The Place to Take a Humor Break
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, […]
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 […]
Nigerien Entree TUKASU(Stewed Beef with Dates) INGREDIENTS ½ tablespoon yeast½ cup warm water1¾ cups flour¼ teaspoon salt (1 teaspoon more later)1 pound beef chuck, round roast, or rump roast2 garlic cloves2 medium onions9 dates. (If […]
Some medical thoughts are shooting through my mind like a runaway bottle rocket (only the thoughts aren’t as exciting). Come to think of it, fireworks were once involved in my medical condition, but never mind. […]
As we enter the second month of sinus infection, hope among CDC personnel of a cure is beginning to fade. Yes, I still have that same super-powered sinus infection I wrote about several weeks before–kind […]
I sat in shock as the doctor, his face somber, informed me that I had Acute Eustachian Salpingitis. Worse, it was accompanied by Labyrinthitis. You can imagine my reaction. Why me? Why now? What is […]
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 […]