You really are going to put that in me?
It looks like they are putting the gadget in on Thursday at around eleven. It is a combination pacemaker, defibrillator, can opener and Pocket Fisherman. You see me heart doesn't just run fast it also runs slow. So this will fix me up more or less.
Also some heart meds and a new sucky diet.
Keep a good thought.
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Hey Trooper - that is a very nice smile, and it's good to see it splashed across your mug. You look like you feel a LOT better.
*Note to self: Ask Chip Ahoy if he knows and pacemaker hackers*
You might want to have Spinelli run d a background check to see if there's anyone who wants to off you. The garment business is pretty mobbed up, isn't it?
Because this.
You'll be a regular Leatherman tool after that. Be safe, godspeed, and all that stuff. It might not hurt to take a marker and write down what you're going in for on your chest. You don't want to wake up with something missing that wasn't supposed to be. Like write "Do NOT Amputate" on each leg. And for goodness sakes, don't let them think you're there for a sex change. Better write "Do NOT Amputate" on your pecker, too. Wait, that probably won't fit. Write, "Don't Cut Off." No, that won't work, either. Try "Leev."
Hell of a birthday present.
May it bring you many more birthdays.
Don't let this shit interfere with your enjoyment of life.
I'm glad you're going to be around to enjoy it for a long time to come.
Godspeed on the road to recovery.
Happy to hear you're going to get fixed up tomorrow. There will be more work to do ahead of you, but that's good news. So we'll keep the good thoughts going for you down here, and look forward to hearing from you again soon.
As Professor Gerhard Emch once told me and a classmate, "Peace out, home boy!"
- Icepick
I can top that - this guy told me that it was going to be all right.
So far, so good.
Trooper, Just think of how good it will feel to get home in your own bed. With your bride.
No sex for awhile though, just cuddling.
Also some heart meds and a new sucky diet.
What are the heart meds?
You've been quite about the hospital chow. I thought you'd post at least one blurry photo with a critique.
The food can't be worse than MRE's.
Hey, maybe we could hack that!
Hook it up to the blog, maybe?
...pacemaker, defibrillator, can opener and Pocket Fisherman.
Put Wi-Fi on it and whenever, the blood flows picks up, you will be Lemming almost just as good as me.
On second thought. maybe that's not a good idea.
Good Luck Trooper. Looks like clear sailing - and homeward bound -after this operation.
This is still my fave photo of Troop: link.
It's almost got Caravaggio quality.
Kinda ... dark.
"Keep a good thought"
Will do. Thanks for keeping us posted.
@El Pollo, did you take note of the title on that post?
There was also mention made of the Raising of Lazarus.
Beat Goes On for Trooper.
Don't sit there like some silly girl
If you wait too long you'll be too late
I'm not telling you something new
There ain't no time to lose (No time to lose)
It's time for you to celebrate
blake said...
Kinda ... dark.
That's like chiaroscuro, you philistine!
In the Good Thoughts for the Main Event category, here's the Big Choir, 95,000 Liverpudlian's sharing their version of Gerry's song!
@MamaM: I think ricpic was referring to this painting "Raising Of Lazarus" by Sickert.
Palladian please pick up the dark courtesy phone.
Next we come to the portrait we have a simple subject “Giacomo Mangiando” [James Eating]
Scholars have debated the photograph for years---from the simple oil-on-canvas texture of the white table cloth and bib, to the earnest yet genuine hunger of the eating peasant, the bowing of the head as if in prayer while the overhead the illumination and partially obscured cross of the window portray reverent humility; the vitrine depth of the shelves and fenestration framing the simple subject’s shoulders and adding depth imbue the subject with erudition and outward vision. All of these compositional elements were carefully framed by the artist and captured for posteriority.
LOL I can't believe I wrote that.
EP, The name he first came up with matches your link, this one is Sickert's
Troop, tell Lisa that that's the type of photo I would buy as art. It strikes me right.
Good luck tomorrow getting your chest implant.
You're right MamaM and I am wrong. Not the first time. either.
