We’ve kind of had our hands full this week, so I haven’t had much to say about the imminent H1N1/swine-bird-human hybrid/Type A influenza pandemic. A few thoughts: By now it should be clear to everyone that the mortality rate in Mexico is not a reliable indicator for this virus’s effects elsewhere. I don’t know exactly … Read more
I started writing about this a couple of times, and just couldn’t. Absent tonight’s thoroughly satisfying resolution, it was probably going to stay that way. We couldn’t find Oliver Wednesday morning. Worse, we didn’t really realize he wasn’t in any of his usual hidey-holes, and wasn’t coming when I rattled the laser pointer in the … Read more
Waiting rooms suck, wherever they are. Hospital waiting rooms suck the worst. Lea had several marvelous technicians and nurses (ooh, and the last one looked like Jennifer Connelly). Conversely, the first-thing-in-the-morning cafeteria guy was about as engaged with the outside world as your average plastic fern. Better that than vice versa, for sure. In-room Wi-Fi. … Read more