Forgot to mention.

Got my acupuncture free today, since someone failed to show up. Different intern, and for the first time, different supervising physician (to mix the insurance world's terms with the world of acupuncture). The guy did moxa *on* the needles' ends, which naturally I've read about, but never have had done. I liked it. He also did some cranial adjustments. He'd touch my eyebrows or my neck and I'd sit there wondering what he was up to, then suddenly I'd float off into other worlds and come back feeling better. I could feel the qi. Surprising, given his "meat tenderizer" approach to point location -- you know, poking you here and there and saying "is it tender?", which doesn't exactly build confidence as far as bedside manner goes, but obviously works for him.

I threw away my ashtray.

Later.