In postmodern thought, the word “supplement” can mean “richness,” but it is more often used in the sense of “transfer.” For example, a recent psychological study has found that enraged homophobes are likely to be closet homosexuals who were raised in an homophobic, autocratic environment–Ted Haggard, Larry Craig, or Ken Mehlman, for instance. Jacques Derrida, [...]
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Replacement
Posted in Health on April 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Re-embraced
Posted in Health on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I did it again–tweaked my knee while browsing at the library university library. And my brace was in the trunk of the car! Where I’d put it when I left home, and where it stayed when I decided I wouldn’t need it, even for the longish walk to and from and through the liberry. [...]
Embraced
Posted in Health on October 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This here is Matt Slauson, who played left guard for Nebraska in 2007-08. While there are many interesting things to be said about Matt, the reason I’ve posted his pic here is that it shows the brace he wears on his left knee. Slauson is now playing for the NY Jets, and he’s still wearing [...]
The Reaming
Posted in Health on September 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Well, I survived. Yesterday I underwent my first colonoscopy, and I fervently hope it is the last. The eyeball results were all good–the docs and techs who looked at my insides all said they could see nothing wrong. The gastroenterologist took a biopsy, which is standard, so I’m still awaiting the results of that. Now [...]
Worries
Posted in Health, Nature on March 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
According to the New York Times, scientists have calculated that the first radioactive plume from Japan’s nuclear disaster will reach Southern California late Friday. From there it will disperse over the American southwest–ie Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. The scientists say that by the time it reaches America, any radioactivity from Japan will be so [...]
Watered Down
Posted in Health, Uncategorized, Vagaries of Life on September 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Up until this last Sunday, I’d been suffering from a stretch of what felt like PMS, only without the M. It went on for a couple of weeks. I was beginning to be afraid that without any M to bring some relief, I was going to end up stuck that way. Water retention doesn’t sound [...]
Funny Bones
Posted in Health, Uncategorized, Vagaries of Life on September 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
So Ndamukong got fined some lunch money for giving Jake Delhomme’s head a tweak. Do you suppose the $7500 goes toward the Browns’ chiropractor bill? Do football teams use chiropractors? I know at least one California team had a Feldenkrais practitioner on its staff – I did bookkeeping for her mother. I’m impressed you went [...]
Close Encounter with a Chiropractor
Posted in Health on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well I finally did it. After years of listening to friends rave about the healing powers of chiropracty, yesterday I consulted a chiropractor who gets good reviews from the locals. I don’t know why I waited so long to avail myself of this alternative. Well I do know. Many years ago I taught at Central [...]
Altitude Illness and the Wrong Bar
Posted in Football, Health on August 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Well, we didn’t get to see the Lions-Steelers game, which I gather was a score fest for the latter, even with Big Ben on the bench (Oregon’s Dennis Dixon looked good late in the game so maybe Ben will behave himself from now on. We can only hope). We went to a very nice (and [...]
Good News
Posted in Health on August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Got good news from my surgeon yesterday. The pathology report sez I had an “introductal papilloma” that was “completely excised” (good for the surgeon!). Best of all, it was “negative for malignancy.” Good for me! The rest of the report describes the procedure used to examine the excision, which is all pretty interesting but I [...]
