tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post766598477695243859..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: Not the Onion: Volunteers needed to smoke pot for scienceTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-79205562829513016112017-05-24T04:11:13.655-04:002017-05-24T04:11:13.655-04:00No shame with regard to the following, for example...No shame with regard to the following, for example (because it's an example that I never have been liar):<br /><br />http://althouse.blogspot.com/2005/09/quite-frankly-if-theyd-been-able-to.html?showComment=1125857100000#c112585711702914124<br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-53922715421246264642017-05-23T03:11:03.497-04:002017-05-23T03:11:03.497-04:00The truth is: i have remarkably little for which t...The truth is: i have remarkably little for which to apologize. That is what it is, and so it goes.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-48219241934135673572017-05-23T02:53:45.908-04:002017-05-23T02:53:45.908-04:00For good reason.For good reason.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-6933869622865604462017-05-23T02:39:32.359-04:002017-05-23T02:39:32.359-04:00And, because I owe something to my own self, every...And, because I owe something to my own self, every now and again, I just want to say this:<br /><br />Way back in the day, when I was a church-lady, I single-handed could, and did, repeatedly provide multiple Lenten soup suppers for up to 100 people taking into account mostly meat-eaters but also vegetarians, vegans, gluten-sensitives, dairy-sensitives, soy sensitives, children and babies.<br /><br />For many years after, I beat up myself for my failures.<br /><br />Now, I'm considering looking at myself from a different view.<br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-58906913994026190362017-05-23T02:09:52.572-04:002017-05-23T02:09:52.572-04:00@Trooper York :
Thank you. I appreciate this more...@Trooper York :<br /><br />Thank you. I appreciate this more than you know. Full stop. And, if you would just keep it in mind every now and again, just once a while, I've always been serious sinner with just a streak of saint; after all, that's the reason I was drawn to you in earliest days.<br /><br />--<br /><br />As for the homeopathic thing: I'm interested as to why you brought up that.<br /><br />I have been following Mrs. Troop's blog, and all the stuff you've been doing w/r/t to health for a long time now (but quietly: that is, mostly without comment).<br /><br /><br />I've not commented, much, because I was certain my input would not be welcome.<br /><br />That said:<br /><br />Leading up to my own surgery, as well as dealing with other things just having to do with my own health, I'm doing it entirely just with lifestyle changes (even though it's especially hard, because, right now, I can't actually put physical activity into the mix, which thing would otherwise be obvious). Offered painkillers, I said no. Offered steroid/cortisone shots, I said no.<br /><br />Trooper, you mentioned "homeopathic." That's a loaded term, and so of course I'm so curious as to why you employed it.<br /><br />Whatever.<br /><br />I'm mostly about the anti-inflammatory, these days, life-style and diet-wise. (For just one example, only as a reference.)<br /><br />On her blog, I entirely get your wife's references to certain spices, for just one instance, not to mention certain of those things she avoids. : ) We don't share the same food sensitivities, but we do share some things that we avoid and some things that we employ, for different reasons but in terms of, I guess, a similar goal, if not exactly identical.<br /><br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-54424630902785806182017-05-23T00:38:28.607-04:002017-05-23T00:38:28.607-04:00@chickelit: I don't have cancer. My surgery ha...@chickelit: I don't have cancer. My surgery has nothing to do with chemo, radiation, or cancer, other than delaying it and trying to organize it around everything around 1) someone else whose condition involves both chemo and radiation atop of many other health issues (the reason we we so abruptly uprooted and move back East) and 2) joint close family members who need first to pay attention to that person, with which priority I agree not just 100%, not just 200%, but even more. And will do everything I have to, in order to not just support, but encourage.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-7006239498774922692017-05-21T19:21:10.913-04:002017-05-21T19:21:10.913-04:00
I hope all turns out well for your family member ...<br />I hope all turns out well for your family member rc. <br /><br />Chemo is nothing to fool around with. I wish there was a homeopathic method that worked.<br /><br />All the best. My prayers are with you. If the prayers of a sinner mean anything.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-71176991197689983312017-05-21T00:42:01.947-04:002017-05-21T00:42:01.947-04:00@r,l: Is chemotherapy part of your scheduled post-...@r,l: Is chemotherapy part of your scheduled post-op?chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-18899659715452622642017-05-20T23:57:59.387-04:002017-05-20T23:57:59.387-04:00To be clear: I have precisely -0- intent to take a...To be clear: I have precisely -0- intent to take advantage of my state's medical marijuana provision in connection with my own upcoming surgery. 100% the opposite, and that's the fact of it. However, that said, someone else within our immediate extended family, might fight find that option useful over the course of at least four months of rigorous chemo and radiation therapy starting this week, and I would not auto-remove such an option off the table for that person, depending on how that particular reality/situation works out for that individual person.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-20706992850225275632017-05-20T22:43:44.241-04:002017-05-20T22:43:44.241-04:00Also, I'm not on board with the "smoke&qu...Also, I'm not on board with the "smoke" pot thing, the notion of all of that as indicated by the headline on this post. Although a cigarette smoker [though not an "inside" one for well more than 20 years] and one who is determined to quit prior to my surgery in late August/early September, there's no compelling reason to encourage anyone to, literally, "smoke" pot for medicinal reasons. Better to ingest it, akin to other therapeutic chemical interventions, in controlled and labeled manners, if at all, is the stance to which I am so far tending.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-81559199439854698402017-05-20T22:26:46.438-04:002017-05-20T22:26:46.438-04:00I think that it's important to do this. I espe...I think that it's important to do this. I especially think that it's important to do this on account of the legitimate uses of medical marijuana (as opposed to the use of medical marijuana as an end-run).<br /><br />Facts are important. Let's gather them and see where they might lead.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-57764004270870211722017-05-20T14:09:54.215-04:002017-05-20T14:09:54.215-04:00I have better sense, but I can believe the despera...I have better sense, but I can believe the desperation in some quarters now that stats are coming in from CO after 5 years of legal mary jane.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-21837163313825815832017-05-20T10:22:05.334-04:002017-05-20T10:22:05.334-04:00ed, will you do it for science? I say you and nic...ed, will you do it for science? I say you and nick do it together and then let the blog comments begin! Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-17436134447095067432017-05-20T08:33:54.648-04:002017-05-20T08:33:54.648-04:00It's a proven fact people who smoke marijuana ...It's a proven fact people who smoke marijuana are smarter and more interesting than those who don't. cliff clavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00887646997268609490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-73191901054941620222017-05-20T08:07:36.408-04:002017-05-20T08:07:36.408-04:00I'm going to be working daytime at my Saturday...I'm going to be working daytime at my Saturday job. I made some scheduled posts, please come back for more new stuff.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.com