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 […]
Simi Valley, CA – In Hollywood, beauty is not skin deep. It lies on the surface where it’s been pulled, tucked, plucked, plumped, and Botoxed. Adoring fans don’t look at a star and say she […]
What is a caregiver? If you help someone else you may be a caregiver and not realize it. As time goes on in a given situation your role as such may well become a major […]
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 […]
INSURANCE HAIKU #1 I call insurance. I see continents drifting While I wait, wait, wait INSURANCE HAIKU #2 The check’s in the mail. Your call is very important. We’ll be right with you. […]
Let’s say some guy–not me, you understand, but just some hypothetical person–started to get a little ache in his knee. Maybe it started, for example, from lifting a sick 75 pound dog into a car, […]