Had good and bad news last week. The good -- my bad cholesterol is low and good cholesterol high; white cell count normal; blood sugar normal; kidney and liver functions both normal. The bad -- a distressingly irregular pulse. I'm on new meds, have given up caffeine (Sob! Goodbye Classic Coke! Adios Starbucks!) and am trying to keep a positive ( Read more... )

I love Curt Schilling. Have since he played for the Phillies. My favorite baseball memory features Curt -- his '93 World Series shut-out against the Blue Jays. That was the one and only time I attended a World Series game and he made the experience sweet. Oh, and Scott Bakula singing the National Anthem wasn't bad either ( Read more... )

Me: You're rooting for the Rockies?
Him: Oh, hell no!
Me: I thought you hated Boston.
Him: I do.
Me: Then why aren't you pulling for the Rockies?
Him: Because I'm still waiting for Matt Holiday to touch home plate.

Watched "Mystery Street" again. The plot is fairly straightforward: a man is wrongly accused of murdering a prostitute; a police detective and a Harvard University scientist team up to find the real killer. This is a solid little noir, probably one of the earliest if not the first film to deal with the science of forensics and its use in ( Read more... )

The Phillies won the NL East! I've got my rally towel ready -- bring on...whoever! *g*

Some of you know how hard it's been for me since my father passed away in August. I really, really miss him. One of the things I miss most are the late night discussions we used to have. We'd talk about family, gardening, what we'd seen or read. And politics, always politics. Daddy was the first person I called after Bush et al stole the 2000 ( Read more... )

Thanks again for the messages, prayers, and good thoughts. They mean a lot ( Read more... )

Thanks for all the prayers and good thoughts ( Read more... )

Oh, god. I'm alone and just heard from my sister that Ant had what appears to be another heart attack. He's only 22 -- too young for all this to be happening again. I've been sitting here and wringing my hands like someone out of a gothic novel. I feel helpless and scared and can't even begin to imagine what he's experiencing. Just let him be

Tom Cruise says he can cure a heroin addict in just three Scientology sessions. Okayyyyy...but I suspect addicts might be better off using.