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A while back, during one of my dog-sitting stints, I had a somewhat scary incident. I had been sitting for around two hours watching an absorbing movie on TV. When it was over, as I stood up from the sofa I noticed at once that the feeling in my left ankle was somehow wrong. It was as if my left foot was a lead weight when I put pressure on it except that it was not a sensation of heaviness (lead weight) but of a strange deadness, a total lack of feeling, and immediately upon stepping forward onto that left foot I felt myself falling, and I crashed down onto my left side on the carpet.
Eva came running and stood with her head cocked to the side, a quizzical expression on her face, looking down where I lay with my left arm pinned to the floor by my body. Of course I knew right away that I had sat too long in one postition, in a position wherein my left leg crossed tightly over my right knee had pressure-injured a nerve or nerves in my leg causing the temporary paralysis.
This has happened to me before. A couple of times. Over the years.
It's just a minor incident.
The feeling soon returned to my foot and I stood up, only a little the worse for wear.
I was really sorry that I had confused and upset poor Eva.
On BBC America I heard a British panel member pronounce the word pathology as path-ee-AHL-uh-gee, and I mused once again on the tendency of the Brits to add unnecessary syllables to a word instead of subtracting them as is often done in the U.S., where that word is spelled pathology and pronounced path-AHL-uh-gee.
On an episode of Antiques Roadshow I saw the owner of an 1830 First Edition of The Book Of Mormon told that it was worth at retail around $75,000 and that the owner would be wise to have it insured for $100,000. I was flabbergasted. An old, tattered-looking, ridiculous work of blatant fiction like that is in my estimation less than worthless.
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Did You Know . . .?
The planet Venus has snow-capped mountains, but the snow is made of metal.
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HISTORICAL EVENT
The Corvair was later made infamous by Ralph Nader's groundbreaking 1965 book "Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile," about unsafe practices in the auto industry.
In a bitter coincidence, one of Kovac's three children was later killed in an auto accident.
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WORD FOR TODAY
incredible
adjective
1. impossible to believe.
2. difficult to believe; extraordinary.
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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
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Some incidents are accidental, others are purposeful. On the other hand, almost all accidents are incidents.
--Unknown
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
--Aristotle
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Gene, A good beginning of another Eva & Gene story. Your love for each other is clearly exemplified. I'm still hoping that you'll write more and longer tales (forgive the pun) that star you and Eva and a cast of characters. Here we have an incident that felt relatively unimportant to you. But should you develop Eva's character, how important was this incident -- or any occurrence that sees you in trouble -- to Eva? how does Eva convey her alarm and her determination to stay by your side?
ReplyDeleteAgain, I recognize this as a good idea, worthy of deep thought, but not so simple to execute, I'm afraid. And therein, perhaps, dwells a large part of the problem... fear, along with lack of necessary incentive.
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