While enjoying a breakfast of vegetarian sausage, I noticed on the ketchup bottle the following words “GLUTEN FREE“. I’m pretty sure that the combination of tomato paste, vinegar, and sugar would be gluten free, or whomever is making the ketchup is doing it wrong. That got me thinking about these little food labels that have [...]

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Last time I was in Borders, I got a request to take a survey. I just filled it out. At least this survey has the decency to let me put in my remarks, which I’ll share with you: I’d appreciate it if the store would give equal shelf time to the areas of science and [...]

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I just finished up the second of several surveys for Borders. Borders is trying to get into the eBook business, and it appears they have no freaking clue how to pigeon-hole me into their categories. Apparently, folks who are interested in non-DRM content, who finds the category “Mac / Networking / Internet” really limiting for [...]

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A little reflection: Hospitals are amazing places with absolutely caring people manning the floors. When I was in emergency and having my surgery, I could feel genuine empathy from those making sure that I was comfortable, and prepared for what was to come. Emergency rooms are some of the most callous places on Earth, not [...]

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Today saw the final removal of the stent that was in my ureter. That’s the short of it. The long of it was the hour long wait that happened before each phase of the journey, plus an additional fun jaunt through the hospital so I could deliver my precious cargo (f’er #1). My parents were [...]

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After consulting my doctor, we decided that having surgery to remove the stones was pretty pointless. After all, I have f’er #1 sitting in my bathroom (still), while f’er #2 is either AWOL, or pretty close to shirking off it’s ureteral coil. So, on Thursday, the surgery for Friday was canceled (thank God), and the [...]

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