December 2011
51 posts
On starting over...
Seems like I’ve been here before, can’t remember whenI get this funny feeling, we’ll be together again;No straight lines make up my life, all my roads have bends;No clearcut beginnings; so far, no dead ends.—Tom Chapin (“Circles”)
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I do think New Year’s resolutions can’t technically be expected to begin on New Year’s Day, don’t you? Since, because it’s an extension of New Year’s Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year’s Day isn’t a good idea as...
Seneca about Saturnalia
It is now the month of December, when the greatest part of the city is in a bustle. Loose reins are given to public dissipation; everywhere you may hear the sound of great preparations, as if there were some real difference between the days devoted to Saturn and those for transacting business. … Were you here, I would willingly confer with you as to the plan of our conduct; whether we should eve...
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Nicholas Was...
Nicholas Was…
older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.
The dwarfish natives of the Arctic caverns did not speak his language, but conversed in their own, twittering tongue, conducted incomprehensible rituals, when they were not actually working in the factories.
Once every year they forced him, sobbing and protesting, into Endless Night. During the...
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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than...”
– Anaïs Nin
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“To know when to go away and when to come closer is the key to any lasting...”
– Doménico Cieri Estrada
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“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and...”
– Dr Seuss
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“Seven Deadly Sins
Wealth without work .
Pleasure without conscience .
Science...”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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“Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you...”
– Neil Gaiman
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“A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. ...”
– Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“You sound reasonable…Time to up my medication.”
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“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bonafide stupidity,...”
– Edward Ebby
Revenge of the Dieticians
Have you ever heard of the saying that “revenge is a dish best eaten while cold”? or was that from a Star Trek movie?
Anyways, it just occured to me that of all the ancillary services, the registered dietician has the best chance for making one’s inpatient life miserable.
Picture this dietary recommendation: pureed renal cardiac 1800 Cal ADA diet with honeythick liquids.I think...
“You fool! You fell for one of the classic blunders!!! The first is ‘Never...”
– Vincini (The Princess Bride)
Random Thought
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Hump Day
”It’s a thankless job, but I’ve got a lot of Karma to burn off.”
WatchFeed me!
WatchFeed me!
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“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you...”
– Vivian Komor
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“Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly, I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Leonore —
For the rare and radiant maiden who the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.”
- Edgar Allan Poe,...
