You may have noticed…
…that I’m back to blogging more in real time now rather than just pre-scheduled posts from before my surgery. I plan to take it a bit slower for a while, although it really depends on how I feel. Also, I’m … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Health
Update on my surgery, the day after
It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride today, but starting this afternoon things have been good with my operated eye (knock wood). I’m going to do a bit of computer work now but not too much. At some … Continue reading →
Eye surgery scheduled for Monday
Like many people “of a certain age,” I have cataracts that have gotten to the point where they impede my vision quite a bit. But unlike a lot of people, I don’t have a simple situation. Probably as a consequence … Continue reading →
Maybe Biden was referring to himself, not Putin
There was a big brouhaha the other day over Joe Biden remarking about Putin, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” Way to go, Joe – make Putin even more paranoid and angry and certain that the US … Continue reading →
Are the Democrats getting ready to eject Joe and Kamala?
Roger Kimball thinks so: Why do you suppose that the New York Times has decided, finally, at this late date, to acknowledge that the story that the New York Post broke about Hunter’s laptop was true?… The issue is never … Continue reading →
Clarence Thomas has been discharged from the hospital
Good news: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was released from the hospital Friday morning following a weeklong stay related to an infection, a court spokesperson said. Thomas, 73, was hospitalized last Friday night with “flu-like symptoms”… Seventy-three isn’t so very … Continue reading →
Did the COVID lockdowns make us look older?
Commenter Rufus T. Firefly asks a question that I find interesting: Has anyone noticed EVERYONE seems to have aged 5 or more years during the two years of lockdowns? I first started noticing this in myself, prior to the lockdowns … Continue reading →
The First Lady’s husband
Sounds like some sort of convoluted riddle, doesn’t it? A riddle Joe Biden had trouble solving: ‘The first lady’s husband contacted COVID,’ President Biden said during an Equal Pay Day celebration for Women’s history month. Someone off to the side … Continue reading →
A detransitioner describes some of her original motives for transitioning
The following wasn’t her only motive. But this was certainly part of why transitioning appealed to her as a troubled teenager, and I strongly suspect it’s a common motivation for today’s teenagers. A few years ago the author was a … Continue reading →
The CDC and misinformation
The CDC withholds some statistics because it’s afraid the information will be turned into disinformation by the readers. Now, there’s a great way to gain people’s trust: withhold information because you think they’re stupid. The funny thing – I mean … Continue reading →
A COVID lockdown backlash?
It’s a little bit – just a tiny bit – as though people are waking up from a bad COVID dream. Something about the length of the whole thing, plus the seeming relative mildness of Omicron, appears to have caused … Continue reading →
Mask-free in Las Vegas
This video has been making the rounds. It shows Las Vegas schoolchildren’s wild glee at being told that starting tomorrow they can ditch their masks. They’ve certainly suffered more than enough with this, but one of the things I find … Continue reading →