Memorial Day is nigh! For me its a time to remember gas for the grill, the names of my kids' Significant Others (JK! Its the kids' names I still stumble on!), our nations's war dead and of course this old post from carefree 2008, when Candidate Barack re-imagined the holiday:
Obama: He's Ready To Tell Us His Secret
Obama is ready to tell us his secret - he sees dead people... Obama's intro to his Memorial Day speech in New Mexico:
On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
They've fallen - but they've gotten back up! Well, he was in New Mexico...
Only fourteen years? Seems like a lifetime ago.
Got kind of boring on here, didn't it?
Posted by: Buford Gooch | May 28, 2022 at 12:52 PM
I spent the morning listening to how China is mobilizing to go after targets in SE Asia (Frank Gaffney, Steve Bannon, and a bunch of China exerts). They think our military should mobilize and Americans should be prepared for a major conflict. Ugh. Thanks, Joe!
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 28, 2022 at 12:58 PM
Is there a Dem that can speak normal English? Seems they all have brain rot.
Posted by: henry | May 28, 2022 at 02:16 PM
it seems like they all toke from the same bag of ganja,
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/28/joe-biden-again-falsely-claims-trump-supporters-killed-police-officers-on-january-6/
except when they purposefully lie,
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 02:18 PM
Posted at the bottom of the dead thread...
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/05/the-week-in-pictures-colliding-narrative-edition-2.php
Posted by: Len | May 28, 2022 at 02:23 PM
the braintrust socalled,
https://victorygirlsblog.com/the-ubearable-derp-of-aoc/
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 02:23 PM
tulsi gabbard, thats why they didn't let her in on the reindeer games, that she was too cisnormative,
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 02:35 PM
all the dems on that stage, in 2020, pledged support for amnesty, most for this unicorn of clean energy, of course the latter would need to ruinous inflation along with other elements,
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 02:44 PM
when speaking an alien language (remember chris matthews* about visiting the 'enemy camp west point) it is likely to be garbled,
* turns out he was the sanest one at msnbc, which much like a three legged horse, has little utility,
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 02:49 PM
I didn't think it was STILL Monday. Happy Memorial Day! TM, I know you can remember their names. If not, initial their steaks or hot dogs before grilling.
Posted by: clarice | May 28, 2022 at 03:54 PM
Insty:« HONESTLY, THAT NUMBER SEEMS LOW TO ME: A quarter of world’s Internet users vulnerable to infrastruc…
MAY 28, 2022
SHOULDA BEEN MORE THAN ALMOST: “There was almost a mutiny”: Uvalde cop says force is furious that they were held back. “Judge for yourself whether People magazine’s source is telling the truth or whether this is self-serving spin to deflect blame now that the Uvalde PD has become a national laughingstock.”
Plus: “You’ve got a ballistic vest. You know what the kids have? Crayons.”
And: “I don’t know how this town and its police force will ever again coexist happily.”
Posted by: clarice | May 28, 2022 at 04:38 PM
Once again, "Just following orders" is not a good look.
Posted by: Len | May 28, 2022 at 04:58 PM
They should all be Branded, Chuck Connors style.
Posted by: Rocco | May 28, 2022 at 05:09 PM
Those cops might have gotten shot.
The kids definitely were, so "it was them or us". The coppers chose us.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 28, 2022 at 05:39 PM
They chose poorly.
Posted by: Len | May 28, 2022 at 05:50 PM
it's not a good look, yes it was a small force, and the countless lockdowns had worn them down, but (redacted) you expect more from texans,
abbott has to fire mcgraw, head of the commission that oversees the dps, and soon,
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 06:19 PM
of the millions of words, and trees sacrificed,
https://www.westernjournal.com/teen-knew-shooter-drops-bomb-dont-see-covered-going-put/
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 06:45 PM
Danny Reagan wouldn't have followed orders. And he wouldn't have gotten shot either.
Posted by: jimmyk | May 28, 2022 at 08:25 PM
neither reagan bros actually, it rather distressing that the cult of self protection has migrated to the border,
Posted by: Narciso | May 28, 2022 at 08:37 PM
President Trump’s rally in Wyoming was outstanding!
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 28, 2022 at 09:38 PM
Got 2 hamburgers and a large Coke at McDonald's today.
