"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Donna turned 60 on May 23rd; I’ll turn 60 October 31st. We’re first-year baby boomers. That means we’re the snout of the pig in the python, which is a good thing seeing as how we stand a better chance of reclaiming the money we paid into Social Security than boomers at the tail. Turning 40 didn’t […]
Pathetic. Half a month since my last post. I really have to get in more. My leg quit hurting three or four days ago. The doc said to stay active, and I have – scouting trail for an upcoming run, taking long bike rides, walking the dog. Later today we’ll go on a three- to […]
Two friends are recovering from accident injuries, pretty serious injuries at that. I call them every now and then, just to let them know I’m thinking about them. Our mothers told us to call our friends when they’re sick or suffering, and to visit them at home or in the hospital, so we all know it’s […]
Perforated veins. Yeah, I got ’em, and I don’t want ’em. This morning my friendly neighborhood vascular surgeon performed the first of four procedures, a laser endoscopy on a large vein in my right thigh. Essentially, he zapped the vein from the inside out, and now it’s closed . . . my body will adjust […]
At Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, where we were stationed in the early 1980s, our Friday night routine revolved around dinner and drinks at the Officers’ Club. But one week the couple who lived next door in base housing inducted us into the Polar Bar Parking Patrol, and from then on we had a […]
Putting on a breakfast or brunch-time party? This stuff kicks ass! Bloody Mary Mix Ingredients Base 1 cup beef base 1 small bottle Tabasco Sauce Worcestershire Sauce, to taste salt & pepper, to taste celery salt, to taste 1/4 cup horseradish (not the creamy kind) The Rest 4 qts tomato juice vodka garnishes (celery stalks, […]
Over the past week I cross-posted some older entries from the Half-Mind Weblog. They appear in the Being and Bloginess archives, under the month and year I originally wrote them. I’m still not sure what this blog’s going to be when it grows up, but these older entries seem . . . at least to […]
Medical appointments. Working at a VA hospital, I see the same patients every few days, sometimes every day. The older they get, the more appointments they have, right up until they move into the hospice wing, where they have just one big appointment. Now I’m starting down the same path. Two months ago I broke […]