EP, It's your link that prompted a memory along with a fun read and discussion. Both paintings linked convey a truth that applies to the guy sleeping tonight in a hospital bed, wrapped in a blue gown, about to receive a life saving device that wasn't available to anyone who needed it 50 years ago, no matter how much money or clout they had. Which in my mind qualifies as a grace that walks close to the miracle described in the story and pictures.
In 1958, engineer Earl Bakken of Minneapolis, Minnesota, produced the first wearable external pacemaker for a patient... This transistorized pacemaker, housed in a small plastic box, had controls to permit adjustment of pacing heart rate and output voltage and was connected to electrode leads which passed through the skin of the patient to terminate in electrodes attached to the surface of the myocardium of the heart.
Look at it as a tune up. You are an older model and you need your ignition timing set.
LOL, Evi.
Good luck today with the thing there, Trooperton.
Haz beat me to it that you're smiling again. A very good sign. Let the next picture show laughter.
Chicks:
A bit of RH bait for Lemuel's joint?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZfuzFD1UTE
They use that twilight anesthesia for this procedure so he'll be in Michael Jackson's Wonderland today.
I hope he posts from Wonderland. That would be some great stuff--Inside Trooper York's Subconscious
He'll probably spend the afternoon watching the Yankees in the playoffs.
Propofol FTW!
Godspeed and make sure it's encrypted so douchebags like me can't try to hack it. :D
ChipS, LOL x 5! Your Bosox better be ready for a good team that has just won 3 elimination games. Steel forged in a fire, may man. Those pink hatters been start folding their hands.
Hope all is going (or went) well.
Really a cute pic.
The AL Central isn't exactly a forge, nick. More like a forgery.
My boys haven't worried about anything yet, and won't start now. Not shaving seems to be very relaxing.
I'm taking the same attitude toward Trooper's surgery.
Um, except for the Tigers, of course, who are totally awesome.
Especially their fans.
This is a pretty simple procedure, right? Just had a pacing the waiting room moment.
Hahaha, Chip. Nice save. We're gonna see, I hope. ;-)
Good grief.
I wander back by and see that Nick has vanished through the looking glass to a land where the Cleveland Indians are some kind of hammer and tong...and Darcy's changed her picture again.
I like this one a lot, D. Serious, but with a slight hint of a smile.
Twice!
*snips for portfolio*
I mean...nothing.
Troop just has to stay away from The Dome.
Any of you guys see that? "Under The Dome"? It's like Stephen King took "The Simpsons Movie" and made it into a series.
It's pretty awful. Not "Walking Dead" awful or, Lord help us, "Falling Skies" awful, but full of King cliches, like the evil preacher and the angry mob and runaway trucks.
So, do we do a bunch of puns now?
"Pace yourself."
"This'll be a nice change of pace."
"Pace. The final frontier."
"Pick up the pace."
"I'm done lookin atcha pace"?
So wow. That RH bait worked better than leaving out a little bit of Eva Braun for eddie the utch.
Thanks Chick. I got a chuckle out of how quick he was on it. 8 minutes.
Thanks, Cody. This one is more me - taken today. Or the me that I don't mind being out there. ;)
I can never pace myself. I have no patience. None. I want to get there fast.
Don't pace me, bro.
The me that you don't mind being out there...
What an interesting sentence.
Hockey starts tonight. It's almost better than football. Way better than baseball.
And yes, I realize the NHL season started Monday or Tuesday. I don't care. It hasn't officially started until my team drops the puck.
Troop can call the chest scar his 'maker's mark.
bagoh had a great comment in that scything thread at Lem's.
That chick would totally seem like rh's type, except for the fact that she appears to be human.
Your pace or mine?
I watched a hockey game on June 19th, 2006. Haven't had any reason to watch one since.
Lost in pace.
I also went to one and only one hockey game. A girl from Detroit scored a couple of tix when the Redwings were in town and invited me along.
The game wasn't much, but Detroit girls are hot.
Not as hot as the ones who live outside of the city, just sayin'...
