I have not had a flu shot but will likely get one this year. Why? It is free in Ontario. Plus, the nearby USA is short and, depending on whether it is a the flop or flip that Dubya is spouting on a given day, may want our stash and/or create a bigger outbreak through bad luck. Besides, Health …

Things seen and heard in the ICU:  •  Visitor:"How will it be when he wakes"  •  Nurse: "Is he a smoker?"  •  Visitor: "No"  •  Nurse: "Then he'll be fine."  •  It is a little odd to see your Dad happily snoozing on morphine. All non-emerg and going well, thanks.  •  After seeing cops and …

A family member goes for a fairly routine by-pass, meaning non-emergency with little down-side potential, this morning and it has raised an odd story out of fifty years. Apparently my father's aunt in the 50s was facing a diagnosis of blocked up arteries and was told there was nothing to be done …

From the op-ed pages of today's New York Times:  •  “Manhattan now has MetroNaps, a collection of high-tech individual sleep pods on the 24th floor of the Empire State Building. There you can go offline for about the same cost, $14 for 20 minutes, as going online in the Atlanta airport. It's not …

PM Martin say it  •  will cost too much. Hmmm.  •  “  •  X = being the amount of drugs now being bought by governments and  •  individuals  •  -  cost savings through buying bulk  •  + alleged  •  administration inefficiencies of government  •  -  alleged  •  administration inefficiencies of …

In the 1970's there were two products purchased in my childhood home that were labled "husky" - 100% whole wheat bread with bran added and my pants.  •  I have always been big. Certainly bigger than my family except those who like the odd (and the even) ale. But when I go through quizzes like the …

It is funny how medical science moving to internalize and make a syndrome of more and more things in life:  •  “Researchers at NEC-Mitsubishi say the nation's office workers are being hit by "Irritable Desk Syndrome". They say long working hours, cluttered desks and poor posture are making many …

The back is loosening. Even thought it is not a serious affliction, it is a debilitating one - the hinge of a door not working well.  •  It would be worse. I could be Mike who posted an X-ray yesterday of his broken collar bone. It looks like he has irregular lego in his shoulder. I think Canada …

It is the season for injured bloggers but with the playoffs coming up that is to be expected. Think I will spend the day laying on the floor taking numbing drugs. It'll pretty be like my 1980s, I guess.  •  Speaking of playoffs, there is a move afoot to continue the grand tradition of my internet …