John Scalzi reported on the state of mask wearing in his part of rural Ohio. Here's my addition to that report.

Here in DuPage County, Illinois, suburban Chicago and 60% Republican, anecdotally, 100% mask wearing inside, 50% outside, with two notable exceptions, discussed below. IMHO, the no-mask outside people are largely socially-distanced enough ( Read more... )

Last night, I was in the kitchen making a drink after dinner. I have a through-the-door ice maker on my refrigerator, which occasionally dumps an ice cube or 3 on the floor. It did so, and I didn't see it.

Then I stepped on said cube with my bare foot. It was surprisingly painful. It wasn't until I got back to my chair that I realized I was ( Read more... )

I've been watching the debate over reopening the economy during COVID-19. For the most part, the debate seems to consider the issue as if it were a light switch - on or off. It's not.

It's not even a dial. It's a combination of dials, levers and even an occasional switch. (Masks seem to be the switch - on please as much as possible.) What we, ( Read more... )

I'm sorry this blog is becoming "all CPAP, all the time" but damn is the change dramatic. It's almost as fast as the healing abilities of Doctor McCoy on Star Trek. On Tuesday, according to my gee-whiz sleep tracking app (yes, Virginia, you might be getting old if you need an app to track your sleep) I've gone from 17 airway "events" per hour on ( Read more... )

So I slept again with the CPAP. This time I had only one real wake up call, a 2 AM bladder-break. But boy did I have dreams. The 2 AM wake up call involved me actually sitting on the side of the bed for a couple of minutes - long enough to wake up and realize I didn't have to dream about gathering up piles of zinc in order to go back to sleep! ( Read more... )

I got my new CPAP machine yesterday and used it last night. DuPage Medical Group sold me a state-of-the-art unit that has everything except a coffee maker and a massage wand attached. It's also technically not a CPAP - the air pressure is Adjustable not Constant ( Read more... )

You would think nobody would need to be tested on how well they sleep. You would be wrong. In order to determine if one has sleep apnea, one needs a test, which I just took. Herewith is the report ( Read more... )

I'm really not dead, just haven't posted ( Read more... )

As we breathlessly enter Day 2 of the Clinton death watch (careful - don't get any of that sarcasm on your clothes - it doesn't wash out easy) I find that everything I want to say about Mrs. Clinton's health was said here. Money quote:

That said, the Clinton campaign can be faulted for this: if they knew she had pneumonia on Friday, they should ( Read more... )

My allergies are in full uproar, and I'm currently in the "cough my lungs up" phase of the attack. Wit and wisdom are currently on hold.