Bagoh is a chick?
I think I've known that but forget frequently. And then, every time, it's all "Bagoh is a chick?"
I don't want to bug Lisa yet. If we don't hear something by later in the evening I'll text her. But, this is a very routine procedure.
ChipS, Being cockyyy, the Chipster cocksure Chiparino. Rays in 5.
Can we now refer to the era before Trooper's pacemaker as the era of TOP - the old pace?
Whistles at Darcy's new photo.
Hospital events never run on schedule. Plus it takes a while to get the thing loaded with Trooper's favorite music.
Troop,
Do you have someone from the home parish visiting you with Communion? Maybe the padre coming by to anoint you? Cuz that's what I'd want most for you.
We continue to pray for you every night during family prayer time. And you know my three wee ones get miraculous results.
Is Spinelli trying to channel Troop for some reason?
Cuz he's got way more reason to root for the Crimson Hoses than the Spiny Tail Flatfish.
It's pretty awful. Not "Walking Dead" awful or, Lord help us, "Falling Skies" awful, but full of King cliches, like the evil preacher and the angry mob and runaway trucks.
We watched the premiere episode and that was all we could stand. So trite and cliche. We were even completing the character's sentences half way through the show and making fun of their total lack of common sense.
Too much too stupid to stand.
ChipS, Being cockyyy, the Chipster cocksure Chiparino. Rays in 5.
actually this sounds a lot more like rotisserie boy than anything.
apologies, Nick, but it does.
I thought it sounded like the newest celebrity Republican.
Anyway, I'd better try to reactivate my disabled PayPal account so that ndspinelli--the Spinster, SpinMaestro, Spinnnnderrrrella--and I can place a friendly wager.
"Bagoh is a chick?
I think I've known that but forget frequently. And then, every time, it's all "Bagoh is a chick?""
It throws me for loop too. Everytime the question comes up I spend a few days alone trying to fuck myself. I've had marginal success.
So does this pacemaker thing have vibrate setting? I know his wife is gonna ask, and Trooper is gonna claim it does, but I wanna know the truth.
It's really more of an anti-vibrate device. When his heart is all a-flutter it soothes and calms him. Chicken soup for his ticker.
Which one is the newest celeb Republican?
I get confused, since I try to avoid celebrities of any sort.
And Evi, your blog did it to me again. I actually had a few scientific studies showing the efficacy of acupuncture, from such quack places as the JAMA.
Is it that you hate being disagreed with, like Crack?
:)
BTW, what is it about the Sox/Rays record against each other that's making Spinelli so confident the Sox are suddenly going to forget how to win and the Rays are suddenly going to get good?
As I've related, my mom's family were Red Sox fans, my Dad's Yankees. Mostly busting balls. But, I do hate the Sweet Caroline and the plaintiff looks and hand wringing in the stands. Basta!! I love to bet but have too many Red Sox loving fam and friends to want them to lose. I just think they will.
I love the Sweet Caroline! (bum, bum, bummm)
Everyone hates the pink hats except when they like the team able to have one of the highest payrolls in baseball thanks to the pink hats.
Funny, that.
I don't hate the pink hats. It's their money (or their boyfriends' money) that lets Boston compete w/ NY.
And I've got a theory that Sweet Caroline was started an a way to dispel the doom-and-gloom Calvinist pall that used to be so characteristic of Fenway before everything changed in 2004. So I don't even mind that.
And now that Cody's regularly providing links to sources, I don't even have that to carp about.
If I'm not careful I'll give myself diabetes.
I typed this ↑ before seeing Cody's last comment.
For Cody:
the newest celebrity Republican
Yes, Neil Diamond is a bum.
I'm in Chicago. Wearing Kevlar underwear, which is oddly comfortable. In a manly way.
Silk-lined kevlar?
Neil Diamond is a brilliant singer/songwriter.
Yeah, he got old, but we all do.
Dude was the first person to ever go on American Bandstand and sing a song he wrote. Don't ask me for a link. It's purely a self remembrance from one of those schmaltzy Bandstand tribute shows.