$5.80
Same stuff yesterday:
$5.28
9.8% inflation in one day.
Posted by: Neo | May 28, 2022 at 10:57 PM
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/05/281791068_566000184884936_2419669164211885202_n.jpg?resize=426%2C600&ssl=1
I only got a few of these.
Posted by: jim nj | May 28, 2022 at 11:25 PM
Jim
Here's what I got so far:
Rolling Stones
Guns&Roses
4 Tops
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Alice in Chains
Pet Shop Boys
Smashing Pumpkins
Arctic Monkeys
The Police
One Republic
One Direction
Atomic Kitten
T Rex
Garbage
Posted by: Boricuafudd | May 29, 2022 at 12:47 AM
Three assessments of the Ukraine war:
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-28
https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-94-summary/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDQp03sdNPs
Update from Ukraine | Smart Move from Ukrainian Army
Posted by: jim nj | May 29, 2022 at 01:26 AM
Jim
Here's what I got so far:
Rolling Stones
Guns&Roses
4 Tops
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Alice in Chains
Pet Shop Boys
Smashing Pumpkins
Arctic Monkeys
The Police
One Republic
One Direction
Atomic Kitten
T Rex
Garbage
Posted by: Boricuafudd | May 29, 2022 at 12:47 AM
Oooh, That's way more than I got.
Here's some more possibles (with help from elsewhere):
Eagles
Radiohead
Oasis
The Beatles
Cream
Salt 'N Peppa
Pearl Jam
Shed Seven
Soundgarden
Thompson Twins
The Zombies
Dune
B*Witched
The Cranberries
White Stripes
The Vines
The Roches
I've seen even more guesses on the web, but they seem rather obscure.
Posted by: jim nj | May 29, 2022 at 02:25 AM
good morning, JOM!https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/05/something_about_school_shootings.html
Posted by: clarice | May 29, 2022 at 08:12 AM
Thank you, Clarice. Posted on FB and Twitter:
Clarice Feldman’s cool, calm analysis of a tragedy that explains why you should not trust writing by most corporate media or opinions of many politicians, and why you should better understand the job of the police.
Posted by: sbwaters | May 29, 2022 at 09:18 AM
Nice summary clarice.
I'm shocked at Althouse's response.
Maybe if the schools, instead of teaching kids how to be deviants and trying to find out which law abiding parents of normal kids own guns, were to spend a little time reporting and intervening in the lives of clearly disturbed and demented kids in crisis like Ramos there would not only be fewer mass school shootings, there would be fewer of the hundreds of thousands of smaller tragedies like rape, abuse and suicide that these kind of kids commit or are subjected to all the time.
Had he been put on a 72 hour hold and adjudged mentally ill or confined even for a few days against his will he at least would have had a more difficult time buying a gun.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 29, 2022 at 09:43 AM
Thanks. Are the family members of these kids also mentally ill or trapped in denial? Are their teachers blind? Is there no consistent monitoring? When I was in college I worked a couple of summers for the school system directing playground activities..each school had an assigned social worker who in summer continued to keep an eye out on obviously troubled kids ,and the one for the school where I worked regularly stopped in for updates on the behavior of his charges.
Posted by: clarice | May 29, 2022 at 10:13 AM
Listening to pre-race coverage. Traffic is a mess. Worse than usual, since they decided to close a bunch of lanes and ramps earlier this month for widening. (I am talking about the interstates.) i always listen to the 500 while doing chores.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 29, 2022 at 11:02 AM
Very often you can't count on the family members. Often they're the reason the kid is so messed up in the first place. Or they're often too sentimental or afraid to turn them in because they're the abused ones.
But these kids go to school and the other kids and teachers know who the freaks are as usually do social workers.
Don't know if I said it here or not, but if we decide someone's rights must be abrogated to deal with this problem then should those whose rights are abridged be the small pool of troubled, mentally ill kids from which the killers emerge, or from the scores of millions of law abiding citizens who harm no one and protect their families and themselves millions of times a year with firearms?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 29, 2022 at 11:42 AM
Yes, Iggy. I remember the kid who shot up a school in New England--he had blacked out the windows in his room, was obviously significantly mentally ill, he lived with his mother (parents divorced) and his mom got him those rifles. Ramos' mother is apparently a drug addict and his father MIA. Certainly the teachers can see the personality disintegration.
