Back in early May of 1972, when I had not yet completed my 21st year and the snows had not yet left the Adirondacks, I joined four other youths and two dogs in a mad adventure hiking, more or less, the Northville-Placid trail, north to south, as far as Piseco. Bill Naple, as always, took charge of the preparations, which included a plan to pick up ( Read more... )

I'm home and doing great ( Read more... )

I'll be checking in to Ellis Hospital in Schenectady this morning at 10 to have that lumbar disc and its progeny taken care of.  Hold the cards as I only expect to be there overnight.

Thanks for your kind thoughts and prayers.  The Judge Report will resume soon.

-RNG



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Well, it seems that MRI I had the other day served a useful purpose.  My 4/5 lumbar disc is shot to hell and a substantial chunk (almost as long and wide as the top part of my thumb)  has broken off and is floating free, variously teasing this nerve or that nerve while its mother is annoying another nerve ( Read more... )

So, I see where the Congress is talking again about banning "waterboarding" when interrogating terrorists who, by the way, happen to reject all norms of International Law and slit innocent people's throats on television, not to mention blowing up Downs Syndrome women and hailing them as Suicide Bombers ( Read more... )