Thanks Chip.
LOL. I saw a picture of him on The Blaze or someplace the other day and had no idea who it was, figured it was some arcane writer or something that no one knew (I was close).
Never seen him in anything. Ever. Except for trailers and commercials.
Hockey players wear kevlar socks.
I can't imagine they're particularly absorbent.
Yes Chip, silk lined. And I'm okay with that.
No word from Troop. This is like waiting for the lunar module to reenter earth's atmosphere in Apollo 13...and make splashdown.
Okay, Apollo XIII for you purists.
blake said...
Bagoh is a chick?
I think I've known that but forget frequently. And then, every time, it's all "Bagoh is a chick?"
Nah, he just sits down on the toilet like one.
Well...back to the groinocologist.
"Nah, he just sits down on the toilet like one"
You need to be prepared in life, because when you least expect it, shit happens.
Hannnnds...touching hands...reaching out...touching me...touching youuuu
Sorry. I do love the song and Neil Diamond. When my sister and I were little we would play Neil Diamond over and over on the turntable. We loved Cracklin' Rosie.
Would love to know how Jim is.
I may or may not have known someone in the past named Holly that I may or may not have sung Holly Holy too.
She may or may not have really liked it but I can tell you for sure that her husband didn't like it.
Oh no, he didn't.
Neil Diamond. Is there anything he can't do?
Hehe.
Collisional impacts with kevlar tend to be inelastic, but the prevent extensive damage.
It's a twofer. TY gets his heart moderated and Althouse opens up for comments without moderation.
Which means the poll was missing the real answer to "Which Will Come First?" which is:
The day Trooper and Althouse simultaneously undergo a Change of Heart
Chick, you know how chaps keep a person's legs safe whilst using chainsaws?
I am I said.....
"The day Trooper and Althouse simultaneously undergo a Change of Heart"
MamaM, thread winner!
"Chick, you know how chaps keep a person's legs safe whilst using chainsaws? "
No, how?
The kevlar (or should it be Kevlar?) is in there like cotton balls, as the moving chain goes over it the fibers get pulled out and wrap around the chain, slowing then stopping it.
Cardinals 9 - Pirates 1
B-o-o-o-ring
Haters can now post at TOP! Haters can now post at TOP! YAY...YAY...
Haters: that's She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed's term.
Not mine, not mine. Well, that's not precisely true. Do I hate the non-haters? No. I'm nonplussed by them.
Haters? She must mean people who abhor free speech. No surprise, that.
I wonder....am I one of the haters and people who fouled up the place? Probably since I was very vocal (or pixilated to be more exact on the internet) about the crass Amazon hustling. I also disagreed with Althouse over some of her pet ideologies and pointed out her illogical reasoning. Can't have THAT...can we?
So...I suppose I'm one of the 'bad people'. Ah well.
DBQ - We can all meet at the Bad People Bar.
I just left a message on Lisa's cell. I'll report as soon as I hear anything.
Glenmorangie with a splash of water, please.
What's the word on Troopski? Anyone? Beuller?
Anything interesting come out of the workshop today, Sixty Grit Garrett?
So I _CAN_ comment again at TOP, but why would I want to? They lost me with their shitty behavior at Lem's joint.
Thanks for asking, Codes, it's been a good week, what can I say?
As in what can I say that can't and won't be used against me in a court of law?
I used to know a woman named Miranda. I preferred Margarita, just sayin'...
So I _CAN_ comment again at TOP, but why would I want to? They lost me with their shitty behavior at Lem's joint.
I think we should all change our names to the same name and descend upon the place.
Maybe we could all call ourselves "Meade".
Glenmorangie with a splash of water, please
I'll have what he's having. Thanks
Anyone else starting to maybe feel like pacing a little?
Cody, we should all go over as fionamagee.
No pacing yet, Cody, but I've spent a lot of time in hospitals the last six years.
I've been keeping good thoughts all day, time for a drink.