Posted by: clarice | May 29, 2022 at 12:42 PM
ADAM LANZA WAS THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTER I COULDN'T RECALL. NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE AND SO WAS HIS MOTHER.
Posted by: clarice | May 29, 2022 at 02:18 PM
Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, 82, arrested for DUI
https://nypost.com/2022/05/29/nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-82-arrested-for-dui-report/
I can understand
Posted by: Neo | May 29, 2022 at 05:19 PM
Hungry:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/cheeseburger57.jpg
Posted by: Davod | May 29, 2022 at 06:18 PM
heh
https://instapundit.com/522795/
Posted by: Narciso | May 29, 2022 at 07:06 PM
So do the observations of 17-year-old Crystal Foutz, who attended school with Ramos and worked with him at the fast-food restaurant Whataburger.
“He always seemed to take his anger out on the most innocent person in the room,” Foutz told KTBC-TV in Austin.
https://www.westernjournal.com/teen-knew-shooter-drops-bomb-dont-see-covered-going-put/
Posted by: Neo | May 29, 2022 at 07:36 PM
evergreen
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2022/05/29/adam-kinzinger-drops-the-ball-on-ar-15s-while-asa-hutchinson-nails-the-conservative-answer-n571915
Posted by: Narciso | May 29, 2022 at 07:45 PM
I didn't know all these angles
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-05-28/servant-corrupt
Posted by: Narciso | May 29, 2022 at 08:02 PM
It is time:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/angry-lioness-3.jpg
Posted by: Davod | May 29, 2022 at 09:50 PM
For those who think fly fishing is a peaceful danger free sport:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/5%2028%20br0ught.jpg
Posted by: Davod | May 29, 2022 at 10:07 PM
We have a program in our county called Know the Signs. It is primarily directed at suicidality, but at the same time also addresses depression and other mental illnesses. It helps create awareness.
We just sent the budget recommendations up to our county supervisors ($360 million for behavioral health) and the two critical emphases are:
Screening and BH services in the schools
Fentanyl awareness and antidote distribution.
We have been beating these drums for several years now, but I think it's going to take the death of someone close to someone at the top to kick their asses into gear.
Posted by: matt - deplore me if you must | May 29, 2022 at 10:12 PM
Abrogating rights essentially involves prior restraint.
What sane person or person acting in good faith proposes prior restraint of the law-abiding citizens' rights rather than the small pool of messed up people from whom the shooters emerge?
To gnaw on the old dope Holmes' hambone, that's like outlawing everyone from saying fire anywhere rather than some nutter falsely saying it in a crowded theater with criminal intent.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 29, 2022 at 10:24 PM
It's a dilemma. If you encourage kids to snitch on their classmates, you know what will happen. OTOH it's a good idea to teach teachers signs to look for and schools to have assigned social workers and psychologists to whom they can refer troubled kids for counseling.
Posted by: clarice | May 29, 2022 at 11:21 PM
Two assessments of the Ukraine war:
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_cfvo3Lupg
Update from Ukraine 05.29 | ruzzia is Loosing Ground in Ukraine
Well, maybe little pieces.
Posted by: jim nj | May 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM
Don't Findalize me, bro!
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | May 30, 2022 at 03:45 AM
Believe me, slo Joe would have never got off Plebe week at Annapolis.
I went to high school at Purcell with Staubach and played with on football team. He was a straight A student but had to go to a prep school after HS in order to meet academy standards.
I don’t think they have a prep school that could have fit Joe’s academic requirements for admission.
Another “whopper” by Joe.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | May 30, 2022 at 02:14 PM
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/05/30/egypt-unveils-major-find-of-250-sarcophagi-and-150-statues-in-saqqara/
This is near the step pyramid. Very well-preserved and a big deal. Slide show at the bottom.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 30, 2022 at 02:40 PM
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/may/30/a-solution-to-americas-student-debt-problem/
You may have to skip 2 annoying subscription offers, but the author makes a case worth reading: make the universities pay.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 30, 2022 at 02:59 PM
This could be why the Uvalde cops weren’t letting parents “paso por aqua’: https://www.dw.com/en/mordida-remains-mexican-way-of-life/a-16902532
Posted by: Pinandpuller | May 30, 2022 at 03:49 PM
https://nypost.com/2022/05/29/new-bid-to-spin-hunters-laptop
Posted by: clarice | May 30, 2022 at 05:53 PM
2;hours exactly between comments. Hmmm!
