This'n'That
This entry isn't about anything in particular, since I don't have the energy right now to write about anything lengthy and cohesive, so here is a mish mash of collected fleeting thoughts.
Speaking of fleeting thoughts, I am having a lot more trouble with short term memory. HIV itself can cause memory problems as can the meds I was on for so long, age can also play a role, plus I recently read an article that people who have gone under general anesthesia are at higher risk of having memory problems and developing Alzheimer's...oh joy! I have been put under general anesthesia twice in the last few years during surgery...those are some mighty powerful drugs they give you before and during surgery....a total memory wipe. My long term memory (stuff from years and decades ago) is still pretty much intact, but that's controlled by a different part of the brain on another disk pack.
I've been up to my eyebrows in paperwork for disability insurance, COBRA, the agency that pays my COBRA premiums. It all gets overwhelming at times, so I enlisted the help of the medical case worker to go over filling out of the forms, then had my doctor fill out and sign his portion. Whew, another round of bureaucratic paperwork is on the mail, to probably be followed by requests for more information.
I got to my appointment a bit early. The waiting room was full so I thumbed through a magazine and noticed a woman across from me kept looking at me then looking away whenever I met her gaze. She looked up at me, "excuse me. I'm really sorry to bother you, but had to ask a question. Are you on TV or a movie actor?" I was flattered as well as floored, "Moi! on TV or in the movies? No bother at all, but that's one of the first times someone has asked me if I'm a media star." She replied, "I saw you there and you look like someone who's famous. There's another guy who looks just like you who's either on TV or in the movies, and I just had to ask." That question made my day. I wonder who it could have been, since I've never been mistaken for a stage or screen actor. A lot of people have asked if I work in radio broadcasting when they hear my voice....but movie star looks!
I had my final living with HIV research study meeting with the peer counselor yesterday after meeting with the medical case worker at my health care clinic. It seems hard to imagine that the study lasted a year, which has flown by so fast. I got my final $50 gift card for participating in the study. They were all out of Best Buy cards so I opted for a Barnes and Noble $50 gift card, which will not go to waste. The trip to the clinic and research study totally wiped me out, my back and legs were killing me so I spent the rest of the day in bed reading and watching TV.
Last weekend I had to get out and took an hour or two to have coffee in Harvard Square, bringing along a couple of dozen CD's I wanted to sell at Newbury Comics. They took all but a few and get $48 in return. I've been paring down my CD and video libraries, weeding out the stuff I'll probably never watch or listen to again. Luckily I got a handicap parking spot less than a block from Newbury Comics, Au Bon Pain and the Harvard Book store.
I picked up a book at Harvard Bookstore, "Status Anxiety" by Alain de Bottom. I had been wanting to get this book since I saw a program on PBS based on the book. It's an interesting study on class war and why people feel insecure about their station in the social pecking order.
There's a Hollywood Video store close to my apartment, next door to the Panera I sometimes get coffee at when I just need to get out of the house for an hour. They had 100's of movie titles on DVD, 4 for $20. I picked up 4 movies, "The Triangle" a miniseries about the Bermuda Triangle. It was an interesting fiction about what the triangle really is, but we all know the Bermuda Triangle like Area51, does not exist!
I also got a copy of "The Protocols of Zion" a documentary by Mark Levin, a historical look at how some leaders over time have taken the Protocols seriously.
The third movie I picked up was "Click" starring Adam Sandler. I don't usually watch mass marketed Hollywood comedy films, but this one was definitely worth seeing...and seeing again. It's a funny as well as serious look at "be careful what you ask for, you might just get it." I like Adam Sandler and have a copy of "Little Nickie". It reminded me in some ways of "Pleasantville".
At first I had no intention of seeing "The DaVinci Code" but I have always liked almost anything Tom Hanks has played in, so that was my 4th choice in the 4 for $20 selection. I watched part of it last night before nodding off to sleep and it looks like an interesting religious cloak and dagger, James Bond sort of movie. Religious zealots were up in arms over DaVinci Code but it won't sway my religious beliefs one way or another. I look at it as an interesting work of fiction.
I remember the furor that erupted over "The Last Temptation of Christ" from fundie religious people. The pastor of the church I was attending at the time went to see it out of curiosity and reported that it put him to sleep, it was so long and boring. As he said, "I wanted to see it just because of all the heat it was drawing, and if someone is strong enough in their faith, it should not affect them." I went to see it and felt the same way as the pastor did, it bored the hell out of me.
Petty, petty, petty! I am not a sports fan but heard about the ruckus gay activists made over a Snickers commercial where two guys wind up accidentally kissing while eating a Snickers bar. I finally saw the ad online and have to say I found nothing offensive, it was actually funny. If gay activists found the Snickers ad offensive, then they should really be getting their feather boa's ruffled over a number of South park and Simpsons episodes, where the gay topic often comes up and is lampooned. Tsk tsk, mea culpa, I won't be boycotting Snickers as it's one of my favorite candy bars.