These threads overlap, with the punch lines from the 2 Pace Picante commercials on the other post, delivering "Animals!" and "Get a rope" as the declaration and solution to those pesky haters and befoulers of the pure art and quality over at TOP.
No pacing yet, Cody, but I've spent a lot of time in hospitals the last six years.
Cody, we should all go over as fionamagee.
That could be really funny.
You folks need patience and faith.
Anyone else starting to maybe feel like pacing a little?
Trooper is likely still doped to the gills and his lovely wife Lisa is likely sitting by his side. I wouldn't expect to hear anything until the morning.
I have another google blog that I haven't used in a really long time. I thought about posting over at Althouse, under that persona or avatar to see if I could. Unfortunately, I am really bad at sock puppetry. My writing style is what it is...and frankly its just a bit too much work to just see if I can post.
According to the Mayo Clinic page, installation is done with the patient awake, under the influence of a sedative.
That's why I'm starting to think about pacing.
Patience and faith, Cody. Patience and faith.
And maybe some sock puppetry. "I _am_ fionamagee!"
I have neither patience or faith.
Never have. Probably never will.
Haz, Did you see Aaron Rodgers was @ a peace rally in Madison, protesting "conflict minerals" from the Congo. The bitchy Sloan from Entourage was also there. I guess he has a lot of Berkley in him!
You'd think Rogers would have learned (with the Ryan Braun thing) to keep his mouth shut except about football.
OK add me to the concerned list again. The last time I weighed in like that, Nick got a call from Lisa withing 30 minutes.
Plus I seem to have uncanny summoning powers.
Cody Jarrett said...
I have neither patience or faith.
Never have. Probably never will.
How is that? I used to have one but not the other and then the two changed places.
I suppose I might've had faith once upon a time, when I was a wee gangster.
Then stuff happened and I lost my faith.
So, how did it go with Trooper?
I don't feel like reading 125 comments.
According to the Mayo Clinic page, installation is done with the patient awake, under the influence of a sedative.
Is that Trooper or an Airplane joke?
Len, no word yet. People are starting to put on their concern-faces.
@Cody: Gene Hackman dealt with "oui gangsters" in "The French Connection"
Can we start talking about death metal now or is it still too soon?
OK, 30 minutes passed.
Lord love a duck...
I've been keeping good thoughts all day, but the hater thing and the no-news-on-recovery has put me the mood for a drink.
These threads overlap, with the pace jokes here working with the 2 Pace Picante commercials from other post, where the two punch lines of "Animals!" and "Get a rope" fit the Alt attitude regarding haters and despoilers of fine art and excellent, primo, top of the line piquant writing.
I'm so agitated, I'm willing to talk about the neighbors to hand off tension. Wondering how a guy with over 150 photos under the category of scything, which reveal an animal he cherishes and a job he clearly enjoys doing, can deny the power of emotion as strongly as Crack, and deem himself dedicated to pure reason. Surely reason would go with the 1 or 2 is enough to convey what is needed approach. Ah well. It was a fun post, and I liked the girl in the video's straight forward energy.
Meth wants us to think he's all death metal and shit but really his ipod is nothing but milli vanilli and bel biv devoe.
And maybe kriss kross
I'm worried about yashu too. I started getting fond of her and then she got scarce. I wonder if it's something we did or said.
MamaM: Your concern for rhhardin reminded me of some humorous lines Trooper once penned regarding carol_herman's quest to get him to notice her. It's buried here somewhere in the virtually unsearchable archives of Trooper York.
She's mentioned a couple of times that she tends to fade in and out of commenting (paraphrasing), so I don't think it's anything you did, Chicks.
It could be something Icepick did though...
We're having a vigil on the virgin thread.
I first saw that girl here this morning. I thought she looked really cool, and I was taken with her actually peening her blade so I googled her and found the video.
She charges 15 pounds an hour to mow for people. Pretty cool.
link
We have a wonderful sprawling museum dedicated to old crafts: The Antique Steam And Gas Musuem. They do wheelwrighting, blacksmithing, etc. The kids used to love that place: I wrote about my encounter with the Buffalo Springfield.
