...
Nobody's having a baby.
...
I've just been feeling labored & out of breath.
Monday, June 25, 2018
Sunday, June 17, 2018
(SUNDAY) . I've got a BRAVE ... heart.
...
"Every man dies. ... But, NOT-every man truly-LIVES."
(--William Wallace, 'Braveheart')
"Every man dies. ... But, NOT-every man truly-LIVES."
(--William Wallace, 'Braveheart')
Monday, June 11, 2018
(MONDAY) "NEW-shit has come to light."
-- Jeffrey Lebowski, 'The Big Lebowski'
So, on the dreaded afternoon of July 6, 2008, I had my HORRENDOUS car accident that left me comatose & with a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Well, I JUST-learned that my injurIES were so serious that my T.B.I. was initially classified as a
3 on the Glasgow Coma Scale.
(... That's s a neurological scale that supplies laypeople a reliable and objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment.)
There are 3 categories of 1 to 15 points, with Eye, Verbal & Motor components. So, comatose-A.J. earned the LOWEST-POSSIBLE scientific score a LIVING person could.
... So, how am I still alive?!
--> That's a DAMN-good question. I'm glad you asked.
... It's called TENACITY.
So, on the dreaded afternoon of July 6, 2008, I had my HORRENDOUS car accident that left me comatose & with a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Well, I JUST-learned that my injurIES were so serious that my T.B.I. was initially classified as a
3 on the Glasgow Coma Scale.
(... That's s a neurological scale that supplies laypeople a reliable and objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment.)
There are 3 categories of 1 to 15 points, with Eye, Verbal & Motor components. So, comatose-A.J. earned the LOWEST-POSSIBLE scientific score a LIVING person could.
... So, how am I still alive?!
--> That's a DAMN-good question. I'm glad you asked.
... It's called TENACITY.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
(SATURDAY) I'm DAMAGED!
...
HOW is it that both my ulnar nerves have been severely damaged, ... one from a botched right forearm surgery in 2001 ... & the other one on my left forearm from my dreaded car accident in 2008. SAID-nerve is the largest UNprotected nerve (--> meaning UNguarded by muscle or bone) in the human body. So, injury to it is ALMOST-inevitable. But, NOT to my extent.
Anyway, this nerve can cause an electric shock-like sensation by striking the medial epicondyle of the humerus from underneath & toward the interior, with the elbow flexed. The ulnar nerve is trapped between the bone and the overlying skin at this point. This is commonly referred to as bumping one's "funny bone".
Ergo, I'm very curious: With both my "funny bone"S now incapacitated, why have multiple [SMART*] people told me that my jokes are now funnIER than they were PRE-injury?!
* = My T.B.I. forces me to require order for my understanding.
HOW is it that both my ulnar nerves have been severely damaged, ... one from a botched right forearm surgery in 2001 ... & the other one on my left forearm from my dreaded car accident in 2008. SAID-nerve is the largest UNprotected nerve (--> meaning UNguarded by muscle or bone) in the human body. So, injury to it is ALMOST-inevitable. But, NOT to my extent.
Anyway, this nerve can cause an electric shock-like sensation by striking the medial epicondyle of the humerus from underneath & toward the interior, with the elbow flexed. The ulnar nerve is trapped between the bone and the overlying skin at this point. This is commonly referred to as bumping one's "funny bone".
Ergo, I'm very curious: With both my "funny bone"S now incapacitated, why have multiple [SMART*] people told me that my jokes are now funnIER than they were PRE-injury?!
* = My T.B.I. forces me to require order for my understanding.
Monday, May 21, 2018
(MONDAY, May 21) I am what I AM.
...
In my busy BOOK-writingS, I've discovered that I am a
WITTY romantic.
That's a common MOTIF in my books.
In my busy BOOK-writingS, I've discovered that I am a
WITTY romantic.
That's a common MOTIF in my books.
Saturday, May 19, 2018
(SATURDAY) Everyone has his-OWN niche.
...
I think using the term--SMART--in a comparative or superlative sense is very INsufficient.
... "SMART" is so BROOOAD & ALL-encompassing. I prefer "LOGICAL".
I.e. Timmy's "more logical" than Teddy. No question.
...
I think using the term--SMART--in a comparative or superlative sense is very INsufficient.
... "SMART" is so BROOOAD & ALL-encompassing. I prefer "LOGICAL".
I.e. Timmy's "more logical" than Teddy. No question.
...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
(TUESDAY) CREATIVITY will ... make-due.
...
Since my power was OUT ... ALL frickin' day, I ...
exercised more,
reviewed my film-collection,
planned my imminent internet-schedule &
scheduled my party-events.
(... My mother taught me--in childhood--to NEVER-be BORED.)
Since my power was OUT ... ALL frickin' day, I ...
exercised more,
reviewed my film-collection,
planned my imminent internet-schedule &
scheduled my party-events.
(... My mother taught me--in childhood--to NEVER-be BORED.)
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
(WEDNESDAY) Ambivalence?
...
So, I LONG-thought that my limited LEFT arm-movement was a NEUROLOGICAL-issue, ... that the neural-pathways were SEVERED in my accident.
... But, as my UPPER body-trainer so aptly pointed-out, it's more a PHYSICAL-dilemma, 'cuz the metal is--LITERALLY--blocking the path.
... I had a DENTAL-checkup today. ... And, the streak CONTINUES: I've now gone ... 12,077 days withOUT a cavity.
... However, my Dental Hygienist recommended I brush the INSIDE of my MID UPPER-row of teeth a smidgeon hardER.
