Two weeks ago at this very time (eight-thirty in the morning) I was having the time of my life in the operating room. Swirly colors, feeling no pain, an amusing anesthesiologist, and somehow not-creepy carpentry noises I knew were being directed to my very own bones--I tell you, conscious sedation with the happy cocktail is the way to go if you're ( Read more... )

Dorothy Heydt used to say that the moment for her when she dropped a book was when she found herself saying "I don't care about these people ( Read more... )