Those old machines are really marvelous, aren't they?
It's all good!! Lisa is going on espresso. But, she was laughing as was the big boy in the background. I'll just give the general report, Trooper can fill in the details.
He was scheduled to go in for the procedure earlier in the day but there was an emergency patient. So, he didn't get in until about 3. Trooper got out @ about 5:30, but they are monitoring him closely. HE WILL BE GOING HOME TOMORROW. Lot's of changes, as we all know. He will have a scale, BP cup and other monitors hooked up to his home phone. My uncle I just visited in Vt.has CHF and the same deal. Water and weight are key. These monitors are linked to the hospital and if anything is amiss, he goes in. One of the problems today is he could not have any pain meds because of his heart, so it was rough. And, as we all know, seeing a person we love in pain is worse than being in pain yourself. But, going home is the best meds right now. See you atheists, faith!
Lisa gave me the name of a spa[Cornerstone Healing] on Court St. that she likes. I'll get the gift cards out ASAP. Here's a good question for someone to ask, Inquire about his taser!
MamaM, Have a drink, unless you're a Friend of Bill.
Cody, I'll have you know that yashu has said very nice things to me. She did so while backing out of the room, which I found unusual, but she did so nevertheless.
Twice a year they have a parade and fire up many of steam tractors. Collectors of various tractors from all years come too, trailering in their restoration projects and showing them off. John Deere rules.
It's like Trooper has an ankle bracelet, like the wiseguys on his block.
Thanks Nick.
You found it unusual, Ice? I sorta figured it happened to you a lot...?
Actually I am an atheist, Spinelli. I just had faith that this routine procedure would be routine. Plus, lots of experience in hospitals, and I know to not go looking for extra trouble.
As, shucks, Cody, you're embarrassing me!
Thus endeth the vigil.
Icepick, Since I was not aware you're an atheist tat means you're a good one. Being libertarian, I don't have any compulsion to tell people how to live and VICE VERSA. But, as you know, many atheists are like most vegans, they will tell you 10 times a day! I don't abide people who constantly talk about their religion either.
Whew!
Thanks for the news, Nick.
I hate evangelical atheists. Just shut the Fuck up about your non-beliefs.
Great good news! Thanks so much spinelli for that report. Can I go to bed relieved now? Yes I can. Night all.
Great news. thanks.
It's strange, because I don't mind people proselytizing their religion to me, but man, I can't stand people pushing their non-beliefs. I get people trying to save my soul and pass along the Eternal Glory. But left face it, atheism is a real downer, and THAT'S what you're selling? Harsh, man....
Downer?
It's freedom man, freedom.
Like John Lennon said.
What I don't like are the people who find out you don't believe in whatever their version of god is and they start putting you down. Or even calling you an atheist.
I used to just call myself an apathist, which would get a laugh and change the subject.
Now I'm old and have a short temper so I don't bother.
Dude, please don't get me started on John Freakin' Lennon...
That's like telling Trooper what a great guy Ted William's frozen head is.
Good news, Nick. I continue to be thankful for the connection formed which allows this information to be shared and you for serving as the courier and conduit.
While I appreciate Bill's belief in the power of honesty and group support, anything more than 1 or 2 drinks depresses me to the point where I become tired, moody and sleepy. Bummer for me, but if it weren't so, chances are good I'd be one of his friends.
It's been a long 10 days here since TY admitted to the underwater feeling and committed to "take care of it". Now, with a strap on and implant he heads home with the one he loves, back to the life that is waiting for them
In honor of that return, a bit of Bukowski (to go with the post photo):
“The Laughing Heart
your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.”
Got home late; read the good news.
Thanks, Nick.
Will there be a few dollars left in the gift fund? I think Jim would really appreciate a Richard Simmons workout DVD to help him along the road to a more fit and healthy lifestyle.
Cody Jarrett said...
Meth wants us to think he's all death metal and shit but really his ipod is nothing but milli vanilli and bel biv devoe.
