Surgical History pt. I: A Brief Overview

*(Copied and pasted from my blog page http://www.crohnsanonymous.com) Disclaimer: I HAVE RECEIVED NO MEDICAL TRAINING; I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THE FOLLOWING IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO YOUR DIET, LIFESTYLE, OR MEDICATIONS. IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A REAL MEDICAL EMERGENCY, YOU SHOULD …

The ‘Lost Generation’: The Sun Also Rises

Over the past week or so, with all the rain we've gotten, I've been doing a great deal of reading. No, C'mon, you remember... not that thing we used to have to do for school, but the pure and simple feeling of losing yourself in a story, fiction or non-fiction. I re-awoken that feeling in …

Literature: Re-Read ‘Hondo’

In honor of his birthday, later this week on March 22nd, I'm re-reading 'Hondo', by one of my favorite authors, Louis L'Amour.   http://www.louislamour.com/aboutlouis/index.html

Dude, Not Cool…

Doctors and nurses ran frantically into and out of the small room I found myself in. I had never seen such organized chaos from my place in the hospital bed. Little did I know it then, but I had just traveled the longest, most expensive 50 miles, by ambulance to the nearest hospital. In weeks …

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Convenience & Complacency

I was using H-E-B's online grocery delivery service when it suddenly occurred to me how easily we take these kinds of things for granted. And it's not just groceries! Every day, people everywhere use apps on our smartphones without giving much thought to how much technology has made our lives easier. Apps to help us …

So We Beat On, Boats Against The Current

Life can be crazy; likewise, it can be amazing one moment and devastating the next; or seem so, anyway. Life's experience can give one the illusion that they have everything under control; everything in its place, neatly arranged and secured. I find it odd how we are always surprised when things go haywire- and again …

Chase scene from ‘Drive’ 2011

Happy New Year, 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2019!!!

One of Those Nights

'One of Those Nights' - performed by Tim McGraw She's getting dressed up, putting on that lipstick Shimmy shaking, ride into them cut-offs baby, oh yeah You're getting off work, cashing up that paycheck Gotta change that shirt and pick that girl up on her front step Here she comes now looking so fine You've …

‘Kubla Khan’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

'Kubla Khan' Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (1772 - 1834) "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, …

Henry W. Longfellow’s Compilation

In a book of poems & quotes compiled by the famous Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), on the inside of the front cover, is this awesome quote by Thomas Carlyle. OF ALL THE THINGS which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books. …

More from Willie Nelson’s Book…

Texas' beloved native son, poet, and one of a kind iconic badass, Willie Nelson explains how he quit smoking cigarettes, his experience with pills and fame, and how he was introduced to marijuana. Willie Nelson explain how he quit smoking cigarettes, his experience with pills and how he was introduced to marijuana. I tried a …