A bunch of words, some potentially relevant...
Tomorrow would have been my grandmother's 100th birthday (she passed away in 1991). Among other things, I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm old enough to have a grandparent who was born a century ago...
I'm hoping my Broncos can pull it off tomorrow against the Steelers (and then against the NFC champs)...this is the farthest Denver has gone since the days of John Elway and Terrell Davis (it's pronounced Tuh-RELL). For me, it's hard to hate the Steelers, given that my family lived in Pittsburgh before we moved to Denver in 1973, but my Bronco fandom was firmly implanted by 1977 (the first year of those Orange Crush T-shirts).
Glad to see the Abramoff scandal getting so much coverage...it helps to check out www.mediamatters.org to see what's REALLY going on-- the usual suspects are perpetuating the usual lies, so it's nice to have some constant fact-checking going on. Also, more is coming out about how Dubya intervened (interfered) with a 2002 investigation of Abramoff's misdeeds. Ethics, anyone? Anyone?
I'll be more specific about my ER visit in October-- some people have expressed concern (thanks for asking). Here's what it was (no graphic photos): a thrombosed external hemorrhoid. I've never seen so much of my own blood in my life-- thankfully, my vital signs remained normal the whole time, but I had to go to the ER to get a small blood clot removed. I was a bit shaken psychologically afterward (it's a rather frightening way for your body to tell you to treat it better). My advice to everyone: more water, more dietary fiber, and keep some psyllium fiber on hand.
I'm hoping my Broncos can pull it off tomorrow against the Steelers (and then against the NFC champs)...this is the farthest Denver has gone since the days of John Elway and Terrell Davis (it's pronounced Tuh-RELL). For me, it's hard to hate the Steelers, given that my family lived in Pittsburgh before we moved to Denver in 1973, but my Bronco fandom was firmly implanted by 1977 (the first year of those Orange Crush T-shirts).
Glad to see the Abramoff scandal getting so much coverage...it helps to check out www.mediamatters.org to see what's REALLY going on-- the usual suspects are perpetuating the usual lies, so it's nice to have some constant fact-checking going on. Also, more is coming out about how Dubya intervened (interfered) with a 2002 investigation of Abramoff's misdeeds. Ethics, anyone? Anyone?
I'll be more specific about my ER visit in October-- some people have expressed concern (thanks for asking). Here's what it was (no graphic photos): a thrombosed external hemorrhoid. I've never seen so much of my own blood in my life-- thankfully, my vital signs remained normal the whole time, but I had to go to the ER to get a small blood clot removed. I was a bit shaken psychologically afterward (it's a rather frightening way for your body to tell you to treat it better). My advice to everyone: more water, more dietary fiber, and keep some psyllium fiber on hand.
posted by Tom (a.k.a. "G-Man") at 2:50 PM
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