And maybe kriss kross,
That wounds me. It really does because you left out Kid n' Play and Boyz 2 Men. tsk
El Pollo Raylan said...
We're having a vigil on the virgin thread.
That confused me because I read that as somehow relating to Virgil Xenophone for some reason.
That's just an image of your figmentation, methadras ;)
DBQ--
Yes, it's the lack of common sense that kills me. I'm not exactly a survivalist--like, at all--but I think what I've learned from all these TV shows is that there will be NO writers for television that survive the Apocalypse.
The kids and I just saw this new Japanese movie—one nice thing about living in L.A. is that any movie that wants an Oscar has to play here for a week, and the theater where they all go is about 4 miles away—about a woman who falls in love with a wolf-person and has children with him.
Not a werewolf, just a person who can turn back and forth between human and children form willy nilly.
And the thing I appreciated most about it was that the writer had clearly sat down and thought about the challenges of raising children who could do that.
Absurd concept, but given some dedicated thought (and not in service to some dumbass agenda) and so a very moving film.
I just about died on the first episode of Falling Skies where Noah Wyle says (in reference to his younger son, who wants to learn to shoot a gun) "He deserves a childhood."
Hey, Dr. Carter, 98% of the world's population is dead. I think the "childhood" bus left town.
Oh, and it's not enough to have the hero lesbian couple. They gotta be an inter-racial hero lesbian couple.
bagoh--
I'm sure the people telling you to try that are appreciative of your efforts.
I'm not misremembering this, though, right? It comes up periodically, for some reason, people think you're female?
It's not exactly a classic but I've always liked Saving Silverman, in which a couple of buddies (Steve Zahn, Jack Black) try to rescue their friend (Jason Biggs)from the evil clutches of the bitchy (but hot) Amanda Peet.
One of the things she's demanding is that the Biggs no longer take part in "Diamonds in the Rough", their Neil Diamond cover band.
At the movie's climax, the two commandeer the actual Neil Diamond, after a short explanation to him of their predicament.
"Love on the rocks? Ain't no big surprise."
Yay! Success, and Jim is going home.
Happy. Thanks, Nick.
And lol, Blake. I'm glad I read to the end. That is so cute. I've got to watch that movie now.
And Icepick:
I hate evangelical atheists. Just shut the Fuck up about your non-beliefs.
Ha!
I'm glad we didn't Meade the cafe post at TOP.
Got tired so I turned in prior to the posting of the news, which sounds like it is good news indeed. Think of the nurses, if nothing else.
Stuff gets delayed in hospitals. I arrived at 4:30 for my mitral valve surgery, there was a paperwork screw up, then someone actually looked at me and realized that they needed to shave my chest. That took 45 minutes. I pity the poor orderly or whatever the guy was who had to do that. Big job. A weed whacker might have been a better tool choice as opposed to the razor he used.
Anyway, even though I was first in line for the cardiac OR that morning my tee time got pushed back an hour or more just because of fun, games and oversights.
And boy did I look funny when I got home. Itched like a sumbitch, too.
Ooh, Sixty is hairy too!
Okay, that made me laugh.
Yes, I am hairy. Occasionally when I am hiking in the forest I am mistaken for Sasquatch. Hair shirt? No need to wear one, I grow my own.
All I can say is that orderly was thankful that he only had to shave my front - if I had required more shaving we might never have gotten into the operating theater.
I sure hope Troopski is doing well and I look forward to hearing from him. I hope his pacemaker is not like Beethoven's metronome.
Gosh, Meth, I don't even know who kid n play are. Or is. Or...well you know.
Will there be a few dollars left in the gift fund? I think Jim would really appreciate a Richard Simmons workout DVD to help him along the road to a more fit and healthy lifestyle.
tae-bo.
then he can post pictures of himself doing it titled "kickin it bitchez" and such.
Sixty, When you have your shirt off do you ever get the smartass, "What do you feed that thing?"
You're welcome folks, but it is all done out of love and concern, and you all would do the same if the opportunity arose. So much of life is serendipitous, but not all..I think.
