You Need to See a Clean Bean
This has been a tough few days for me, full of massive headaches, eternal other pains, and dark forboding. I imagine it’s been the same for much of the country. If only our country could […]
Tag: pain
Inigo Montoya on Trafic Etiquette
I feel Inigo Montoya’s pain. – Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D. Check out my novel, the hilarious apocalyptic […]
Paul’s Awesome English Dictionary: Today’s Word – Porphin
Endorphins are peptides produced in the brain that block the perception of pain and increase feelings of wellbeing. Life can be hard. People can be let us down and be downright mean to us. Illnesses […]
Paul’s Awesome English Dictionary – Today’s Words, Sonar Toes
Paul’s Awesome English Dictionary is as pleased to provide another installment, a new pair of words! The struggle is real. We’ve all had it happen to us. The bruises we sport testify to our ongoing […]
There’s a Hypothetical Kneed For Down time
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, […]
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 […]
Sometimes You’re Just a Foot From Trouble
All I wanted to do was pee. When you get to be middle aged, that kind of thing can become very important. Some people wake up at night thinking, “Did I leave the oven on?” […]
Pulling The Horse Muscle, or Break In the Saddle Again
“Would you like to go on a trail ride?” my wife asked in August. (Yeah, I know. It’s taken me this long to recover from the emotional trauma enough to write about it.) Do you […]
Surviving The Fire, But Not the Move
My wife and I, through no fault of our own, had to fill our SUV with boxes this weekend and take them to our house. (The boxes were full–otherwise, what would be the point?) Okay, […]
Purple Pain
I pictured myself venturing out in public with a red and swollen face, so I waited until I had two days with nothing planned. Finally, the time was right. I pulled the cup of wax […]