This morning (at 4:30), I had to go to the ER because my throat was so sore that I could not swallow. I was given lidocaine in a syrupy liquid form to gargle, plus amoxicillin. I'm uncertain about the antibiotic, but since the sore throat has been getting progressively worse since Monday, I guess I'd better just take the stuff. The gargle is ... ( Read more... )

Somehow, somewhere, I got the flu. In fact, I'm pretty sure I know where. A guy at work has been coming in despite being sick for a week now. And neither he nor his boss would listen to us (the two of us who share the office with him) when we asked that he not do that ( Read more... )

Utterly and relentlessly grim. Don't go see it.

This man could not have made himself a better target if he'd painted a bulls-eye on his face and went to the shooting range.

Just read this article: Rage-filled Tennessee minister is LIVID wicked women are donating to Planned Parenthood in his nameHe went on YouTube to rant and rave about someone donating to Planned Parenthood in his name-which he ( Read more... )

I'm having one of those "to hell with everything" days. And I feel like quoting a song.

The world is overrated; why take part?
It's gone straight to Hell in a shopping cart
It's easier to disappear, and when you do, you'll find me here
Grooving to the broken glasses' clink
Holding court in the Kingdom of Drink

-"Kingdom of Drink" by Stew, off of ( Read more... )

“Why, this is Hell, nor am I out of it...”

-Mephisopheles, Doctor Faustus, Act I, Scene 3, by Christopher Marlowe

Sammie's blood sugar was 36 yesterday morning, so I took her to the VCA. She's still there, and she'll be there until tomorrow. This visit is going to cost me close to $7,000, total, and I just don't have it. So I started a crowdfunding campaign to help me pay for the expense.



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The short list of prominent deaths in 2016:

January
10th: David Bowie, age 69, liver cancer
11th: David Margulies (actor: Ghostbusters, The Sopranos, etc.), age 78, natural causes
14th: Alan Rickman, age 69, pancreatic cancer
15th: Dan Haggerty (actor: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams), age 74, spinal cancer
18th: Glenn Frey (of The Eagles), ( Read more... )

My friend Brooke marieoroumania* Binkowski, who is Managing Editor of Snopes.com, was on the front page of the New York Times on Christmas Day!

For Fact-Checking Website Snopes, a Bigger Role Brings More Attacks

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Now that I've seen Moana, I want to record a mashup of "You're Welcome" with Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man".