Haz, Great minds think alike. A joke gift, to accompany the gift card, was already suggested and purchased. I'll let the recipient announce when he gets it. You'll approve considering your age.
Here's a funny "while under mild sedation" story. You will all be able to visualize this. The Cardiac Kid was being wheeled into the procedure, happy as Michael Jackson, by an Indian orderly. He kept telling the orderly how much he loves Bollywood movies. Lisa was trying to hide.
MamaM, You are a wise woman. Too many people don't realize the very basic fact that alcohol is a depressant. More so for some than others.
Great news about Trooper.
@ Blake
Oh, and it's not enough to have the hero lesbian couple. They gotta be an inter-racial hero lesbian couple
Seriously. I think that they have a little velvet bag of politically correct tiles that they can randomly pull out to make the combinations of trite, stereotyped, boring plots and characters.
Just tell the story and stop shoving your agenda in our face.
Hubby and I discussed this very issue the other day while having cocktails on the deck. Look....I don't mind if they have a lesbian couple, interracial couple...whatever.... in the book/show/movie as long as it is really pertinent to the actual plot. Pertinent, as in if that element were missing there would be an interruption in the plot or story. Meaning it would damage the story if it were not there. But.....usually, the insertion of those agenda items has nothing at all to do with the story.
Hey, Dr. Carter, 98% of the world's population is dead. I think the "childhood" bus left town.
That made me laugh and I thought the very same thing. Deserving and getting are two different things. Or as my mother would say "wish in one hand and shit in the other....which gets full first."
Holy Shit! I go offline for a while and return to see what mischief you're up to and find you trussed up like an oven ready turkey.
Godspeed.
A $100 gift certificate for any service @ Cornerstone Healing has been sent to Lisa @ her store. The NY Jap bastards charge a 3% fee for phone orders! A book and $180 gift card have been sent to Trooper. The book to him c/o the store, and the gift card electronically to him @ his email.
The card to Lisa thanks her for taking care of our friend and putting up w/ his embarrassing comments. the card to Jim suggests he read the book thoroughly. It also says he won't be able to watch the Yanks during his recovery, and old movies get well..old, so he can do some reading while he's on the ankle bracelet on home confinement.
I wonder if there is a drug/alcohol screening regimen. Would anyone hear want to take a UA from that guy. I've taken UA's from inmates, you're supposed to see the pee come out of the penis to do it properly. They'll need coke bottle eyeglasses.
Darce--
You should always read my posts to the end.
I'm a big fan of the twist. And the stinger.
Nick--
I was just reading something somewhere challenging the notion that alcohol was a depressant. Can't find it now so it might've just been Some Guy on the Internet.
Most drugs seem to follow the pattern of "small amount->stimulant, large amount->depressant, larger amount->fatal".
DBQ--
I think it's the ignorance that bugs me. A complete lack of understanding of history that allows writers to believe a cataclysmic world change wouldn't impact their preferred social paradigms.
It's egregiously shallow.
Alcohol never depresses me. Except for the crying part.
The only thing more annoying then an out-spoken evangelist is an out-spoken atheist. The Evangelicals, at least, are trying to save your soul, while the atheists are just self-involved, asperberger types.
Even worse is they constantly state the obvious as if only super-smarties like themselves could figure it out. The Comparison to Vegans was apt.
Of course, I have nothing against keep-it-to-themselves atheists. I wonder how many people take God into account on a daily basis.
Dean Martin's on the jukebox I bet
Or maybe it's Tammy Wynette
The tear-jerkers are jerkin' your tears
Salt water in your whiskey and your beers
I'm kidding about the crying, btw! I cry all the time, but honestly, I don't get weepy from cocktails. Someone may or may not be able to make a case for me getting too happy.
I love this may or may not thing.
Tequila may or may not make my clothes fall off!
But back to Trooper...so happy (there I go again) to read about the gifts being delivered. Y'all are aces.
Checks cupboard - hmm, no tequila. Note to self - must stock up before Darcy visits.
And this one, just because.
Yo, Troopski - drop us a line ovah heyah!
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