Well, I’m not tongueless but it feels like I have no tongue. This medicated mouthwash I’m using is making it feel as if my tongue is just not there, at least for nine of the first ten or so minutes after I use it. (The first minute, it feels as if it’s haloed in burning light, perhaps transfigured, so to speak.) Last night we played an okay show to a rather big crowd, big considering the venue. I should have brought my mic, but I thought we’d be playing “unplugged”, ie. with an acoustic guitar and minimal mics. Turned out …
Month: September 2004
Flagging Faith In America
There was an article I was reading via Oriental Redneck about someone said in 2001 that the American flag was “symbol of terrorism and death and fear and destruction and repression”. The town where this Math professor was living had been keeping their American flags up and the professor found it offensive. Never mind the fact that most people would never understand that, yes, of course, Patriot Act nonwithstanding, the American people are relatively protected from those kinds of things (relatively, I stress). Never mind that they tend to be so ready to dismiss any discussion of the United States’ …
Courtesy of Simon World
As usual, Simon World is providing excellent links for news all over Asia. Two reports I’ve found over there: First, something bad is in the soil in Singapore… SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A soil-borne bacterial infection called melioidosis has killed 24 people in Singapore this year, making it more deadly than SARS (news – web sites) or bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday. The illness, also known as Whitmore’s Disease, is listed by the U.S. government as a potential biological weapon but Singapore government officials said there was no sign it had been spread intentionally. Be that as it …
Ow Ow Ow I Take It Back (Sort of)
Well, I went to the ENT today… the Ear Nose and Throat specialist (이비인후과) at the nearby True Love Hospital (it probably sounds less weird in Korean as 참사랑병원) but anyway, I was corrected on a few things. First, the condition afflicting me was not anything calling for antibiotics. It’s APT, which means Acute Pharyngeal (?) Tonsilitis. Which doesn’t, by the way, mean I need my tonsils out, not in this case anyway. The doc said this had been complicated by a case of Gingivitis; I asked him how that could happen, when I faithfully brush my teeth after meals …
Pet Happinesses
This week’s Friday Five was asked with a brevity I’ve only seldom been able to muster myself. Dan asks: What are the five happiest moments you’ve had with pets? Given that my life has been relatively low in terms of concentration of pets, I’m going to have a few repeat appearances by the same dogs. You’ll have to forgive me. The day we found Toto. Our dog Toto (yes, shut up) ran away in terror one rainstormy night and it took three days before she turned up again. A neighbour found her with torn up pads on her paws, whining …