Yesterday was a funny day. My Hearing Aid doctor did not appear at the time set for my appointment.. so, after 20 minutes, I canceled out. Next.. Elaine accompanied me to see my new dermatologist, Steve Yang... a nice young doctor who told me that I didn't look anywhere near my chronological age... of course, his Chinese culture reveres older persons.. anyway, he spritzed three growths that are probably at least pre-cancerous and I'll know more in a few weeks.
Next... I bought Elaine's Valentine's Day gift... a heart-shaped box filled with a pound and a half of chocolates from her favorite sweet shop. She, in turn, bought me a whale-shaped coat hanger, a very nicely made item.
After that, we joined the scantily clad frozen WalMart customers.. to stock up on things we probably could live without. We do that about every month... because Elaine loves to shop.
Overall.. a nice day... but Goddammit! Its cold! How did I stand growing up in Massachusetts? I guess my blood has thinned.
Things to think about:
Etch A Sketch (and Doodle Sketch), owned by an Ohio firm, was sold to a Toronto Company. This great toy was invented by a Frenchman in 1955. Its been put together for years by a factory in China. (My son, Chris, could always create a nice cartoon picture using Etch A Sketch, but I was not that talented and was easily frustrated when I tried to use it.. a similar story concerns Rubick's Cube. )
This morning, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, as usual, had plenty of information about a lot of things, such as:
Beyoncé wants to take somebody's ass to the Red Lobster after ... well, you listen to the song. Anyway, that restaurant has experienced a big jump in business since her song came out.
If you have an "X", Goodwill Industries would like you to donate your "X"'s "left-behind stuff" to them. I guess that means clothes, books and undies.. for which, you may get an income tax deduction.
(Last night, at WalMart's, my blood sugar got low and I succumbed to a McDonald's cheeseburger... I didn't expect much for $1,26, and I was not proven wrong... it did solve my blood sugar problem.) At that McDonald's in WalMart, I did not see an advertisement for the following offerings now given at McD's in Canada:
Double Big Mac (calories?)
Kale Salad (same calories as a Double Big Mac... I think they said 800.. wow... that must be some potent kale. ( Besides.. isn't kale only used in that delicious Portuguese Kale Soup... that I can make sometimes.?)
Parisians can now buy "fresh" meat from vending machines! Would you try a pork chop that was dispensed from a machine on the left bank? (My uncle Billy bought a truck and I helped him deliver fresh meat throughout New Bedford, Massachusetts... but only for a couple of weeks... because, he learned that people would rather get their meat at a butchershop.)
Egyptian President Sisi has been on a Government austerity kick for a while, and is now getting criticized for having two miles of a Red Carpet laid down for him to drive over.
At a Wendy's in Florida, a customer paid for his fast food by throwing an alligator through the drive through window. (As a Wendy's shareholder, I want to know... was the food that bad?)
Simon Newman, President of St. Mary's Catholic University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, caused an uproar when he said that freshman students should be "treated like bunnies, and be drowned or shot." The members of the student body are trying to get him impeached. (They will probably succeed.)
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