Another rough day of coughing too much to sleep. My friend with a car wants to take me tomorrow, but cannot. Therefore I have decided to take a taxi to and from the doctor tomorrow. Although it will cost me a load, I know that 4 hours of public transit and 1.5 – 2 mii.walking exceeds my current ability.
Still very down and coughing too severely to sleep.
Yesterday was a bad one. Today is especially frustrating, because it’s a prison volunteer day, and I can’t go.
I’m still down. The reason for the delay in seeing my doctor is that she is at a medical conference. I have learned the hard way on more than one occasion that whenever I see one of her colleagues, who are not trained in the quirks in the care and feeding of a TomCat, it’s a wasted trip that I have to repeat in a week anyway. Since the trip itself is so taxing, waiting is the best option. I’ll keep you posted.
Yesterday I was a little worse. I called the doctor and have an appointment on Monday morning. Will keep you posted.
Yesterday my fever shot up, and I am staying completely down today, except for the holiday message, which I had already prepared. Hugs to all.
Sadly the spring pollen is still playing hell with my COPD, and I am spending the days coughing up very thick phlegm, which keeps me from sleeping.
Jog Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:42 (average 4:40). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: In a sweeping format change that marks the end of an era for the nation’s first cable news outlet, CNN announced today that it would no longer air breaking news and would instead re-run news stories of the past “that we know we got right.”
The rebranded network, to début nationwide on Monday, will be called “CNN Classic.”
“Breaking news is hard,” said the newly installed CNN chief, Jeff Zucker. “You have to talk to sources, make sure their stories check out O.K., and then get on the air and not say anything stupid. I, for one, am thrilled to be getting out of that horrible business.”
Perhaps, if they go back to the early 1990s, they can find a few things they got right.
From Right Wing Watch: On his radio broadcast today, Bryan Fischer renewed his call for a ban on immigration from majority Muslim nations, claiming that our immigration policy should simply consist of the question "do you believe that the Quran is the holy book of God"?
Authentic Muslims do not take those obscure references seriously, just as authentic Christians go not believe in executing people who shave, as the Bible demands.
Nevertheless, Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians always scream about their rights and their freedoms, but want to deny them to Muslims.
From Think Progress:
As police surrounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday night, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) mocked the deadly situation with a joke about global warming. Stockman, notorious for making tasteless jokes about LGBT issues, abortion and gun control, and President Obama, tweeted the following at 8:08 PM:
“Suspect thought he could escape in backyard boat after hearing Gore speak on global warming.” — Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX)
Sadly, this Republican fool thinks that both terrorism and destroying the planet are laughing matters.
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