Ya see, ... "I'm NOT-crazy. I'm just a lil' UN-well."
(-- ''I'm Not Crazy'', Matchbox 20)
So, I LONG-thought that my limited LEFT arm-movement was a NEUROLOGICAL-issue, ... that the neural-pathways were SEVERED in my accident.
... But, as my UPPER body-trainer so aptly pointed-out, it's more a PHYSICAL-dilemma, 'cuz the metal is--LITERALLY--blocking the path.
... I had a DENTAL-checkup today. ... And, the streak CONTINUES: I've now gone ... 12,077 days withOUT a cavity.
... However, my Dental Hygienist recommended I brush the INSIDE of my MID UPPER-row of teeth a smidgeon hardER.
Ya see, ... "I'm NOT-crazy. I'm just a lil' UN-well."
(-- ''I'm Not Crazy'', Matchbox 20)
Thursday, April 26, 2018
(THURSDAY) I have NO-"sense".
...
(Excerpt from my Memoirs:)
"SENSE is something one may or may-NOT possess, when one has a CHOICE. One could either make a GOOD or BAD decision, according-to inherent JUDGING. Conversely, Sense only exists, when Choice is present. Since many of my daily-decisions DISallow options, I often LACK options. As a direct-result, I LACK Sense & therefore shaN’T be Judged."
(--ME)
(Excerpt from my Memoirs:)
"SENSE is something one may or may-NOT possess, when one has a CHOICE. One could either make a GOOD or BAD decision, according-to inherent JUDGING. Conversely, Sense only exists, when Choice is present. Since many of my daily-decisions DISallow options, I often LACK options. As a direct-result, I LACK Sense & therefore shaN’T be Judged."
(--ME)
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
(WEDNESDAY) ALAS, I'm oldER! (January 25, 2019--my 12,345th DAY ALIVE)
…
-- "So, I made a 'BUCKET-list'.
…
THEN, I changed the 'B' to an 'F', and now I'm SET."
(--Jerry Seinfeld on 'Late Show with David Letterman')
… NOW/TODAY, I am ... 12,070 days alive. And, I've been making GREAT progress lately:
... This past Monday, my uncle called--on the phone--from Minnesota. So, I had a lengthy conversation with him--on the phone.
... He remarked how "GREAT it is to hear [my] voice."
... I've COMPLETELY-eliminated my pigeon-toe.
-- "What is 'AGE' but a 'state of MIND'?!"
(--'Bowfinger')
-- "'Knowing YOURSELF' is the BEGINNING of ALL WISDOM."
(--Aristotle)
-- "You're only as old as you FEEL."
OFTEN I feel super-OLD, 'cuz I canNOT walk, I'm in a wheelchair & I have ... helpers.
Lucy: Time is the only true unit of measure.
It gives proof to the existence of matter. Without time, we don't exist.
(--Lucy, 'Lucy')
Professor Norman: "For primitive beings
like us, life seems to have only one single
purpose: gaining time. And it is going through time that seems to be also the only real purpose of each of the cells in our bodies. To achieve that aim, the mass of the cells that make up earthworms and human beings has only two solutions. Be immortal, or to reproduce. If its habitat is not sufficiently favorable or nurturing, the cell will choose immortality. In other words, self-sufficiency and self-management. On the other hand, if the habitat is favorable, they will choose to reproduce. That way, when they die, they hand down essential information and knowledge to the next cell. Which hands it down to the next cell and so on. Thus knowledge and learning are handed down through time."
(--Professor Norman, 'Lucy')
-- "The GREATEST-'trick' the Devil ever 'played' ... was 'CONVINCING the world he didN'T exist."
(... As of mid-2008 to late-2011, I did-NOT exist, ... according-to the [IGNORANT] American government.)
-- "So, I made a 'BUCKET-list'.
…
THEN, I changed the 'B' to an 'F', and now I'm SET."
(--Jerry Seinfeld on 'Late Show with David Letterman')
… NOW/TODAY, I am ... 12,070 days alive. And, I've been making GREAT progress lately:
... This past Monday, my uncle called--on the phone--from Minnesota. So, I had a lengthy conversation with him--on the phone.
... He remarked how "GREAT it is to hear [my] voice."
... I've COMPLETELY-eliminated my pigeon-toe.
-- "What is 'AGE' but a 'state of MIND'?!"
(--'Bowfinger')
-- "'Knowing YOURSELF' is the BEGINNING of ALL WISDOM."
(--Aristotle)
-- "You're only as old as you FEEL."
OFTEN I feel super-OLD, 'cuz I canNOT walk, I'm in a wheelchair & I have ... helpers.
Lucy: Time is the only true unit of measure.
It gives proof to the existence of matter. Without time, we don't exist.
(--Lucy, 'Lucy')
Professor Norman: "For primitive beings
like us, life seems to have only one single
purpose: gaining time. And it is going through time that seems to be also the only real purpose of each of the cells in our bodies. To achieve that aim, the mass of the cells that make up earthworms and human beings has only two solutions. Be immortal, or to reproduce. If its habitat is not sufficiently favorable or nurturing, the cell will choose immortality. In other words, self-sufficiency and self-management. On the other hand, if the habitat is favorable, they will choose to reproduce. That way, when they die, they hand down essential information and knowledge to the next cell. Which hands it down to the next cell and so on. Thus knowledge and learning are handed down through time."
(--Professor Norman, 'Lucy')
-- "The GREATEST-'trick' the Devil ever 'played' ... was 'CONVINCING the world he didN'T exist."
(--Verbal Kint, 'The Usual Suspects')
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