Cell phone zombies are irritating me more and more, they're rude, self centered and seem to be everywhere, "look at me, I am important. Can't you all see I am on my cell phone". It's bad enough they are as much a hazard as drunk drivers when they're behind the wheel, but when I'm waiting in line to use a public rest room and the one stall is occupied by some jerk yapping on his cell phone with his broker, totally oblivious that there is a line waiting outside. Do your stuff and get out so someone else can do their stuff...jeeezzzzussss! Here are all these guys harumph'ing and doing the pee-pee dance, and finally one guy bangs on the stall wall, "HEY! there's a line out here," and a muffled reply from inside the stall, "do you mind! I'm on the phone." I see more and more people wearing these little gadgets that look like over sized hearing aids, and DUH! just recently found out they're Blue Tooth phone thingies. Soon with head's up video display glasses and gadgets attached to ears, people will look more and more like the Borg, "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!"
Lastly for today, Massachusetts is bracing for it's first major snow storm of the season. We got spoiled having one of the warmest November and December's on record. The tables turned in mid January and now the Arctic air has settled in, but still no snow until tonight. Depending on which weatherman you listen to, the Boston area will get from 1" to 12" of snow with much more North and West of the City, or 6" to 12" everywhere. I just hope we don't wind up having a late Winter that stretches into June. But remember! and keep repeating, "there is no such thing as global warming and the climate is fine."
Here's a bunch of articles I bookmarked, most of which I read during the past week. When I haven't been up to sitting, take my laptop to bed. A whole lot of Commie pinko journalism for your information and entertainment....enjoy!
Speaking of fleeting thoughts, I am having a lot more trouble with short term memory. HIV itself can cause memory problems as can the meds I was on for so long, age can also play a role, plus I recently read an article that people who have gone under general anesthesia are at higher risk of having memory problems and developing Alzheimer's...oh joy! I have been put under general anesthesia twice in the last few years during surgery...those are some mighty powerful drugs they give you before and during surgery....a total memory wipe. My long term memory (stuff from years and decades ago) is still pretty much intact, but that's controlled by a different part of the brain on another disk pack.
I've been up to my eyebrows in paperwork for disability insurance, COBRA, the agency that pays my COBRA premiums. It all gets overwhelming at times, so I enlisted the help of the medical case worker to go over filling out of the forms, then had my doctor fill out and sign his portion. Whew, another round of bureaucratic paperwork is on the mail, to probably be followed by requests for more information.
I got to my appointment a bit early. The waiting room was full so I thumbed through a magazine and noticed a woman across from me kept looking at me then looking away whenever I met her gaze. She looked up at me, "excuse me. I'm really sorry to bother you, but had to ask a question. Are you on TV or a movie actor?" I was flattered as well as floored, "Moi! on TV or in the movies? No bother at all, but that's one of the first times someone has asked me if I'm a media star." She replied, "I saw you there and you look like someone who's famous. There's another guy who looks just like you who's either on TV or in the movies, and I just had to ask." That question made my day. I wonder who it could have been, since I've never been mistaken for a stage or screen actor. A lot of people have asked if I work in radio broadcasting when they hear my voice....but movie star looks!
I had my final living with HIV research study meeting with the peer counselor yesterday after meeting with the medical case worker at my health care clinic. It seems hard to imagine that the study lasted a year, which has flown by so fast. I got my final $50 gift card for participating in the study. They were all out of Best Buy cards so I opted for a Barnes and Noble $50 gift card, which will not go to waste. The trip to the clinic and research study totally wiped me out, my back and legs were killing me so I spent the rest of the day in bed reading and watching TV.
Last weekend I had to get out and took an hour or two to have coffee in Harvard Square, bringing along a couple of dozen CD's I wanted to sell at Newbury Comics. They took all but a few and get $48 in return. I've been paring down my CD and video libraries, weeding out the stuff I'll probably never watch or listen to again. Luckily I got a handicap parking spot less than a block from Newbury Comics, Au Bon Pain and the Harvard Book store.
I picked up a book at Harvard Bookstore, "Status Anxiety" by Alain de Bottom. I had been wanting to get this book since I saw a program on PBS based on the book. It's an interesting study on class war and why people feel insecure about their station in the social pecking order.
There's a Hollywood Video store close to my apartment, next door to the Panera I sometimes get coffee at when I just need to get out of the house for an hour. They had 100's of movie titles on DVD, 4 for $20. I picked up 4 movies, "The Triangle" a miniseries about the Bermuda Triangle. It was an interesting fiction about what the triangle really is, but we all know the Bermuda Triangle like Area51, does not exist!
I also got a copy of "The Protocols of Zion" a documentary by Mark Levin, a historical look at how some leaders over time have taken the Protocols seriously.
The third movie I picked up was "Click" starring Adam Sandler. I don't usually watch mass marketed Hollywood comedy films, but this one was definitely worth seeing...and seeing again. It's a funny as well as serious look at "be careful what you ask for, you might just get it." I like Adam Sandler and have a copy of "Little Nickie". It reminded me in some ways of "Pleasantville".
