Entries Tagged as ‘acute discomfort’

August 9, 2007

From the top

When choices range from mouth to bend-o,
I prefer my torso-scopics, endo,
the coffee-less foodless short-term fast,
beats by miles the colon-cleansing repast,
but, the major concern is the photographic yield,
Renderings disclose my stomach healed,
Thanks be to my doctors and nurses
Right now, I don’t mind their fattened purses.

July 10, 2007

Weird science, or former Surgeon General Bush-whacked

According to this Reuters story on MSNBC,
“The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research.
“Anything that doesn’t fit into the political appointees’ ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried,” Dr. Richard Carmona, [...]

June 20, 2007

If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; morphine..or morphine is bueno bueno..

Actual conversation at Baptist Hospital between my wife and the charge nurse after i was moved from ICU* to a regular room:
Wife: My husband is in 7625 …could he have a cup of water?
Nurse: He’s not there yet.
Wife: yes, they brought him down a few minutes ago
Nurse: no, he’s not there yet.
I had been [...]

May 25, 2007

Keeping abreast of the hockey news..sometimes its TooToo much

With all the talk about the impending sale of the Preds to Mr. Blackberry, I missed an equally massive story. It seems that American Idol also-ran Kellie Pickler has further enhanced her career by becoming the girlfriend of ‘an Eskimo’ (her words).
Our own (or should that be ‘Hamilton/Kansas City/Winnipeg/Waterloo’s own), Jordin Tootoo, the [...]

April 10, 2007

Imus in the mourning…

I’ve listened or watched Don Imus for over 30 years. In all that time, he has offended probably not only every ethnic group, but pretty much anyone who deigns to breathe the same air as the I-Man.
He’s survived some serious addictions, and he’s as cranky as a 90 year old searching vainly for his [...]

March 18, 2007

A-pop-o-lips now, or why wait until 7:00 PM

The Dallas ‘artist’ known as Kurtz* (or the artist formerly and still known as Prince-tentious**) is going to present an art show based on the last three hours of Anna Nicole Smith’s life. The event will appropriately be held at “JRs Bar and Grill (3923 Cedar Springs in Dallas if you wanna attend).

Please, [...]

March 17, 2007

I know O.J. did it, you know O.J. did it…

and I’m truly sorry for the victims, but I still can’t stand THIS man.