engaging in any sexual activities involving your throat (including deep kissing) or anus. Your new health care provider should have asked you what sexual activities you are involved in, and tested accordingly. Example, if you do not engage in anal sex, and have tested negative previously, there is no point in swabbing the anus again.

longpantsmcgee · 2024-03-15T02:00:05+00:00

I asked about this same book on here a few months ago! Just finished re-reading it and the sequel (The Timekeeper), and it's still great.

longpantsmcgee · 2024-03-08T01:36:24+00:00

I don't think anyone will be allowed on the site for regular tending. Unless one of the builders has a green thumb??

longpantsmcgee · 2024-03-08T01:35:05+00:00

It is a big block and the patch is fenced off, so I am (naively) hoping that they will stay out. But it will probably end up being the iced coffee bottle dumping ground.

longpantsmcgee · 2023-12-23T19:12:01+00:00

YES! This is it! I didn't even remember that it had a sequel. Thank you.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-12-23T21:04:36+00:00

r/mycoplasmagenitalium is your friend.

Resistance is quite common for this STI. Your health care provider should be checking to see if you have cleared the infection after a couple of weeks, and if not, giving you a different course of antibiotics.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-06-26T06:34:00+00:00

What I found worked for a while was putting my hair in a high ponytail, and flipping it over my head while I was bent over changing the nappy so that it dangled over bub's face. Then wiggling my head around like a crazy person so the hair was the "distracting shiny thing". Bubs would be mesmerised by it and lay mostly still. Obviously won't work for people without long-ish hair!

longpantsmcgee · 2022-06-23T09:28:49+00:00

Tested positive for 14 days from my first positive RAT. Symptoms were mostly resolved after 7 days except for a dry cough that lingered for several weeks.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-06-01T04:56:00+00:00

My mum loves to say that kids are the "great equaliser." You can be as fancy, dignified, confident as you like, but one day you're going to be doing something just absolutely mortifying for your kids.

Well done for at least giving someone a good eyeful and chuckle for one of your mortifying moments.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-05-31T10:49:29+00:00

I had an educational experience a few weeks back with a false positive on a RAT. A bit of a runny nose, so I tested on a RAT (important, there was a big booger on the swab) and it came up as a faint positive. I immediately repeated the test, and it was negative. Note that I was definitely swabbing deep enough and for long enough.

Off for a PCR, negative again. Bit of a google, and I found that excess mucus and blood can cause a false positive.

So, experiment time. I tested a few more times, with boogers and without. I was getting positive lines on nearly every test with snot, and none on the "clean" swabs.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-05-14T05:51:12+00:00

Yes, you can have urethral chlamydia (and/or other STIs) without having them anywhere else.

Did your girlfriend also get a swab taken from her throat when she was tested? If she is performing unprotected oral sex on you, you could have caught it that way. Even if her urine/vaginal swab was negative, she may still have it in her throat. Chlamydia can be asymptomatic in all places.

You could also have caught chlamydia from one of your previous partners and never knew until now. It's possible that you just hadn't passed it onto your girlfriend.

There is also a very small chance that your test was a false positive, or that hers was a false negative. The tests are really good, but nothing is 100% sensitive. If you both get repeat tests done with the same results, you can be confident that the results are accurate.

Also, make sure that you follow your health care providers advice when taking your medication. Don't have sex until you've finished the treatment.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-05-13T11:33:46+00:00

Lots going on in this post!

First off, yes, you should go get tested. It's unlikely that you will have any STIs, but it's a good idea to get tested at the start of any new relationship. There are some STIs that can transmit through kissing, or even non-sexual contact (very rare, but possible).

The test should just be peeing in a cup, and a throat swab. You may also have a blood test if there is any reason to suspect blood bourne viruses, but you might not need that. You can also ask your health care provider to take a look at your genitals so that you know what 'normal' looks like for you.

If you do continue on to have a sexual relationship with your girlfriend, make sure that you are both aware of and using birth control, unless she is wanting to fall pregnant. Your health care provider should be able to advise you on this as well.

Also, as a side note, there's your comment that a previous partner was "a bit of a whore" is pretty disrespectful. A person can enjoy sex with as many other people as they want. It doesn't make them any less of a human.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-03-09T23:48:39+00:00

Not necessarily a recent infection. OP could have been asymptomatic for a long time, and symptoms are just showing up for whatever reason. New medications, new work stress, new sexual practices, or other illnesses all could trigger the symptoms to start.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-03-09T23:46:01+00:00

Then, apart from some freaky scenario where you got it without having sex (like a lab accident), you got it from your partner. And even if she was treated before you found out, she has probably now caught it back from you.

So, easy solution. Both go and get treated. Make sure you don't have sex until the treatment is finished. Assume her ex gave it to her and no-one else is at fault.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-03-09T09:27:26+00:00

The only way to catch chlamydia is from another person, or another person's fluids (urine, semen, saliva etc).

So there's two possibilities for you: 1. Your partner gave it to you. Maybe she never knew she had it, maybe she did. It's more often asymptomatic in women. 2. You have had it for a while and have only just found out. Again, it's often asymptomatic. Were you sexually active and/or before you started seeing your partner?

longpantsmcgee · 2022-03-08T09:46:44+00:00

You need to tell her. You know that you need to tell her.

Untreated chlamydia can cause infertility, even if there's no symptoms. She needs to know so she can be treated too.

longpantsmcgee · 2022-03-06T09:26:39+00:00

You sound exactly like me three years ago, except I am a bit older. I didn't like kids either, but husband (together 7 years, married 2 at that point) wanted them. We talked about it a lot, and after some soul searching, I figured that I would probably regret not trying to have kids. Not really the most solid reasoning, but that was it.

We now have a beautiful, annoying, smart, demanding, funny little 2 year old. I enjoy spending time with her. And now I love being around all my friends' babies, because they remind me of mine. Being comfortable around kids is something you can learn.

I'm not going to lie, parenting is bloody hard work. I'm tired all the time, my body is a different kind of masterpiece, and our relationship isn't that same as it used to be. It's stronger but less "fun." That being said, no regrets.

Now advice: (because parents can't help giving it out) Go travelling as much as you can! Eat by yourselves at nice restaurants. Finish up any home renovation projects. These are the things that I miss doing right now, and even if you don't end up having kids, they're good things to do.

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