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Patient encounters of the strange kind...
Our poor lady at the front desk deserves a raise. A woman walked up to her today and said, "I need to make an appointment with Dr. P------." Her name did not appear in the system, so she was a...
It's always the French...
Every year, the horde descends on the Venice Biennale to look at contemporary "art". None of them knows what's under their feet. To create the Public Gardens where the pavilions are today, ...
The Artless Art Show Approaches...
The Venice Biennale is that particular kind of show that promises transcendence and delivers… an empty room with a paragraph taped to the wall. (Notice I don't call it an art show because, l...
Let's be glad he died before he could breed...
These are the headlines that make me laugh. PORT ARANSAS, Texas – A 22-year-old Nixon man, who was seen twerking on top of a vehicle in a social media video, has died after a crash in Port Aran...
Americans on Spring Break - Stay Out of Europe
The case of the Alabama college student who went to Spain on Spring Break and ended up dead has made the news here - mostly because it is a problem we experience every year. Most incidents rar...
Flight on the Condor...
I learned today of a German-operated airline that has been in business for 70 years! Originally majority-owned by Lufthansa, it is now one of their biggest competitors in Germany. Their long-h...
It's that time of year...
The run-up to my birthday has the yearly tradition of all my medical check-ins. I do my annual physical with labs, then get to visit THREE different providers for my eye exam, retinal exam, and...
Call me Carnac the Magnificent...
Rather as I predicted, AP went ahead with his heart surgery and ran into some difficulties. He ended up with a triple bypass, a TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement), and a mitral valve...
Has anyone had the OD export actually work?
Sure, I get an email that says my 1,394 entries were exported. But the link that says Download Your Export fails every time. It offers to have me do it again, but then says: You exported this...
Stuffed CABG...
My cousin's husband, AP, is one of those people who didn't practice healthy habits his entire life, and is now paying the price at 79. Years of obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, and poor diet...
IKEA shipping adventures...
Our guest quarters are self-contained, with a small efficiency kitchen and an independent entrance. I buy the plates, cups, wineglasses, etc. for the guest quarters from IKEA. They are inexpen...
Do Americans realize how gay their football is?
While Americans view what they call football as a bastion of traditional hypermasculinity, anyone watching the sport cannot help but notice some deeply queer undercurrents. The game involves...
The C in NYC stands for Clusterfuck, apparently...
2023 was my last visit to NYC, and the cracks were showing (and expanding) then. But it was a Utopia compared to what it has become. You wouldn't think the reek of stale piss in the subways wo...
Going to the Circus...
And by the circus, I mean NYC. It should be good for a few laughs, if only to see what a shit show it has become, especially under the current new mayor. From what we read in the world news, ...
A tribute to Mozart...
"Mozart is the greatest composer of all. Beethoven created his music, but the music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it;that it has always existed as part of...
The New Yorker Magazine vs. NY
Several years ago, I was reading my latest issue of The New Yorker magazine by the fireplace at the hotel, and a colleague commented that you can take the man out of New York, but not New York o...
Book Description
20 years of entries, and a shutdown notice that says there is no export option available. Yet I am welcome to cut and paste from my diary pages. I’ve told Bruce he can sit on it and spin.
