New York City has no monuments worth protecting ...and it's not on the terrorist attack lists at all. Nope. Nosirree. Not at all. Please ignore the big-eared man behind the curtain. His head's down the Iraq hole too deep to know what his own government is doing. And in related news, Parker Stevenson turns 54 … Continue reading And this is why you should never put anything in the hands of the government…

George W. Bush may be the grandson of Aleister Crowley Now, you know damn good & well that you should never believe anything posted on the Internet, let alone anything posted by a blogger on the Internet, but this just makes too much damn symmetrical irony to not be true. Wouldn't that be great -- … Continue reading secret life of insects

y'know, I think I probably hold the record for viewing the most crappily-designed merchant websites in one lifetime. That runs concurrent with "most inane websites viewed" in one lifetime, and "most scam websites viewed" in three lifetimes. Today's random sampling of crappy/inane/scam/odd sites viewed in the course of my job: http://wyzways.com http://loganmilan.com ($40 t-shirts. Only … Continue reading the shallow beat of skin

okay. So I went back to work today. Exhausted -- didn't sleep at all last night, couldn't find any comfortable position, my back & neck both decided to ache all night, no matter which position I lay in. So I'm a little loopy, a lot out of it, and despite the exhaustion, illness, frustration, fear … Continue reading the deep breath of stones

So yesterday morning, bright & early, 6:45 AM, I was at Riverside Health Center for a long series of barium xrays on my intestines. To set this up in the proper mood, you have to understand that my normal wake-up time is 8:30. I work second shift; I'm a night-owl. I can't get to sleep … Continue reading My intestines look like THAT??

..in the last 2 1/2 weeks of being off work between back, gut & neck: 1. Afternoon TV sucks. 2. Afternoon TV REALLY sucks when you're not allowed on the computer for extended periods. 3. Afternoon TV REALLY REALLY sucks...wait, I'll call the doctor back after this episode of Judge Mathis... 4. OMG, I've turned … Continue reading Things I Have Learned…

...why waste everyone's time in court? Atheist sues Catholic Church Hey, *all* religions are scams, meant to maintain control over people and their behaviour. I mean, they basically say, "do such-and-such, live in the way we tell you, and you'll get all this reward **after you die**". Not that there's any proof or any way … Continue reading he’s got a point, but…

So the full physical exam with the regular MD got moved up to Monday (a good thing). No diabetes, thank gods, nothing else out of the ordinary save for borderline high cholesterol and the round of falling-apartness already mentioned here. Neck & shoulder still hurt, so I'm off work until Tuesday to give everything a … Continue reading okay, okay, ENOUGH…

OMG OMG OMG...THIS has just made my week a lot better: Deleted Scene From the Original Star Wars

so I had a followup with the surgeon today...the one I didn't know I had until the She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named said I did & scheduled it for me. They're still considering surgery. They want to do surgery, to "clean out the adhesions". Never mind that for the past few days I've been fine and that surgery there … Continue reading going emo