Dad had severe back pain in June and part of the treatment has been physical therapy for him in a swimming pool. The practice treating him has a deal with the health club where we belong to use one of their pools, so I go work out on one of the elliptical machines while Dad …
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Apparently pointed headcoverings don’t make everyone think of Harry Potter
But apparently they DO make people think of wizards:
One small conviction reversed on a technicality for a polygamist, one giant leap for polygamy
On Tuesday the Utah Supreme Court reversed the convictions of polygamist Warren Jeffs of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of felony rape as an accomplice based on a technicality having to do with how the jury was instructed at his trial in 2007. Following the ruling a hearing to decide …
If you want to learn how to get along with quadriplegics, read John Callahan
I see from a post by dear Fausta that quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan died on Saturday of complications of quadriplegia and respiratory problems. FYI, most quads can move their arms but lack dexterity in their hands. If you are wondering what kinds of complications quadriplegia has, he could have gotten sepsis from a pressure sore …
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I’m pretty sure we need a federal civil rights law ensuring equality for gays and lesbians before the one for photographers
I was browsing at Ace of Spades HQ and a story there by Maetenloch about law enforcement officers harassing photographers caught my eye because it mentions a case about a Maryland man — who lives near me — who is on trial for videotaping his own arrest for speeding on his motorcycle. This is an …
I don’t know why he swallowed the fly, Keyboard Cat, perhaps he’ll … have a freakass ghetto meltdown
OK, I’m pretty sure I came across the following Keyboard Cat cover act by actor Ron Livingston at icanhascheezburger.com, and I will take you on the journey through YouTube that it sparked: This led to a reporter who swallowed a fly — I don’t know why he swallowed the fly — but hijinks ensued because …
Best. Health Club. EVAH!!!
In late May 2007, I felt so good after all the work I had to do to get some 80-ish 15-gallon containers I use for my heirloom tomato garden from their winter home in the backyard to their summer home in the front yard that I knew I needed to get into some structured exercise …
It’s called ‘gullism’
Stop the hate: From FailBlog.
Neo-neocon, A Connecticut Yankee’s lessons from trying to talk to a liberal
Neo-neocon is pondering how to talk to liberals tonight. I’m struck by her saying her liberal friends accused her of going over to the dark side because one of my friends who voted for Obama is now disgusted with him and sent around to her friends, including me, Robin of Berkeley’s recent post at American …
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Prayer request for my friends from community band
The patty pans squash plant I was checking on yesterday when I saw the goldfinches in the zinnias turned out this afternoon to have a stalk so damaged that I was going to pull it this evening. But before I headed out I had the impulse to check my e-mail and learned that one of …
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