Going Stupid

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Friday March 12, 2010 · 9:13 PM PST

2010/03/12 · 21:13

Don't laugh. I'm in trouble.

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Wednesday December 23, 2009 · 8:39 PM PST

2009/12/23 · 20:39

Angels outlined in LED lights to you all.

Courtesy of single payer healthcare, I write this diary. I wasn't supposed to be here. In spring of 2008, I was hoping to see the election results. Or even Thanksgiving. I didn't know whether I could hold out until Christmas.

But only a few months before, I had become eligible for Medicare. People on SSDI have to wait two years before they are eligible.

I wasn't on SSDI for cancer; a couple of confinements in a mental institution got me the gig.

Jump with joy, below the fold. Be careful. Don't fall down.

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Sunday March 08, 2009 · 7:04 PM PDT

2009/03/08 · 19:04

I'm a bit better today, but the last few weeks have seen my hemoglobin number fall drastically. One needs hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the tissues, and carry away carbon dioxide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...

In my particular case, the deficiency has been explained by side-effects of chemotherapy. I spent much of yesterday in slight delirium; what to say of those who have not yet undergone their treatment?

And, by the way, I am very grateful for a bit of extra oxygen today. The Procrit injections or the iron supplements seems to have helped.

I've been watching the Republicans beating each other up, today. It's the battle of "stupid" versus "ignorant", and "vicious" is winning.

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10 votes Show Results

What to Do

10 votes Vote Now!

What to Do

Panic

3 votes

Relax

3 votes

Pie

4 votes

Rethinking Trade Policy

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Wednesday January 28, 2009 · 12:49 PM PST

2009/01/28 · 12:49

Harold Myerson has an interesting column today in the Washington Post, entitled "Rethinking Trade". It is a subject which is very much front and center in our current economic crisis, or it should be.

I am no economist, but it takes no great acumen to realize that our trade relationship with China has long been problematic, if not disastrous.

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Saturday December 20, 2008 · 9:30 PM PST

2008/12/20 · 21:30

My long-time friend Arthur and I shy away from political discussions. That's because I'm a conservative. He makes fun of me, because he (accurately) thinks I'm a liberal.

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98 votes Show Results

Constitutional Monarcy, Parliamentary governance?

98 votes Vote Now!

Constitutional Monarcy, Parliamentary governance?

Maybe

4 votes

Maybe yes

9 votes

Maybe no

4 votes

CosÃ cosÃ .

1 vote

It's morning in America

4 votes

Ants are our rightful overlords

13 votes

Willb48 is off his medications, accidentally

5 votes

Willb48 is off his meds, on purpose.

12 votes

He has a purpose-driven life!

6 votes

He's still alive.

2 votes

Take that, Dr. Castriotta!

2 votes

Holocene Extinction Event

7 votes

Badda Bing!

7 votes

A goat behind Door Number Two

17 votes

Thorium reactors in Sweden

5 votes

A Week After The Election

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 9:32 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 21:32

http://www.dailykos.com/...

Let us remember all who fell in wars.

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 10:38 PM PDT

2008/10/06 · 22:38

James Thurber was a childhood hero of mine. His works have long since passed into the public domain. His fables are as enduring as those of Æsop, perhaps.

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Wisest Owl?

18 votes Vote Now!

Wisest Owl?

James Thurber

3 votes

Walt Kelly

3 votes

Oliphant

0 votes

Carl Hiassen

4 votes

Patrick O'Brian

1 vote

David Broder/Milly Vanilly

1 vote

BiPM

1 vote

Newt Gingrich

0 votes

Isabella Rossini

0 votes

Jeremiah

0 votes

Bird and Fortune

0 votes

Janis Joplin

1 vote

Jimmy Hendrix

2 votes

Jim Morrison

2 votes

MelqiadÃ©s

0 votes

Faith, Hope, Charity, Minor Complaints

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Tuesday July 22, 2008 · 11:36 PM PDT

2008/07/22 · 23:36

Some have asked about my condition. Some don't know me. Hope is a theme, and so is frustration. I think that hope trumps frustration, which is a mere obstacle on the way.

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Thursday July 10, 2008 · 9:12 PM PDT

2008/07/10 · 21:12

My grandmother was born in 1903. Theodore Roosevelt was the president, at the time. Evaryone wore onions on their belt, because that was the fashion.

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49 votes Show Results

Should we panic, yet?

49 votes Vote Now!

Should we panic, yet?

Yes (recommended)

6 votes

No (out of touch)

2 votes

Maybe (it depends)

5 votes

Maybe not (drinking wine)

11 votes

No (in denial)

0 votes

No opinion ( up too late)

3 votes

Who the hell are you (sorry, wrong number)

2 votes

I like Condi (I'm demented)

0 votes

Cicadas are very cool (random answer)

3 votes

Pat Buchanan

0 votes

Dennis Moore

0 votes

Vincent Price

2 votes

Star Trek

10 votes

Dr. Phil

0 votes

Mama

5 votes

Over the Alps with Marie

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Sunday July 06, 2008 · 4:52 PM PDT

2008/07/06 · 16:52

A continuation of intesting stories about my family. Aunt Marie, Jade and I all had red hair. Can you imagine the three of us travelling together? Each of us wanted to be in charge.

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Saturday July 05, 2008 · 12:39 AM PDT

2008/07/05 · 00:39

I'm writing stories for the kids in the rising generation. They won't sit with me underneath a sycamore tree in the heat of the afternoon, listening to my tales. In fact, I'm not sure that my tales will be edifying to them.

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24 votes Show Results

Who do you love?

24 votes Vote Now!

Who do you love?

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4 votes

Your aunt

1 vote

Your presidential candidate

2 votes

Forbidden love

3 votes

"Hi! I;m Jason, and I'll be your waiter!"

1 vote

Elvis

0 votes

Mayor Bill

0 votes

Russ Feingold

6 votes

1 vote

You (recommended)

5 votes

Other (mammal)

0 votes

Other (other)

1 vote

Other

0 votes

Aunt Emma

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Thursday July 03, 2008 · 2:42 PM PDT

2008/07/03 · 14:42

Ok, I should note right away: she doesn't like to be called Emma. Her second name is Claire. So, we'll be calling her "Claire".

Claire called me today. She didn't have much time to talk. She was on her way to organize local Democrats who hoped to unseat a Republican for County Commissioner. This was the first time that Claire had called me in quite a long time. I usually have to call Claire. I was amazed that she found my phone-number. Her address book is about two inches thick. Hundreds of people wait for her letters, just because whe never writes back.

She can't do email. She has an idea that if an arrow on the screen points to an icon, that's good enough.

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Vote

17 votes Vote Now!

Vote

Aunt Claire

2 votes

The Dalai Lama

4 votes

Chanh Nguyen (setting up the lunch at Cafe Adobe)

4 votes

Leonard Cohen

5 votes

Other (no need to explain)

2 votes

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Going Stupid

It's A Miracle!

Hemoglobin: A Political Pespective.

Rethinking Trade Policy

I'm a conservative. Bite me.

A Week After The Election

Fable For Our Times

Faith, Hope, Charity, Minor Complaints

Fearful Grandmother

Over the Alps with Marie

Aunt Marie in the Alps

Aunt Emma