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08-10-14, 10:57 PM
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I've seen it several times and lines come back to me in odd moments. "You're not wrong, Walter. You're just an *sshole."
One of my favorite exchanges is:
"Are these the Nazis, Walter?"
"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of."
And, of course, my favorite scene is the funeral. "Everything's a ******** travesty with you, man."
One of my top five, because there are so many quotable moments is "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles". The chemistry is so perfect, too.
One of my favorite exchanges is:
"Are these the Nazis, Walter?"
"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of."
And, of course, my favorite scene is the funeral. "Everything's a ******** travesty with you, man."
One of my top five, because there are so many quotable moments is "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles". The chemistry is so perfect, too.
08-10-14, 11:12 PM
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I ended up with three days off in a row this week. It's the first time I've had back to back days off in several months and I last had back to back to back days off in May and never again. I'm counting on two days of some kind of fun and the third day I have an appointment with a dermatologist to see whether or not I'm continuing the fine family tradition of skin cancer. If I have it, I certainly earned it. Someone who was naturally blonde as a child has no business trying to get a tan using baby oil or mayonnaise or lying on aluminium foil or sunbathing topless next to the Mediterranean in the afternoon or poorly applying sunscreen when visiting a clothing optional beach. But I was young and dumb or younger and dumber maybe and wanted to be like the girls in the Eagles' songs and the Beach Boys' songs which I wouldn't have been even if I did finally tan rather than burn. Who knows... This may turn out to be nothing or the first in a series of nothings and I'll still get away with all that foolish behavior.
08-10-14, 11:13 PM
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08-10-14, 11:15 PM
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08-10-14, 11:24 PM
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One of the more interesting experiences of the weekend was eating chilli chocolate. I bought the mild version. We started eating it as normal, and thought, "Hmmmm... not too much happening here". Then a warm glow started inside our mouths and down the backs of our throats.
We tried another bit tonight when we got home. This was after having a few bits of other normal chocolate. For some reason, the warm glow was more intense this second time around!
We tried another bit tonight when we got home. This was after having a few bits of other normal chocolate. For some reason, the warm glow was more intense this second time around!
Dagoba Chocolates has a lot of interesting flavors and was started locally before Hershey bought them in 2006. (The lemon ginger is surprisingly good.) I met the founder, who called himself a "chocolate alchemist", several years before that. He was very charming and hello? chocolate? but flat out said he thought baseball was boring so that was a no-go. Plus, I make it a policy never to date someone who has the same first name as one of my ex-husbands.
08-10-14, 11:25 PM
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If you see a dermatologist regularly, skin cancer should not become a problem. Not saying you won't get it, but it should be able to be controlled by surgical removal. Pre-cancerous lesions can be usually be taken off with liquid nitrogen with no recurrence, at least not in exactly the same location. Folks who die from skin cancer complications are those who refuse to attend to it regularly. My mother chased it around for decades, but it was never a serious problem. Every time I see the dermatologist, she freezes three or four rough spots. Only once so far has a lesion developed far enough that it had to be surgically removed. I see my dermatologist every six months.
Skin cancer is a problem and can be missed with lethal consequences, even by decent dermatologists.
Restrain yourself.
08-10-14, 11:27 PM
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08-10-14, 11:49 PM
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I believe "Wagons East!" was John Candy's last film and he looks like it. "Street Fighter" was Raul Julia's last film and what a stinker that was.
08-10-14, 11:56 PM
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I can't understand your position. Are you saying that folks should not have regular dermatologic exams? Was I stepping outside my expertise by passing judgment on particular lesions and stating an opinion about what was a problem and what was not? (No, I did no such thing and would never propose to do so.) Is it wrong to encourage friends to see a dermatologist by using one's own positive experiences as support against their concerns? Do you have better advice about how to stay ahead of skin diseases of any kind besides regular examinations by a competent specialist? How can advice to be vigilant be wrong? If one is giving the right advice, what does it matter who he is?
Here is a web site advising folks about early detection of skin cancer: Skin Examinations
Tell me how my advice differs substantially from the information on that site except that I opted to be more cautious and omit the recommendation for self-examination in favor of professional examination. That might be more costly than some feel they can afford, but it is not bad advice. Of course one might assume that self examination is always a first step in any program of medical care and need not even be mentioned.
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08-11-14, 12:02 AM
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I'm currently reading "The Unwanted Noise of Everything We Want". My Soc major daughter recommended it to me after I complained about the store's Muzak intruding into my assembly area and how sometimes other people's music and noise seems to almost be physically encroaching on my personal bubble. (In turn, I suggested Oliver Sack's book "Musicophilia".) Interesting how some of us are sensitive to these sounds and other people block them out. Starbucks at midday is so amazingly loud with music and people talking and the grinder and blender and steamers that I've often wondered aloud whether OSHA is aware of the noise levels baristas are exposed to on a daily basis. LoP doesn't really seem to notice and isn't bothered by it.
08-11-14, 12:19 AM
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I was just wondering a few days ago what had ever become of Jessica Hahn. The unsurprising answer is "Nothing".
