A Dog, a Screen, and a Bed
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 […]
Tag: medical stuff
Allergies To Oscar Slaps
At some point, as I was cleaning carpets Saturday, I raised some kind of allergen in the dust that laid me out like getting punched by Will Smith. Don’t worry, I’m not going to dwell […]
Nicked Knee Needs Needle
It’s been six days since Emily had knee surgery, I think … I don’t know, I haven’t slept since then. We thought we’d have about four weeks from the time everything was confirmed until the […]
Thoughts On Being Sick
The other day I sneezed my head off, and I’d like to thank my wife, Emily, for not only retrieving it but helping me get my head on straight. It was a challenge. I sneeze […]
Healthy Food Meets Stupid
There are times when I do something so stupid I hesitate to admit it to anyone. (This is why I don’t like about the proliferation of cell phone cameras. I’d rather have some control over […]
Stick ’em up: Give me all your TP
Someone commented the other day that the coronavirus pandemic will turn out to be the worst worldwide disaster since World War 2. I’m not sure I agree with that–apparently this particular person was too young […]
Don’t Cough So Close to Me
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 […]
Wiping Doesn’t Stop a Virus, and Other Bad News
Let’s get to what seems to be the important question, first: No, I don’t know why people are hoarding toilet paper. It’s not that kind of virus. There’s so much misinformation about the coronavirus, and […]
What’s So Good About Being Sick?
Yes, yes, I know–how can we come up with anything good about being invaded by nasty little sickness bugs? Well, it’s like this. Everyone around here has been getting sick lately, with some respiratory gunk […]
Blogging Bad, But Keeping It Happy
My wife told me the other day that I was blogging too much “downer” stuff, which puzzled me. Mostly, I write two things: humor, and “buy my stuff!” Usually I try to combine the two, […]