Into the Wild (Of Sorts)
Though in previous years I've always said that I tend to love the great outdoors more than the great outdoors loves me, I'm working on reversing that. Yes, I get poison ivy and bug bites at the drop of a hat. But with more exposure and more time out among the trees and the dirt…
Read MoreHopeful Independence Day
Once again, Keith Olbermann hits it on the nose. “And for you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, there is a lesser task. You need to achieve a very low threshold indeed. Display that iota of patriotism Richard Nixon showed on August 9, 1974. And give us someone, anyone, about whom all of us might yet…
Read MoreHappy Independence Day
For everyone, of course. But most especially Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter who was freed earlier today after 114 days in captivity. It's nice to go to the Interwebs and find some good news, after all.
Read MoreI Has Cheezeburger
Tent Actually, I has a tent. Thanks, Ebay! Now, let's just hope it gets here before next Friday. This weekend, it's off to more suburban locales for Sunspiral's party. I'll be the doof in the pool in a face-mask (still can't open my eyes under chlorinated water yet; when I asked about that you could…
Read MoreA few thoughts and an offer
Thank you, United Health Care. Since there is no generic of Zymar, I've now forked over $45 for another 5 ml of the lifesaving antidote to cancer — eye antibiotic. ***** It's so cold in my office that … When I stepped outside today and thought "furnace!" I actually also thought, "Sweet relief." I think…
Read MoreThe eyes have it
And so, let the healing continue. Yesterday, the "bandage" lenses that were letting the cornea heal came off. And if there's anything more unnerving than a doctor coming at your eyes with a pair of tweezers (!) I can't think of it. Even Hal the blinking eye was less scary. Oh, wait, I thought of…
Read MoreIn sharp detail, if not relief
I am delighted beyond words that all of my close and loving friends are so assured of my general well-being in this world, and ability to bounce back from having lasers pointed into my eyes and corneas reshaped that they feel no need send out well-being wishes. I am, as it turns out, extremely resilient…
Read MoreThe Web, in 72 Pt. Font
Well, the Web she does lose something in the translation when you have to view her in enormous type font. I've had PRK surgery on my eyes (having "asymmetrical corneas" means you don't get LASIK if you want it) and the healing process is longer than with LASIK. It means I still have tiny lenses…
Read MoreNotice: Cookies Wouldn’t Hurt, Either
Notice The mysterious kitchen notice-poster at work is at it again. This was up in another kitchen today, but it's the same floor. Caveat: I do not work at MSN News. (Despite the recent MSNBC posts.) While it's hard to disagree that "cookies wouldn't hurt," which can be true in pretty much every situation, I…
Read MoreIt’s Good to Sweat Together, 2007 Edition
DD at Hammerstein Ballroom 6-17-07 "So, you're not going to go home and say this was the worst Duran Duran concert you've ever been to, right?"Well, John. What to say. When you: start 15 minutes late and come out on stage to collectively inform the fans that they're now going to hear selected tracks from…
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