08-11-14, 12:27 AM
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Killed my Dad. Melanoma in his mid 80s subsequently went metastatic and became a lethal spinal tumor about 4 years later. Melanoma kills an awful lot of people every day.
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08-11-14, 12:37 AM
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at the thing, said it looked fine to him, and basically done nothing.......zip, nada.
So I'm calling that a "not a dermitalogical exam" due to practitioner incompetence or general lack of interest.
He died mysteriously about a year and a half ago, and was kinda strange anyway.
They sent me a letter because i was a "former patient".
He and the guy I now see (who actually did the biopsy and Dx) were the only two dermatologists
I could access with my insurance here...which is supposed to be decent insurance.
His waiting room was furnished with Victorian antiques. I hope he is in some similarly furnished circle in hell.
If you have no history, family or otherwise, of any sort of skin cancer, it is entirely possible to go
to visit a board certified dermatologist and still die of cancer.......not to be a prick about it.
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08-11-14, 12:39 AM
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08-11-14, 02:09 AM
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Ignorant point #1)-"If you see a dermatologist regularly, skin cancer should not become a problem".-As seen in 3 alarms case, the subtly of melanoma leads to misdiagnosis regularly and with lethal results. To trivialize the disease by saying seeing the doctor is enough is alarming.Ignorant statement 2)-"Not saying you won't get it, but it should be able to be controlled by surgical removal." -You're talking as if basal cell, squamous cell and melanoma are all the same thing. Indeed they are all skin cancers and that is where the similarity ends. Early surgical removal is not a guarantee for success. Many a patient have I had the "it's back talk " with on just this subject with devastating outcomes. Ignorant statement #3)-"Pre-cancerous lesions can be usually be taken off with liquid nitrogen with no recurrence, at least not in exactly the same location." Only one of the premalignant varieties can be frozen off. There is no freezing off pre melanoma or basal cell cancer. Oh, and if it recurs in a different location then1) it's not pre cancer but rather cancer and 2) being in a different location means it has metastasized which is not a good thing. Ignorant statement #4)-"Folks who die from skin cancer complications are those who refuse to attend to it regularly." You know, forget it, this is so staggeringly stupid and insensitive that it does not deserve a comment .
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08-11-14, 02:23 AM
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One of the local chocolatiers says that their truffles with chili pepper in them are usually either the top-seller or runner-up every year. One of my more interesting chocolate experiences was purchased in Monterey but produced in Gilroy. It was essentially a Reese's peanut butter cup with a clove of garlic in the middle.
Dagoba Chocolates has a lot of interesting flavors and was started locally before Hershey bought them in 2006. (The lemon ginger is surprisingly good.) I met the founder, who called himself a "chocolate alchemist", several years before that. He was very charming and hello? chocolate? but flat out said he thought baseball was boring so that was a no-go. Plus, I make it a policy never to date someone who has the same first name as one of my ex-husbands.
Dagoba Chocolates has a lot of interesting flavors and was started locally before Hershey bought them in 2006. (The lemon ginger is surprisingly good.) I met the founder, who called himself a "chocolate alchemist", several years before that. He was very charming and hello? chocolate? but flat out said he thought baseball was boring so that was a no-go. Plus, I make it a policy never to date someone who has the same first name as one of my ex-husbands.
The most interesting part of the chocolate festival for me was a presentation by a science teacher on tempering chocolate when it is melted. I never knew that the cocoa butter molecules had such an influence on how the chocolate finished up. Plus, it takes properly tempered chocolate just seven minutes to set, instead of over an hour if not tempered.
08-11-14, 02:27 AM
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...I don't think you understand. I'd been to see a dermatologist about a year prior, who had looked
at the thing, said it looked fine to him, and basically done nothing.......zip, nada.
So I'm calling that a "not a dermitalogical exam" due to practitioner incompetence or general lack of interest.
He died mysteriously about a year and a half ago, and was kinda strange anyway.
They sent me a letter because i was a "former patient".
He and the guy I now see (who actually did the biopsy and Dx) were the only two dermatologists
I could access with my insurance here...which is supposed to be decent insurance.
His waiting room was furnished with Victorian antiques. I hope he is in some similarly furnished circle in hell.
If you have no history, family or otherwise, of any sort of skin cancer, it is entirely possible to go
to visit a board certified dermatologist and still die of cancer.......not to be a prick about it.
at the thing, said it looked fine to him, and basically done nothing.......zip, nada.
So I'm calling that a "not a dermitalogical exam" due to practitioner incompetence or general lack of interest.
He died mysteriously about a year and a half ago, and was kinda strange anyway.
They sent me a letter because i was a "former patient".
He and the guy I now see (who actually did the biopsy and Dx) were the only two dermatologists
I could access with my insurance here...which is supposed to be decent insurance.
His waiting room was furnished with Victorian antiques. I hope he is in some similarly furnished circle in hell.
If you have no history, family or otherwise, of any sort of skin cancer, it is entirely possible to go
to visit a board certified dermatologist and still die of cancer.......not to be a prick about it.