Sunday, March 26, 2006

Quote Script?

I previously asked about this, but got few answers, so I'll rephrase it. If my "Infamous Quotations" in my blog DO appear in "Edwardian Script ITC", let me know. If anyone IS seeing a large old-fashioned elaborate script there, do me a favor and let me know!


Saturday, March 25, 2006

Anniversary

For those who are and those who aren't fans of The Lord of The Rings, I have to point out some good news; this is another anniversary of The Downfall of Sauron!

Thank you, hobbits!


Just Surviving

Since publishing the "Lame Duck" post, I have fallen further into the abyss. And now it's the weekend, too, which is even worse. I'm alive, of course, but just surviving. Being bored makes me a monster!


Friday, March 24, 2006

What You Say?

I'm still twitching.


Better, But Indefinite

I went to my primary physician today and found I’d been demoted back to seeing one of the CFNP’S (Certified Family Nurse Practitioner). I don’t mind, though, and certainly don’t feel insulted, as I like all of the medical people I’ve deal with at that clinic. I hadn’t been there for a month and needed to check in with them. I don’t think I discovered very much new.

He took blood again. Poked and prodded me a bit. He agreed that I’d been through some pretty thorough tests since he’d seen me 2 or 3 months earlier and agreed that it was a good sign that my weight seems stable and my blood sugar seemed under control. At least I haven’t lost weight for a month or two! He seemed to still consider it a bit mystifying what my weight loss was caused by, but was satisfied that things seemed good for the time being.

On the other hand, there doesn’t seem to be any thought that I am “cured” or well yet. Nonetheless, I don’t have to go back for 3 months now! That’s a long time. I don’t know whether that’s good, but I can always make an earlier appointment if anything good or bad starts to occur. I guess this seems very indefinite, but it’s all I’ve got. I’ll have to try to eat and regain some stamina. But that’s a hard damn thing to do. Maybe I’m better than 6 months ago or even 3 months ago, but I’m still feeble.

I’ve gotten word that my retirement (not large, but greatly needed) has been processed and my monthly annuity payments may begin within a few days! That would be a sort of psychological boost for me as well as being a help! I’ve been waiting for them to begin since November. I need to get back in charge of my own finances again even if I can’t get out from under my debts very fast.

What’s those lyrics that Country Joe and the Fish used to sing in their heyday—“Whoopee, we’re all gonna die!” Yeah.


Elaborate Script?

Recently I set the Infamous Quotations in my blog to appear in "Edwardian Script ITC". Now I wonder how I know if others all see what I see? If you're not seeing a large old-fashioned elaborate script there, do me a favor and let me know!


Thursday, March 23, 2006

Attention, RSS Ramblers

Message to all RSS dweebs: Come down off your throne and eyeball the real site (this one in color, I mean)!


Lame Duck

I’ve been doing double backflips (intellectually speaking) lately, but it doesn’t seem to make a wave. I’ve been writing posts without pause and emails without regard and still I’m talking to myself!

I used to often observe that my mother was/is a paranoid and, whether I like it or not, I guess I inherited some of that from her! When her messages aren’t delivered or her phone calls aren’t returned, she thinks someone is out to get her! Not true, I suppose, but I only suppose it because I am my mother’s son! I feel that way, too, regardless of whether it makes good sense. Just call me Lame Duck, then call me late for dinner.

As for comments in my blog, they seem to go in waves. For a while, there will be a good number, then back to nuthin’ again. I may have to start talking to complete strangers again before this is through. Leaving messages on other people’s blogs! Why not; I have no dignity and very little backbone. I keep shovelling out another "gem" and then another, regardless of whether they're just rat turds!

Hello stranger, feel me up. Better yet, tell me something arcane or fanciful. Quick, I need entertainment, if not enlightenment! Jeez, what a mess I am. All dung ho, you might say! (D’ya like me, huh, do you, do you, huh?)

Oh well, send in the clowns. Get rid of me.


Really Said

What Robert De Nero really said: "Am I talking to me? Am I talking to my fucking self?!"


Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Where'd They Get That Fucking Idea?

E. B. White: "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time."