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The Old Man's Face

My "visiting" dermatologist just left.  While here, she "spritzed" some pre-cancerous lesions and dug out a "Basal Cell Carcinoma."  All on my face.

Although the mildest form of skin cancer, it can metastasize to other sites in the body if not treated. 

I was already a skin cancer survivor, having had procedures for all forms of the scourge.

Part of my face is numb and my forehead burns, but at least, once again, I am cancer free.

TMI?

Gun Safety

I was listening to CSPAN's phone-in segment this morning.  

One Chicago listener said that he wears body armor and has an AK47 nearby when he mows his grass because of all the bad guys lurking around.

Another caller suggested that Lazer pointers be placed under every student's desk so that they could be aimed at a shooter's eyes, blinding him until police arrive.

Living in Sin?

Mensa wordsmith Richard Lederer writes that no one has ever come up with a proper term for male/female cohabitation, except the U.S. Census Bureau, which came up with POSSLQ, an acronym for Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters.

Richard suggests instead convivant (living together.)

Americans?

Canadians and citizens of several other countries  have always taken issue with people in the United States being called Americans. There are many Nations in the Americas, why does the U.S. hog the name.

Richard Lederer cites H.L. Mencken in his masterpiece "The American Language." 

Among the many proposed alternatives for  Americans, such as "Unisians", "Unitedstatesians", and "Columbards" and the like, none has gotten a "thumbs up."

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