I get Detective Murtaugh now. I couldn’t before, but now that I’m 45, I completely understand him. Plus, I think he must have been some kind of super human. How could he possibly do all he did with Martin Riggs, a man a good 15 years his junior, and not DIE from it? …
Behold the waffle iron! The best laid plans and all that… It’s the pumpkin’s fault. I had 3/4 of a can of leftover pumpkin in the fridge that I had to use up before it turned into a science experiment. You know the kind of experiments I’m talking about… Where a day in the…
Instead of writing an entirely new post about the perils of peri-menopause and its attending hot flashes from hell, I’m reposting this, on account of the fact that I’m pretty sure I almost died last night and can’t write anything new today… Is it hot in here? I awoke in the midst of another horrific…
Our car was stolen last night, right from our driveway. The theiving bastards took it right from our freaking driveway!!! Our driveway!!! We were violated!!! Except we weren’t. And it wasn’t. And they didn’t. I had driven the car to the theatre downtown for rehearsal and then walked home, having forgotten that I’d driven there. …
Twice last summer, I woke myself by biting my tongue in my sleep. Really hard. Lots of blood, can’t-chew-your-food-the-next-day, hard. So, like any modern gal, I Googled it. Type ‘biting tongue in sleep’ into Google and the next thing you know, you’ve got epilepsy. And then you start reading about all the symptoms of epilepsy…
Wait! It’ll come to me! Some people do Sudoku. For others it’s crosswords. Still others, brain teasers. All to keep their minds sharp – build their reserves against dementia. My Dad, whose own father succumbed to Alzheimer’s, has a vested interest in keeping his brain in gear. He has a simple plan. It all centres…
WARNING: This is about MENSTRUATION and shit – well not actually shit, really just other female-centric issues that go hand in uterus with menstruation. There will be blood. I might also talk about vaginas. from quickmeme.com Why couldn’t I have just let it fade away quietly? After months and months of erratic menstruation, a la…
I woke up in back labour the other day. I was a titch surprised being as I hadn’t realized I was pregnant. I was having slight discomfort through the night, in that half-awake/half-asleep state where you’re pretty certain that you’re dreaming it all. But then as you really wake up, you realize that the ‘something’s…
If I’m going to get screwed, I’d like to be in on it. I’m not generally a passive participant. I don’t just lie back and think of the Queen. If I’m getting well and truly screwed I want to enjoy it. I want to scream operatically with release when it gets really good. Naked in…
Is what my friend, the OR nurse, thought I’d emailed her about. (I’d sent an email message to a couple of my nursing friends, because I figured that they are the ones on the front lines and know the good vs bad doctors.) My friend responded via email. “Very good news that your cardiac issues…