Month: August 2026

Wella, Wella, Wella—

My heart sank and my spine grew cold when I tried to start my computer this afternoon and it kept telling me that I am off line. Come to find out I was off line alright but it was because my computer had become disconnected from the Internet Service Device when I was moving it around this morning. Thank You, Lord!

I also paid all my bills this morning but I am still worrying about two ambulance trips to the emergency room when I had a couple of afib attacks– the ambulances around here won’t take me to the VA hospital, of course, they always take me to the closest civilian hospital which means that I might be looking at Ten Thousand dollars for the two emergency room bills…But the last time this happened to me, the VA did pay it for me … we shall see…of course, it is something to worry about….except that I have faith in God and I know that My God will make a way for me.

The other thing that is bugging me today is that the cardiologist wants me to think about wearing a cpap mask — I hate the idea …my relatives who used them all hate them ….I am hoping there is a way out of that which will not endanger my health any more than it is already with the arrhythmias— the arrhythmias that seem to be well controlled now with a medication…..we shall see.

Oh there are all kinds of things I could complain about this afternoon ….. the rain has come and has been steady all day — flood warnings are out for some of the surrounding areas but than goodness we are located on high ground and so a flood is the least of our worries, but we have been hearing some tornado sirens going off this week…. but again, we live in a river valley (On the high edge of a river valley) so most of the tornadoes seem to jump right over us whenever they form. That is a good thing.

My friend, Jimmy, made creamed chicken on biscuits for our lunch today– not bad– hadn’t had that item for a few years …. I can remember when it was a staple meal for a working class family– that and something called Chipped Beef on Toast) which also had a military-derived name (S.O.S.) which is nasty to say….a lot of people will know what I am talking about. But I am going to be courteous today and not talk some of the stuff that I normally talk.

Well folks, it is time for my afternoon nap…from now until Judge Judy” comes on the television set….and then it is off to the evening hours….We have been watching a series about Jesus called “Chosen” which I have found to be fascinating.

Snore time now.

Toodles!~

Remember, Remember, Remember!

Do you need to stir up the spirit of hatred in your heart this morning so that you can walk more righteously among your fellow man? Here are some examples of how you might do that if you are so inclined:

  • Remember the Alamo — 1836
  • Remember the Maine — 1898
  • Remember the Lusitania — 1915
  • Remember Pearl Harbor — 1941
  • Remember Bataan — 1942
  • Remember Wake Island — 1941–1945
  • Remember the USS Pueblo — 1968
  • Remember the Mayaguez — 1975
  • Remember the Iran Hostage Crisis — 1979–1981
  • Remember Beirut — 1983
  • Remember Pan Am 103 — 1988
  • Remember the USS Cole — 2000
  • Remember September 11 / Never Forget — 2001
  • Boston Massacre — 1770
  • Lexington and Concord — 1775
  • Burning of Washington — 1814
  • Fort Sumter — 1861

    And so….we “Remember.” So what good does it do to stir all this up again? All it does is make people feel a twinge of hate in their hearts and I can tell you that there is plenty enough hate in the world already without indulging our sensibilities in creating more of it.

    Besides which, we can “Remember” all these things but there isn’t a blessed thing we can do as individuals to make it all better…. what’s done is done and the past cannot be resurrected in order to correct what went before.

    Dwelling on unfortunate past events is a waste of time, is chronically unproductive and does nothing to change anything.

Sometimes…

Sometimes I believe that sleep is a great way to escape the cares of the world.

Since reading some new blog entries by a relatively intelligent individual, I have come to the conclusion that there is a conspiracy underlying every modern advancement.

The good thing about blogging is that you can shut any of the blogs off that piss you off.

I will never believe anything other than that Covid 19 was real, that Dr. Faucci saved perhaps hundreds of thousands of lives and that the solutions to the covid crisis offered by the conspiracy theorists probably were responsible for many many deaths. I am so glad I never took a shot of household bleach when I had Covid

Well then, Let’s See What’s Up!

I have spent two days in intensive care at the VA hospital this past week for afib problems and then, later, two more trips to the emergency room for the same kind of thing. I am feeling better today and I was discharged as stable and able to return home without further hospitalization.

So I am looking forward to going to the VA campus to attend a class given by the sleep clinic because my doctors believe that it might be sleep apnea driving some of my afib problem. I will be damned if I am going to wear a CPAP machine because they are claustrophobic, difficult to handle and to maintain and I have to get up three or four time per night to go to the bathroom, so there will be all that strapping and unstrapping and I am not ready for that.

I am over all the CDIF symptoms now and what is left of me from that ordeal seems to have been resolved (For the time being anyway) and I can now eat what ever I like with no problems and everything in that department has resolved to more or less normal for a man my advanced age.

I did manage to get some cellulitis infection in my right foot (which swelled and got red and hot and tender) and so I took intravenous antibiotics for that and it too is resolving well…. it is still swelled and will remain so for a couple of more weeks while the tissue that was damaged in the foot heals but the pain is gone and the threat is gone and that is a good thing.

We had tornado warnings here a few days ago but only a hard rain and some wind — not too much wind — but some wind — and the whole thing settled down and all is well right now.

I have rediscovered something absolutely intriguing ….it is the Blog by Insaner Thought called —THE DAILY AGITATOR — and it is probably the most interesting commentary that I have ever read and I hope that everybody who has any feelings at all about America, Patriotism or Freedom takes the time to visit THE DAILY AGITATOR. It is bright, informative, challenging, interesting, everything a commentary should be and more. I believe you are going to like it! I sure as hell do!