@jon-nyc said in Reflections on being at Duke Hospital for the first time in 9 years: Yeah, though relatively small victory. The real test will be what happens to my lung function in the coming months. But thanks all the same. I appreciated having a night as a real human rather than a patient. I’ll bet. Even small issues like for me today are an interruption.

I enjoyed the story a lot but did not really need the fecal urgency part. We’ve all been there.

I just finished watching Succession (loosely based on Fox News/Corp and Rupert Murdoch), great show… amazing music… and slightly similar to what we are seeing now.

Well within his rights says mouthpiece of Trump(CF). Fired for being woke? The Evil Trumpire is almost beyond satire. The farce be with you.

https://x.com/scottlincicome/status/1920592190235132187?s=46

@Axtremus But I was mentioning the exception to Horace’s post, you were simply providing an example of what Horace covered in his post.

Dude, it's Friday afternoon. The only question I'm asking at this stage of the week is whether to get the expensive IPA in a four-pack or the cheaper one in a 12. And I have to say, it's a pretty challenging question.

I hope he’s not right. https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1920878126395003242?s=46

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/acting-fema-chief-abruptly-ousted-ahead-us-hurricane-season-2025-05-08/ Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been ousted from his position by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a day after he told lawmakers in a hearing that he did not support eliminating his agency. The leadership change comes at a time when the agency, which is in charge of coordinating the federal government's response to disasters, is helping states and local communities prepare for the onset of hurricane season on June 1.

This may be way off base, but it seems like more so recently, presidents try and pick a Supreme Court judge who is like them. They probably did so before also, but it was not quite as detailed to try and do so. But still interesting when a president (or presidents after him) picks someone and they do not turn out how they expect.

@Mik Marketing is key!

I'm old enough to remember when Bill Gates manufactured a pandemic. And now he's helping??????

@Mik lol Rick Mayall and Ade Edmondson - two of Britain's finest.

https://twitter.com/drprevost/status/1886469097560719594

@Doctor-Phibes said in What to wear?: I may have told this story before, but we first arrived in small-town Ontario, Canada in December. We were told that the office Christmas party was 'Strictly Formal Wear'. Pretty much everything was in storage, so I rented a tux, and Mrs. Phibes bought a nice dress. We showed up, and I discovered what was meant by the term 'Canadian tuxedo'. I was by far the most over-dressed person of the 400 or so peoplein the place. There were those little leather ties, a lot of cowboy boots, and I think at least one stetson. A couple of the more senior managers wore ties and jackets. Everybody was far too nice to say anything, so we still had a good time. I did, however, look and feel a proper Charlie. That is very funny. Something similar. A friend of me immigrated to the US from Greece when he was in his early teens, and his family settled in a "rough" part of Boston. Not knowing any better, on his first day at the US school, he went there in a shirt and tie. (That was the normal school uniform in Greece). You can guess how well that went over. LOL (He is a funny guy and tells the story much better than I do.)

Wow!! 80 years ago

She’s 10 seconds away from a finger snap…

Yeah $4 a month. I do it for the cooking.

Hopefully it was slow and exceptionally painful.