Bird in hand makes it hard to blow nose.
Friday, March 7, 2014
More brain rest again
Still a bit dizzy. Headache went away yesterday (Thursday). Back today. Strangely, I am not dizzy when going from sitting to lying, but the room whirls when I close my eyes after lying down. If the dizzy doesn't go away by Monday, I will see a doctor.
MLB Network is showing lots of spring training games.
MLB Network is showing lots of spring training games.
Wild beavers seen in England for first time in 500 years
That’s right – 500 years; a century after Jamestown and Plymouth.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/27/wild-beavers england-devon-river
The big worry: Government might get involved.
“The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is investigating the sighting as it is against the law to release beavers in England. A spokeswoman said the department would ‘look into this case and will consider what action to take’.
“She said she could not comment on whether the beavers could be removed from the site or destroyed.”
(No one is saying the beavers were “released.” From the story, the animals sort of appeared. That happens in the US, too, with cougars appearing in places for the first time in 100 or more years.
(Given the opportunity, Nature defeats Government.)
At Maggie’s Farm.”
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/27/wild-beavers england-devon-river
The big worry: Government might get involved.
“The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is investigating the sighting as it is against the law to release beavers in England. A spokeswoman said the department would ‘look into this case and will consider what action to take’.
“She said she could not comment on whether the beavers could be removed from the site or destroyed.”
(No one is saying the beavers were “released.” From the story, the animals sort of appeared. That happens in the US, too, with cougars appearing in places for the first time in 100 or more years.
(Given the opportunity, Nature defeats Government.)
At Maggie’s Farm.”
Monday, March 3, 2014
Sudetenland/Ukraine, Hitler/Putin?
Columnists and commentators are likely to make the simple linkage Sudetenland Germans/Hitler, Ukraine Russians/Putin. That’s too easy, but this guy did it anyway:
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/03/putins_gambit_a_history_lesson.html
Back in the old days, any usage of “Soviet” and “compromise” in the same paragraph brought “Munich.” Some things in history, it seems they hang around long enough to be referenced.
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/03/putins_gambit_a_history_lesson.html
Back in the old days, any usage of “Soviet” and “compromise” in the same paragraph brought “Munich.” Some things in history, it seems they hang around long enough to be referenced.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Correction, More brain rest
As I was lying down for sleep brain rest at 2:15, I realized I meant "manuscsript" and not "transcript" as written in the previous post.
When I got up at 3:45, I asked Priscilla, "Is this what happened today? I got up at 9:30."
"About that," she said.
"We had french toast and strawberries for breakfast. Did I lie down sometime after that?"
"I think so," she said.
"I thoght I did, because at 12:30, I came into the living room and you were eating a sandwich for lunch. I fixed a sandwich and chips. OK. I just wanted to make sure I had lunch."
This smacking of the head is not fun.
When I got up at 3:45, I asked Priscilla, "Is this what happened today? I got up at 9:30."
"About that," she said.
"We had french toast and strawberries for breakfast. Did I lie down sometime after that?"
"I think so," she said.
"I thoght I did, because at 12:30, I came into the living room and you were eating a sandwich for lunch. I fixed a sandwich and chips. OK. I just wanted to make sure I had lunch."
This smacking of the head is not fun.
More brain rest
Opened Word file a couple of hours ago, figuring maybe to work on the 100 or so chapters of the eight or 10 novels under construction for the past 35 years and discovered:
I don’t have anything to say.
Priscilla said it will all work out, this concussion or big head slam against the tile. “Just give it time.”
One of the first things I said after waking up from the aneurysm in 1986 was, “I haven’t finished my stories.” Actually it was more like “I … have … n’t … fi … nish … ed … my … sto … ries.”
Well, I still haven’t. I do have three novel-size transcripts (is that the right word?), 200,000 words; 92,000 words; and 86,000 words, plus a bunch of individual chapters on other things that are not in any kind of organization.
This not having anything to say stuff really sucks.
I don’t have anything to say.
Priscilla said it will all work out, this concussion or big head slam against the tile. “Just give it time.”
One of the first things I said after waking up from the aneurysm in 1986 was, “I haven’t finished my stories.” Actually it was more like “I … have … n’t … fi … nish … ed … my … sto … ries.”
Well, I still haven’t. I do have three novel-size transcripts (is that the right word?), 200,000 words; 92,000 words; and 86,000 words, plus a bunch of individual chapters on other things that are not in any kind of organization.
This not having anything to say stuff really sucks.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Brain rest
Yesteday afternoon I passed out and smacked the tile floor with the back of my head. Ouch. Priscilla called 911 and an ambulance took me to Little Rock VA emergency. The docs did an EKG and a CT scan. Heart OK, no sign of stroke.
I remember thinking my feet were tangled and I was going to fall on my backside, a known painful experience, but a padded fall. Then Priscilla was holding my head and calling 911. Then an ambulance guy was saying something, but all I knew was my head hurt. The EMTs put me on a gurney (I don't remember that, either). Two ambulances were in the driveway. On the way to the hospital, I tried to remember what had happened, but with no success. I remembered having breakfast, but nothing after that. I finally remembered when Priscilla said I had been on my way to the back door to let the dogs out, around 2 p.m.
ER people said there are no indications of concussion. I get dizzy when making 90-degree changes -- sitting to lying down, lying down to sitting. Priscilla said dizziness and confusion are indications of concussion, so I should rest my brain. No reading, no computer. If I can't read or do computer stuff, my only thing to do is go sleep. That's what I'm about to do.
Talk to you later.
I remember thinking my feet were tangled and I was going to fall on my backside, a known painful experience, but a padded fall. Then Priscilla was holding my head and calling 911. Then an ambulance guy was saying something, but all I knew was my head hurt. The EMTs put me on a gurney (I don't remember that, either). Two ambulances were in the driveway. On the way to the hospital, I tried to remember what had happened, but with no success. I remembered having breakfast, but nothing after that. I finally remembered when Priscilla said I had been on my way to the back door to let the dogs out, around 2 p.m.
ER people said there are no indications of concussion. I get dizzy when making 90-degree changes -- sitting to lying down, lying down to sitting. Priscilla said dizziness and confusion are indications of concussion, so I should rest my brain. No reading, no computer. If I can't read or do computer stuff, my only thing to do is go sleep. That's what I'm about to do.
Talk to you later.
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