The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. –Allan Bloom I don’t agree with MoveOn.org’s push to ask CBS…
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The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. –Allan Bloom I don’t agree with MoveOn.org’s push to ask CBS…
I just had an “Oh!” moment while chatting with waya. I’m the “flake” in my family of origin—certainly the black sheep. I was “the smart one” in childhood, but after I went my own way as an adult the family…
I just learned that my Uncle Albert had a major stroke a couple of days ago. He’s in serious condition. He already had congestive heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, and insulin-dependent diabetes. He’s just a couple of years older than Daddy,…
I’m pondering two things about the Castle. First, the fireplace and several interior walls are granite. Not a facade, but truly granite. They show some yellowish discoloration that we think may be due to cigarette smoke. Whatever caused it, I…
Happily, the GP visit was much more productive than the rheumatologist visit yesterday. I have pain meds and muscle relaxants. I feel much better, but I’m so woozy that I’m fairly useless. The nurse warned me not to take the…
Dammit. I went to the doctor yesterday because I was trying not to put it off ’til I was crying and unable to do anything at all due to the pain. Getting the runaround from the rheumatologist made that effort…
Current Mood: 🙁sore
Hmph. sambear‘s PC doesn’t have an AGP slot available, although the built-in video is AGP. He needs a better video card, good enough for him to play Dark Ages of Camelot nicely. Do any of you gamers have a suggestion…
sambear stayed home today to take me to my rheumatologist, because I’m in extreme pain. He’s so good to me. She wasn’t particularly, um, intelligible. In one breath she said she was afraid to give me more pain meds because…
Girl, 6, found dead in motel A 6-year-old girl found dead in an Atlanta motel was the victim of an apparent ritual, police said. Other news stories say that the adults involved were apparently attempting an exorcism. The child had…
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