"This gizmo is sorta unique." "This foobaz is different than that one." I even hear these usages uttered by narrators on television! At least once on Discovery no less. Kids on IRC chatting as though they're posting from their cell phones and being charged per character. "C U L8R KTHXBAI" Sometimes no spaces at all. I was looking at ringtones ( Read more... )

Had to be said. As of the 16th, I am now a mechanically augmented human. We're still dialing in the dosage, but the results are nothing short of astonishing. I'm going to have to relearn how to walk...hell, relearn how to crawl. It's going to be a long trip back, but I never expected to be freeclimbing El Capitan in a week. Excelsior!

Well, my surgery won't be the 19th after all...it'll be the 16th. I blow it off when I talk to Mom, but between you and me, I'm scared shitless. Danger of nosocomial infection (too many Robin Cook novels, methinks), the catheter going into my spinal canal...the whole thing preys upon my neuroses. Intellectually, I know I'll be fine. Emotionally ( Read more... )

Still have that decubitus thingy on my tochis, so my online time is limited because I am NOT gonna screw up my upcoming surgery. Not noway, not nohow, as the guardian of the gateway to the Emerald City said. An hour or so every other day, tops. I'm so friggin' tired of that bed, but what sustains me is the dream of walking again. That trumps ( Read more... )

Is it possible to have too much chaos in your life? Discordians say not, but fortunately I'm not one. I've been sidelined for a while with a decubitus ulcer, been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes which durn near kilt mah dear ole mama's favorite son and am just not having a pleasant time of it all 'round. Could be worse. I could be in Cleveland ( Read more... )

Your result for The Cowboy-Ninja-Pirate-Knight Test...
a Ninja


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Those unfamiliar with Doonesbury's early days may not appreciate the meaning of my title, but I've always considered it to be an expression of unbridled joy. You see, I have a ride to and from all visits connected to the installation/implantation/whatever you wanna call it of my new friend, the intrathecal baclofen pump, that to which I offered up ( Read more... )

George Carlin passed away yesterday. From the beginning of his career to the end of his life he was always pushing the envelope, making us think and making us laugh both at society and at ourselves. Requiescat in pacem, George. You will be sorely missed.

As I grow ever closer to yet another 39th birthday (hey, it worked for Jack Benny), I want to take a few moments to express my very deep gratitude and affection to those who name themselves my friends. Gods only know why, but my guess is sheer, barking madness. Regardless of what my mother says, I'm not all that and a bag of chips ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a few weeks since I last inhaled smoke from smoldering leaves. I can take a deep breath without sounding like I'm doing bong hits, my visiting nurse has remarked how much better my breath sounds and air exchange are, and I don't have any real desire to smoke these days. Yeah, there are times when I think 'just one won't hurt' but ( Read more... )