Airing our Undies
In the past we have written of Zapatos,
the funky warehouse shoe and clothing store, featuring seconds, overstock
and, we suspect, the contents of an occasional mysteriously missing
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Archive for the 'Friends and Family' Category
You are currently browsing the archives for the Friends and Family category.Mad Max Meets Dog Days of Summer
So this morning we were en route to Russo’s, the
super fresh produce market in Watertown, rolling through Watertown
Square in the White Whale, when we saw something we [...]
Medical Care Costs Arm and Leg
Massachusetts has "the world’s costliest health care," with
average annual spending above $7,000 per person, according to an analysis
of federal data to be released today.
The report by Boston [...]
Medical Care Costs Arm and Leg
Massachusetts has "the world’s costliest health care," with
average annual spending above $7,000 per person, according to an analysis
of federal data to be released today.
The report by Boston [...]
So Much Media, So Little Time
The Dowbrigade is old enough to remember
when we had more time than media. Long hot summer afternoons when we
ran out of the paperback Ace and Tor science fiction novels we borrowed by the armload
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What’s In a Name
Dave got called a “notorious curmudgeon” by Fortune magazine. And he was upset! Personally, we will know we have “made” it when we are called EITHER notorious OR curmudgeon by Fortune. Congratulations, Dave.
Laproscopic, My Ass
Fair Warning: Anyone grossed out by medical details or
simply uninterested in the personal life of your correspondent can safely
skip the rest of this entry. However, since we are still to a certain
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Dowbrigade Back, Zipped and Zapped
After
a harrowing encounter with the modern American medical system, the Dowbrigade
is back in action, although under medical house arrest for the immediate
future. By the time the docs got in there to [...]
Story Least Likely to Amuse While Awaiting Surgery
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean doctors
mistakenly removed part of the stomach of a patient due to have thyroid
surgery, while removing the thyroid gland of another scheduled for stomach
surgery, a hospital official [...]
Feline Friday from Dowbrigade South
Feline Friday – As previously announced, we are writing today from the Dowbrigade South, our mountain redoubt high in the Andes mountains, 8,858 feet above sea level, in a lush valley between a glacier and a volcano.
We are typing this from the Villa Maria eco-hostal (whatever that means) our son Joseph has created [...]