Time Cannon

I find it funny, as I scroll back at some of the older entries in this blog, the things that I wrote. I actually thought that talking about my kidney stones and rectal exams would be interesting? Wow. Well, I’ve reached another crossroad in life. I had a physical recently and the accompanying blood test indicated that I had abnormally low testosterone. They would need another blood test in a week to verify those findings. A week passes and this blood test says that I DON’T have low testosterone. Huh? According to the Dr., it’s cyclical, and we tested when the hormones were at their lowest. So, let’s grab some more blood in two weeks. The two weeks were up yesterday and I had blood taken again. While talking with the Dr., as I had the last 5 or 6 previous visits, I told him about my feelings of malaise. I have no motivation to do anything. Bills are late and I don’t care. Not eating right, and can’t sleep a full night to save my life. He told me, that regardless of the results of this l

"Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind." John Tillotson Everyone has their stories of people’s complete lack of consideration these days. The fact the our Mass begins with the request that you please “ take the time to silence all pagers and cell phones ”,  says all you need to know about the state of our society. The fact that there is one nimrod that doesn’t heed this request EVERY Sunday makes it worse. And yes, I do grasp the irony of cussing to myself in church when the  inevitable, lame ringtone breaks the silence. I’m not perfect. Sue me. Anyway, I was coming home yesterday from work minding my own business listening to the new Dean Koontz audio book The Good Guy, when out of the blue the guy in the lane next to me turns into my lane so quickly (and thoughtfully applying his turn signal during this maneuver) that I had to slam on the brakes, as the boat he was pulling narrowly avoid the bumper of my car. I of course, honked and w