The Place to Take a Humor Break
I’m about to disappear. I’m having surgery on my hand, thanks to a non-dangerous affliction called Dupuytren’s contracture. This was named after scientist Guillotine Dupuytren, and I hope he’s happy. I’d give him the middle […]
This was written before our dog Beowulf passed away last July. Most people over the age of fifty know growing old sucks. I mean, older. Growing older sucks. One thing that sucks is medication. […]
When I complained to my surgeon that I was still having symptoms of sinus problems, he stuck a big metal tube up my nostril and worked it around for half an hour. Then he stuck […]
I have this ongoing fantasy that whenever I have to recover from an illness or injury it will give me plenty of time to write, or at least read. I’m always behind on both, so […]
The source of my sinus infections has finally been isolated. It was in my sinuses. Maybe I should be more specific. Various allergy/sinus/head doctors poked and prodded me for years. A sleep study revealed I […]
This story actually happened some time ago, so not to worry: I do NOT have cancer. But the docs thought I might … for several years. Specifically, I had high prostate specific antigen readings, otherwise […]
One thing about getting older is that you tend to know about all the medications out there. For one thing, they get advertised on what many people would consider “old person” TV channels: Science, History, […]
Let’s talk about pain. Young people tend to be reckless because they haven’t experienced real pain. There was a time when, one a scale of one to ten, I would have rated my chronic back […]
The coronavirus outbreak is a serious, deadly thing, and it should be taken seriously. All the more reason to have fun with it … because if you can’t laugh, the virus has already won. So […]
After close to a year of weekly blogging, I can say that I’ve learned some interesting things. Like when I researched different names for the gluteus maximus, sometimes called the gluteal muscles, or glutes, for short. According […]