Things have gotten busier for me at home and at work lately. Having something of an addictive personality has caused me to spend a little more time at JoeUser, reading and replying than is probably healthy for me. I'm therefore going to be taking a little bit of a break from JoeUser, until I can get more balance back in my life. I can't say exactly when I'll be return
I was wondering about that. It has a GER in front of it. I wonder if it is German based? Yeah, I was wondering that too. Wondering if Iron Hans was on the list. That's one of my favorite ones. It's a coming-of-age tale that's kind of been adopted by mens movements. The whole folk/myth-psychology interplay is a fascinating subject. Sounds like an interesting list all in all. Enjoy!
I do sympathize with your plight Maso. I have to admit, though, that, as a doctor, I am one of the worst offenders. I think someone did a study that on average a doctor will interrupt a patient with a question about 14 seconds into their story. I do try to fight the urge, and when I do I am often pleasantly surprised with useful information. Once in a while I'll get a patient that interrupts me while I'm answering their question, but really I am the worst offender. I cou
Hope things do hold out until you're back at the yard, but it sounds like it's going to be a longer trip than planned.
I hope Orian improves over the next three or four days. A week of low grade pain followed by severe pain seems a bit of a strange pattern for a strained tendon,... but common things are common, as they say.
Interesting... She had unbelievable colic for the first three months of her life. She also underwent investigation about five years ago (gastroscopy, barium enema included) with a final diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome. I can certainly see that sugar intolerance would cause similar symptoms. I'll run it by her. She might be willing consider a trial of sucrose - lactose abstinence. Thanks.
He was a good dog. and in my humble opinion he had a good Master
I like the way Dr. Guy puts it too. Our two cats have been such good companions, through some sometimes difficult times. Their love really is unconditional. They depend on us for everything. For them not to have to be alone at the end seems like such a minor and comforting thing for us to give them in return. Death is lonely and scarey. Maybe a little less so with us there. Besides that, it would help us to grieve and that is good.
Heh, people keep pushing me to do that...the thing is, I don't want to learn all the medicine behind it and if I have to put something down I'd feel really bad about it. I'm actually hoping to be a zookeeper....working with exotic animals and teaching people about them...I like the sound of that. That does sound better!
Hang in there. Btw, my son loves animals, seems to know how to handle them naturally and wants to be a vet. He'll be applying to University of Guelph in a couple of years. Good luck. Short term pain --- long term gain!
Thanks for a thoughtful and well balanced article. I think that it is the willfull and chaotic nature of the act that disturbs people, perhaps even more than the loss of life. In 2003, 5000 youngsters between the ages of 15 and 19 in the United States died in motor vehicle accidents. That's 150 times the loss of life that occurred at Virginia Tech. In 1999, school-related homicides represented less than one percent of all child homicides. This is not t
Thanks, Maso. As an update, My daughter's doing somewhat better, although not pain-free. She'll soon have a proper ultrasound with a full bladder. My son is back from his 16 hour choir trip to South Carolina. They got a gold in the choir competition and the school band got a silver. My sense was that there were about 10 teams involved, although he tends toward terseness at his age. They got out just before the gales and tornadoes came by on Sunday. Things are gradually drifting back to
Of the 4 males, 2 do, and 2 do not. (all are neutered). my wife says if you neuter the males young enough, they don't spray - don't know how much truth there is to this - we did luck out with our male.
Boobs on a train. Boobs in the rain. I know this is a serious discussion, but I thought this was priceless I'll never look at this Dr. Suess poem the same way again. Would you, could you, in the rain? I would not, could not, in the rain. Not in the dark. Not on a train. Not in a car. Not in a tree. I do not like them, Sam, you see.
Nice Rose, and your beautiful eyes look like your Avatar! I like the idea of short sentences. I might steal it.
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Your hair was about as long as my 15-year-old son's is now. I'd also say you remind me of about half my male buds in NA. The other half have no hair. You're a lot younger and thinner and even better looking than I pictured you. Yeah, I think the hair suits you.
All very funny. Not being American, I have no opinion about the American president. This is called plausible deniability!
Don, I really enjoyed this little glimpse into your life. As you say, there is probably not a great deal of difference between yours and everyone else's lives except for the fact that you are living it. Love the motto too... I will be trying to remember it for the future. I was inspired to share personal stuff by your example and that of others. In particular, I saw that you and Joe do both creative-writing blogging and personal blogging, so I figu
I might just have a few rather morbid medical questions for you in a bit....heh. If you feel up to it. heh..right on! my gmail's on my blog side panel.
I don't know how hard it was for you to write this article but thanks for sharing. I have always found it hard to share. My limitations, my strengths and that it's all OK in the long run. There's nothing better than come to that realization. Thanks for your consideration, Chris. Actually, I didn't find it too bad at all. Relating the details of personal events is the easy part. I had to make a conscious effort though, as I usually do, to ident
...ohh I just figured out a blinkie is an animated gif! Boy Tex, you do pack a lot of living into a day. It never ceases to amaze me when I read your blogs. Your daughter's so cute! Hang in there! (psst...2 feet of laundry isn't
Hope your Sampson perks up. He sounds like a great cat. It always amazes me how diverse cat personalities can be. We have two. There's Teaser who can catch birds in midair and managed to kill 6 baby bunnies last year, despite having no front claws and being a great cuddler. Then there's Misty, a beautiful, overweight, tortoise-shell female who's a home-body and sits on, makes-biscuits on and habitually licks my favorite afghan. Cats are the greatest people! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/j
I agree. And the walk in clinic sounds awfully... familiar in a strange kind of way too. And I hope your wife works through her grief and your daughter conquers her demons too. Thanks for the good wishes, Joe. Familiar ...yes, from your writing I guess that your job chaos may have similarities to mine. I never know what kind of problem or person will walk through the door. After a while that means I get to know myself a bit better. My limitations, my s
I do find that there's wide variation in people's perception of pain. This all reminds me that I have a dental appointment next Tuesday. Probably the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life was from pulpitis - it's kind of like the final death-rattle-neuralgia that a dying tooth emits. For twelve hours, the whole side of my head over the trigeminal distribution was triggered and that was an 8/10, I figure. Keeps me going to that infernal dentist though. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/j
Great peak into your life. Thanks for sharing. I know your daughter thinks she has some problems, but it also seems she is not above confronting them as well. That bodes well for her. Yes, Dr. Guy, perceptive as usual. She's got problems, but she's come a long way generally in accepting responsibility for her life. She's also had other psychiatric illnesses that she's gradually learned to deal with over the past eight years or so. She's strengthened and m