Category Archives: RANDOM

At least it isn’t about our awful offal …

Posted on February 11, 2014 by xty

Well, I am going to wing it today, trusting the measured Russ Roberts to do the heavy lifting, as I am determined to get to the hospital lickety-split this morning. Yesterday proved the perfect storm of missing all key events at … Continue reading →

Posted in ECONOMICS, LIFE, RANDOM | 58 Comments

How to find humour in urology? well maybe yourology …

Posted on February 9, 2014 by xty

but I sure hope it isn’t mine. Do we need to know about kidney function, ureters and bladders? Apparently we do, or we want others to, because the more one bumps into the inner workings of the body the more … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, RANDOM | 33 Comments

A hug is a drug! Science to the rescue …

Posted on February 6, 2014 by xty

I am always happy to misinterpret what I read, and when it backs up common sense and anecdotal experience, then the sky’s the limit. One of the silliest medical experiences of my life involved early offspring #3’s journey through two … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, MY UN-NERVING, RANDOM | 60 Comments

Pet Peeve #2: why are mascots so incredibly creepy?

Posted on January 31, 2014 by xty

Especially when designed by committee. I hardly need words, as images tell this tale so well. So let us start with one of my top contenders for mascots who are clearly serial killers, and paedophiles to boot. Je presente Bonhomme Carnival: … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, RANDOM | 121 Comments

I know this is lame and I am decades behind the curve, but

Posted on January 25, 2014 by xty

nonetheless I will waste your Saturday morning trying to explain just how darn clever I am, for a geezer in training. That geezer-hood is imminent is obvious in many ways, but to drive another nail into the virtual coffin, the … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, RANDOM | 31 Comments

Go Ask Xty [GAX, ed.? [It’s what my readers [readers, ed.?] will say …]]

Posted on January 17, 2014 by xty

What does it all mean? Can’t know. Next question. What’s for lunch? Soup. There are many problems with wondering about the purpose [or lack thereof, ed. [don’t be a downer, nobody likes that answer except for me, xty]] of life. … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, RANDOM | 19 Comments

I have said it before, and I’ll say it again

Posted on January 14, 2014 by xty

the more things change the more they remain the same, or there’s nothing new under the sun, or the only constant is change, or … balderdash. I read or heard recently, and you’ll just have to trust me on this … Continue reading →

Posted in ECONOMICS, LIFE, RANDOM | 28 Comments

To prove the upper classes have still the upper hand …

Posted on January 11, 2014 by xty

The stately homes of England How beautiful they stand, To prove the upper classes Have still the upper hand … So wrote the social satirist Noel Coward in the 1930’s, and while we agonize correctly 80 years later about that … Continue reading →

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I am wondering about starting to read the news again

Posted on January 8, 2014 by xty

but I really question my sanity. I have been much happier being ignorant of the daily noise, and as far as I can tell, it has not made me a worse citizen or denizen of this frozen nook. If I … Continue reading →

Posted in ECONOMICS, LIFE, RANDOM, RANTS | 84 Comments