{"id":600,"date":"2005-04-19T20:13:13","date_gmt":"2005-04-20T01:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/2005\/04\/19\/various-sundry-part-fourteen\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2007-11-26T20:47:58","slug":"various-sundry-part-fourteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/archives\/600","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry, part fourteen"},"content":{"rendered":"

— It’s a perplexing day when the media decides to focus on the naming of a new pope<\/a> instead of the monumental story of the year: that Lance Armstrong will retire<\/a>!\n<\/p>\n

— Joan tells me it’s difficult for her to read this log on her computer because each entry is a single, horribly long horizontal line of text that scrolls endlessly. Must be a problem with her browser settings, and I hope it can be fixed. Don’t stop reading, Sis! I can’t afford to lose 50% of my fan base!\n<\/p>\n

— I have no idea how it ended up in the library of the University of Indiana Medical School, or why it’s on display, but Marty<\/a> and I couldn’t deny ourselves a close look at the death mask of John Dillinger. It’s got to be one of the creepiest damn things I’ve ever seen, not because of the casting itself, but how it was so amateurishly hand colored. And while we’re on the subject of creepy, you’ll find a whole archive of death masks at Thanatos.net<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

— I remember Joe<\/a> scolding me the time I made a condescending remark about Pookie<\/a>, explaining that he just needed to find his identity as a dog, and, if we gave him a chance, he would. I never thought about Pookie the same way after that, and now it gives me a bit of pleasure (within the sorrow) to know that he got the second chance that Joe could see and I couldn’t.\n<\/p>\n

— Bruce<\/a> is breathing on his own and striving to gain the upper hand against his numerous infections. I try to accept how often they put him through yet another test, but that’s just the nature of modern pharmacological care. They try to match the drug to the bug. Dana is by his side at the hospital while I hold the fort at the studio. According to her latest report, he’s able to maintain a good, steady rate of respiration and cough productively, much better that when the ventilator was removed before. They’ve taken away the special bed that rotated and vibrated his chest. The PT seemed pleased that he’d gained strength since the previous therapy. The nephrologist cancelled the scheduled dialysis. Nobody has made an official statement that he won’t require it again, but the kidney numbers are normal. My son is a freakin’ warrior! God bless him up one side and down the other!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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