At first I had no intention of seeing "The DaVinci Code" but I have always liked almost anything Tom Hanks has played in, so that was my 4th choice in the 4 for $20 selection. I watched part of it last night before nodding off to sleep and it looks like an interesting religious cloak and dagger, James Bond sort of movie. Religious zealots were up in arms over DaVinci Code but it won't sway my religious beliefs one way or another. I look at it as an interesting work of fiction.
I remember the furor that erupted over "The Last Temptation of Christ" from fundie religious people. The pastor of the church I was attending at the time went to see it out of curiosity and reported that it put him to sleep, it was so long and boring. As he said, "I wanted to see it just because of all the heat it was drawing, and if someone is strong enough in their faith, it should not affect them." I went to see it and felt the same way as the pastor did, it bored the hell out of me.
Petty, petty, petty! I am not a sports fan but heard about the ruckus gay activists made over a Snickers commercial where two guys wind up accidentally kissing while eating a Snickers bar. I finally saw the ad online and have to say I found nothing offensive, it was actually funny. If gay activists found the Snickers ad offensive, then they should really be getting their feather boa's ruffled over a number of South park and Simpsons episodes, where the gay topic often comes up and is lampooned. Tsk tsk, mea culpa, I won't be boycotting Snickers as it's one of my favorite candy bars.
Cell phone zombies are irritating me more and more, they're rude, self centered and seem to be everywhere, "look at me, I am important. Can't you all see I am on my cell phone". It's bad enough they are as much a hazard as drunk drivers when they're behind the wheel, but when I'm waiting in line to use a public rest room and the one stall is occupied by some jerk yapping on his cell phone with his broker, totally oblivious that there is a line waiting outside. Do your stuff and get out so someone else can do their stuff...jeeezzzzussss! Here are all these guys harumph'ing and doing the pee-pee dance, and finally one guy bangs on the stall wall, "HEY! there's a line out here," and a muffled reply from inside the stall, "do you mind! I'm on the phone." I see more and more people wearing these little gadgets that look like over sized hearing aids, and DUH! just recently found out they're Blue Tooth phone thingies. Soon with head's up video display glasses and gadgets attached to ears, people will look more and more like the Borg, "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!"
Lastly for today, Massachusetts is bracing for it's first major snow storm of the season. We got spoiled having one of the warmest November and December's on record. The tables turned in mid January and now the Arctic air has settled in, but still no snow until tonight. Depending on which weatherman you listen to, the Boston area will get from 1" to 12" of snow with much more North and West of the City, or 6" to 12" everywhere. I just hope we don't wind up having a late Winter that stretches into June. But remember! and keep repeating, "there is no such thing as global warming and the climate is fine."
Here's a bunch of articles I bookmarked, most of which I read during the past week. When I haven't been up to sitting, take my laptop to bed. A whole lot of Commie pinko journalism for your information and entertainment....enjoy!
- Alan Cantwell, MD On The ManMade Origin Of AIDS
- Beyond Insanity
- Bring Back the Old George W. Bush
- Flamethrowers
- How to organise a major terrorist scare
- Imagining a World without Newspapers
- Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Letter to the American People
- John Kaminski Portage
- John Kaminski Real faith
- John Kaminski The unchosen road
- M. Kane Jeeves Bush The Division-Maker
- M. Kane Jeeves Happy Doomsday To Us!
- M. Kane Jeeves Through the Looking Glass Darkly
- Media Matters
- Mrs. Betty Bowers Guess Who Is in Hell
- My journey with AIDS day by day, year by year (or second chances squared)
- Steven Greer's Odyssey
- The Black Commentator Bush’s People
- The Coming Darkness Zionism, Marxism And The NWO
- Katrina's Insurance Catastrophes
- Why I Hate Thanksgiving
- Sex in the Bush years Video
- YouTube Freedom Fighter
posted by The Dreamer @ 2:51 PM
2 Comments:
At 3:35 AM,
Jake Compton said…
You write so much and I have so much trouble putting anything down these days, no matter what persona.
Curious about the "Protocols" while the orginal is a ethnic cleansing screed some of the stuff sure sounds like what some of our world leards use as the watchword for governance.
Jake
At 5:46 PM,
The Dreamer said…
Hi Jake
I read the protocols quite a while ago, during the early dayz of the Internet, eons before the net wore a pretty web face.
Yeah, considering it was a work of fiction, it's strange how it's been used by leaders and despots as the wotrld of God to be carried out.
Well considering Scientology as a religion was based on the worls of a science fiction writer, as Jes and PT Barnum said in different words, "there's a sucker born every minute."
What's also interesting is how many people have never heard of "eugenics" and who was behind it's early popularity. It's an interesting word to Google.
I do write a lot from time to time, and at other times the muse refuses to visit me at my keyboard.
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