Category Archives: News

Off the Grid For Most of the Day

Nothing today.  Try again tomorrow.  Video for you.  Motley Crue’s Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away).   It’s a live version because of the embedding disabled thing.  If you want to see the actual video, go to YouTube. Continue Reading

Yay, Probiotics!

Yes, I am now probiotics rather than antibiotics.  Taking the latter is making me quite nauseous.  A few friends suggested taking the former to counter the latter.  It was a good suggestion.  However, it’s wearing off, and the nausea is returning.  I am out of sorts, out of energy, and almost running out of time… Continue Reading

The UK On My Mind

Still under the weather, and I have to do more cleaning.  So, for today, I am posting old essays that wax poetic on all things, er, people British.  I have a fascination with British people (including Scottish, Irish, and Welsh), and I have no rational explanation for it. Just a note in general.  I recently… Continue Reading

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Subtitled:  The Ghost of W. Ok.  You know the drill by now.  I am sick; I don’t feel like writing something new; I have tons of old writing to dump on you.  Besides, I didn’t feel comfortable publishing these during the W. era, so I waited until now.  I should be safe, right?  Another reason… Continue Reading

Drugs, Man

The thing that is supposed to cure me makes me feel worse.  This is the irony of taking antibiotics.  I avoid them as much as I can.  I hate taking antibiotics for many reasons, but I am desperate.  So, I buy the horse pills, and I swallow them.  I have to take two a day,… Continue Reading

Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

Amoxicillin, that is.  I have drugs now, and I am reluctantly taking them–knowing that the side effects will be unpleasant.  I can but hope that they will aid in my recovery. I am worn out from going to the clinic, so two old posts today.  The first is a lighthearted look at my love for… Continue Reading

No New Post For You

Still sick.  I have the lovely taste of phlegm wedged in the back of my (very sore) throat.  Still coasting by on old essays.  This time, it’s about the dearly-departed comic strip, The Boondocks.  I loved that strip.  The essay below contains all the reasons why.  See, I can actually praise something rather than just… Continue Reading

Running on Empty

I tried to get through tai chi class today.  I had to leave early because of my deepening bronchitis and incipient migraine.  For some reason, meditation makes me light-headed if I’m sick, and I barely made it through the first section of the form.  I need ginger tea.  Fortunately, I have some that my mom sent… Continue Reading

General Housekeeping

Hello.  First on the list today is general housekeeping. Evidently, people I don’t know are actually reading my blog.  This is great!  A bit nerve-wracking, but great, nonetheless.  After all, if I didn’t want strangers to read my words, well, then I wouldn’t be blogging in the first place. Since this seems to be the case, I… Continue Reading

Sick Day

The good news–I no longer want to rip my eyeballs out.  The bad news–I want to eviscerate both lungs.  To that end, I am posting two old movie reviews today in lieu of an actual substantive post.  They are, The End of the Affair and Breakfast on Pluto.  Both are directed by Neil Jordan, and… Continue Reading