Pattern Ghost

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fright!

Level 3 Human Bureaucrat.

From one of my favorite music YouTubers, the same young lady who brought us Google Translate Sings:

Ublock Origin kills the YouTube ads. Unfortunately, it's a desktop browser extension, so no Android option.

I work in a Seattle hospital. A lot of local restaurants have been generous in bringing literal truckloads of food in for the hospital staff, mostly of the higher end variety. The community support is actually very heartwarming sometimes. Good call out that 2020 isn't a complete s**t show, and adversity still brings out the best in some people.

As far as the financial side goes: Explain your situation and see what resources are available. I work at a hospital. We have funds set up to help people in your situation. So, even if it's a bit of an awkward conversation, it's worth having for your health. We're the same age, and I can tell you you aren't going to suddenly have less issues as you age. Take care of yourself, I enjoy your presence in our little community here.

It's usually a laparoscopic procedure, so at least the incisions are small.

My gallbladder tried to murder me back in August. The surgeon told my wife I had a "verrry angry gallbladder." They described it as basically a spiky ball of hardened death. I'd been having abdominal issues for years. Couldn't stand a friendly poke in the belly. Had been diagnosed with everything except gallbladder issues. One weekend, I felt some abdominal pain after eating, as I often did, and wrote it off as gas as I usually did. By day four, I said "Time for an ER visit!" (I have a fairly high pain tolerance, and tend to put things off until they're reaching fatal proportions.) So, they went in and yanked it out. I got not three, but . . . count 'em . . . five laparoscopy holes. And I felt GREAT afterward. I didn't even take the prescribed painkillers when I was recovering, just some Ibuprofen to help with the swelling once a day. I did have some post-surgical pain and swelling, but barely noticeable after four days of Murder Ball rocking out on my liver. The surgery is one of the most common, if not the most common, performed in the US. My doctor had done so many, that he even removed his own gallbladder! (OK, that last part isn't true.) So, surgery-wise, not too bad, really. Very routine, relatively un-scary. As for the after effects: The doctor said that you can avoid fatty foods afterward if they bother you, but that in the long run, dietary restrictions really didn't matter. Your bile ducts will kind of stretch to expand their capacity and compensate. I haven't had any trouble unless I eat way too much dairy, but other fatty foods don't send me rushing to the bathroom. In fact, I have less issues now than I did before, with the malfunctioning gallbladder intact. I'm not saying that there isn't a possibility of side effects, just that I was told that they were low and that it proved to be the case for me. I can't speak to the other issues, but if the gallbladder has to go, chances are you'll barely miss it.

Probably simple human error. Most doctors aren't employees of the hospital, they have privileges to practice at the hospital. The list was likely generated off the employee roster and someone forgot to include the roster for the doctors.

With a name like that, you'd think he'd be able to, I dunno . . . strike some kind of bargain to get his vaccine.

Clint Eastwood died in 1970.

Flynn's a disgrace to the uniform.

"We Are All Getting Dumber, New Science Proves, and No One Is Sure Why" Of course not! We're too dumb to figure it out.

Games Workshop?

Try Ublock Origin.

Finished Hannibal the other day. A lot better than I'd expected. Made me hungry.

This is what we'll see: https://www.q13fox.com/news/rally-goers-and-counter-protesters-clash-in-olympia-one-person-arrested Scale may vary. I do like the way they're patriotically beating other Americans with the flag. Go 'murica!

I also occasionally check to see if your latent telekinetic powers have finally manifested. The prospect terrifies me.

I remember comic book racks in grocery stores, convenience stores, Stuckey's, gas stations, department stores . . . pretty much everywhere my parents drug me to shop, I had a spinning rack of four-color goodness to pester them to buy me. These days, not so much.

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/entertainment/celebrity/10-times-v-for-vendetta-predicted-2020-a-little-too-accurately/ar-BB15xxlz

Squiggy has died.

Happy Birthday Logan! And congrats on surviving most of 2020!

My wife and I had the exact same thing last week. It's been going around up here too.

I lost count: Which seal does this one unlock?