Sunday, January 15, 2012

The Back Fence

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  1. Howard Dean and Stephen Colbert are first!

    Did you know that Stephen Colbert is 5 points ahead of Rick Perry in South Carolina?

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  2. Did not know that. Hilarious!

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  3. Well, didn't find that, but *did* find this:

    http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/01/colbert-in-south-carolina.html

    But this was before Huntsman came in third in NH.

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  4. Five days of "tough eating" seems to have resolved itself today, with no particular reason. . . Three of the past five I've taken the pain meds in the day; today, not. No rhyme nor reason I can see to the pattern. May BE no pattern: just luck. Or something I'm missing. . . . Just grateful for the respite.

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  5. Bill Thomasson1/15/2012 02:57:00 PM

    Or something related to the healing process that is hidden from anyone who can't actually see what the cells and tissues are doing.

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  6. True, Bill. Which is what's so dang frustrating, lol! And this disease is positively *notorious* for its uneven progression. Weeks/months of severe problems, then months and months of no problems at all. No wonder both the docs AND patients get confused. But as far as I know, there's never been a spontaneous remission, so.

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  7. Colbert was interviewed this morning on This Week with George Stephanopoulos!
    http://abcnews.go.com/watch/this-week/SH559082/VD55163367/this-week-0115--interview-with-stephen-colbert

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  8. Mah*Sweetie and I each recalled it that way. I'll have to listen to the show again. But it may be that we're recalling it incorrectly and it's Huntman he's ahead of. Either way, it's pretty cool...especially as that was before he started exploring the possibility of being a candidate! LOL!

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  9. Quaker Meeting House in Columbus. I went there this morning. No one felt the spirit moving them to say anything, apparently. Will have too go another time to see if it happens then.

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  10. I love the quiet meetings the most. The DC Meeting, and my Meeting in NYC were famous for being what the Quakers call "popcorn" meetings. Where people come with an agenda that they just *can't wait* to tell everyone else about, lol! (Which is kinda against Quaker culture -- one is supposed to come empty, and wait to be moved.) Always good causes, but . . . My tiny meeting in Blue Grass Virginia had one friend who was, and couldn't be eldered out of it. It ended up breaking up the meeting. Sad.

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  11. Ah, there's nothing like keeping silence in community. It's a true gift when it happens.

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  12. BTW, how tough?

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  13. Bill Thomasson1/16/2012 12:08:00 AM

    I have fond memories of the 57th Street Meeting in Chicago that I attended in the 1950s. Usually one or two people would be moved to speak, but not always. And when somebody did speak, you almost always had the sense it was spontaneous.

    I rather regret than Penny is so dead set against any kind of religious services. And that I lack the discipline to quietly seek communion with the Moral Force on my own.

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  14. Not so bad. Not nearly so tough as prior to surgery, and dat's da troot. But not so good either: fair amount of regurging, though I didn't get out my little bags, just used the wastebasket.

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  15. Even so...bummer. Are you seeing this as a steady issue or a growing issue?
    Prayers ensuing, with heaps of Love... {{{ ♥ }}}

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