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Morbid Curiosity
re:#4: Totally agree about Worldcat--it's the best. The physiology textbook? Uh, not so much. I'd rather read medical histories by Roy Porter than a textbook on physiology. I do NOT believe in that horn! Joe's book looks fun. Is it all stories of just people falling or jumping, though?— March 12, 2010 7:35 p.m.
beware of wet dirt!!!
Nan, if you don't mind--what was the inspiration for this poem?— March 12, 2010 7:25 p.m.
beware of wet dirt!!!
Ahh, poor magics! Really broke? Are you in the 'sexy' cam walker, as AG put it (back when I had my broken foot)? Watch out, it'll drive Rocket_J. wild! :) Yeah, sounds like cal mag or cal citrate's in your future...— March 12, 2010 7:24 p.m.
Vitamin B Shots
This is mostly bull, frankly. Any honest MD will tell you that anything more than two shots a month of a mil each is going to waste; the body isn't going to absorb it. "With a shot, you get 100 percent of the vitamin put right into the bloodstream — the full dose." Yes, but that still doesn't mean you are going to absorb and process all of it. More than two shots a month is just lining the doctor's pockets. If you are ill, a vitamin shot may help you. If you are well, and have no absorption problems due to a chronic condition, you are wasting your money. I've had surgically removed the part of the intestine that processes B-12, and so have been on these shots for nearly 20 years--two per month, because I don't like to stick myself for no reason, and there is no reason to do it beyond two times per month. They do not aid in weight loss, and the other claims are as well, let's say, a little 'strong.' I'd say the claims made for B-6 are a little more on the mark.— March 12, 2010 7:19 p.m.
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For those yet unaware, I've written a hasty essay on satire in this very column (Feb 24 edition), and much welcome further comments on it, especially Mr. Mencken's: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bankers-hil…— March 11, 2010 9:31 p.m.
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For those yet unaware, I've written a hasty essay on satire in this very column, and much welcome further comments on it, especially Mr. Mencken's: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bankers-hil…— March 11, 2010 9:30 p.m.
Satire Saunters into the Reader! A word on Walter Mencken’s February 24 installment of “S.D. on the Q.T.”
Hey nanners, what do you think of this issue of satire unannounced in the "stories" section? Many folk seem to be irked by it, feeling that they have been somehow 'tricked,' or that some dishonest sleight of hand has been performed upon their orderly reading universe. I like the idea, obviously, and am not sure why more people aren't seeing it as the harmless, playful thing I do. Could it be that they are reading sleepily, before coffee? Is Mencken's satire really that hard to spot from the start for the average reader, or is this a matter of laziness? Lots of questions yet to be tackled here..— March 11, 2010 8:50 p.m.
Satire Saunters into the Reader! A word on Walter Mencken’s February 24 installment of “S.D. on the Q.T.”
re: #5 Hey Jayallen, I appreciate your (fast!) assessment and comments. Cuddle, since you had strong opinions, I think, on the Feb 24 Q.T., I await you taking up some of the questions left hanging up there, for you, too. I see the point about generating hits, but I guess I object on using just ANY method of doing it--ain't bringin' nothin' further up here, as there has been WAY too much strife around here, and I'd like to have a constructive convo for once, about--and here's the novelty--actual content in the Reader! ;) So Jayallen, yeah, I should have mentioned Blurt, too. There are satirical threads there, too. Sporting Box, though--funny that no one objecting to unannounced satire has taken it up with him, since he does it all the time, and quite well. Oh, I guess the occasional poster fooled by one of his suggestive titles has come in and ranted, but really--could it be that Sporting Box is passing under the radar in more than one sense? Oops! There's one a them there questions again... ;)— March 11, 2010 8:06 a.m.
Pre-gaming
Uh, are you on something?— March 11, 2010 3:03 a.m.
i guess i just wish...../Pistol Pete
Do you REALLY want to know? Because I have already patiently laid it out, Pete. If you really want to know, you'll give my carpal tunnel a rest, and go read all of the posts I've ever written to you. It's the same thing, over and over. You demand to "know," but you really don't want to know.— March 11, 2010 3:01 a.m.