Where is everyone.?
Posted by: Jim Eagle | May 30, 2022 at 07:54 PM
805: California area code or California gas prices?
Both.
Posted by: Pinandpuller | May 30, 2022 at 10:11 PM
“I told my husband to take the 805 to San Diego, next thing I know he drove through the Texaco.”
Posted by: Pinandpuller | May 30, 2022 at 10:13 PM
2;hours exactly between comments. Hmmm!
The site was impossible to sign into for many of us over an extended period. Maybe people gave up and are over at the new place.Where is everyone.?
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | May 31, 2022 at 12:25 AM
Three assessments of the Ukraine war:
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-30
https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-96-summary/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeGot6A4uZs
Update from Ukraine | Bad News for Ukraine from ruzzia and White House
Posted by: jim nj | May 31, 2022 at 12:35 AM
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2022/05/28/bullets_flyin_soldiers_lyin_834747.html
Bullets Flyin’, Soldiers Lyin’
"On March 4, 2007, Galvin and 29 of his Marines were ambushed by a suicide bomber and other insurgents while conducting a mounted reconnaissance patrol along Highway 1 in Bati Kot District. Rocked by the blast but mostly unharmed, the Marines defended themselves and aggressively counterattacked before aborting the mission and returning to base. By that point in his career, Galvin had deployed to combat numerous times, and so he “wasn’t excited or freaking out about the tactical situation” he’d just survived. The actual combat was fairly routine. Galvin and his Marines performed just as they had been trained.
But within 30 minutes of returning to Jalalabad airfield, international media reports alleged the Marines had killed and wounded dozens of Afghans by firing indiscriminately into a crowd of civilians. The allegations were false and later disproven, but not before the Marines were condemned as criminals by the media, public, and top military brass."
Posted by: jim nj | May 31, 2022 at 01:00 AM
West Virginia: Legally-Armed Woman Saves Lives By Shooting Would-be Mass Shooter
“Instead of running from the threat, she engaged with the threat and saved several lives last night”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/05/west-virginia-legally-armed-woman-saves-lives-by-shooting-would-be-mass-shooter/
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 07:21 AM
Good morning, all!
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 31, 2022 at 07:38 AM
Thanks for bringing that article to our attention, jim/
Posted by: clarice | May 31, 2022 at 08:49 AM
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/05/blm-year-52-black-teens-who-died-were-murdered-daniel-greenfield/
Posted by: clarice | May 31, 2022 at 09:10 AM
Pictorial version of every argument with a leftist:https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/285426332_10228199190464478_4397372224777246240_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=CyOI4n3v2NcAX-ICM7J&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AT8BsrzP4j0CeK9fy-d0Uf9HtnBN8c1WNDSiGEUiLBgzEA&oe=629B6AB1
Posted by: clarice | May 31, 2022 at 10:10 AM
Link goes to Turley
zerohedge
@zerohedge
Supreme Court Demands Cellphone Records And Affidavits From Clerks In Leak Investigation: Report
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-demands-cellphone-records-and-affidavits-clerks-leak-investigation-report
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1531640482224295937
Posted by: Melinda | May 31, 2022 at 10:20 AM
Fun thread:
Stephen McIntyre
May 30 • 33 tweets • 10 min read
The exhibits to Sussmann are, in many ways, as interesting or more interesting than transcripts, which often are longwinded acknowledgement of email and text documents. Here are some interesting details that caught my eye.
Exhibits are surprisingly hard to find. Marcy Wheeler is main source - see emptywheel.net/2022/05/24/tec… but not all linked there. I've collected these and a few others here:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1531275041731760128.html
I got interested when Laufman's name popped up as the DoJ "Fixer" for HRC, Inc..
Posted by: Melinda | May 31, 2022 at 10:49 AM
Watching Bannon. School in Texas has had 48 lockdowns since the beginning of the school year. Most related to illegal aliens.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 31, 2022 at 10:49 AM
Russia in a nutshell:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7bvtXx5pZ0
Posted by: clarice | May 31, 2022 at 10:51 AM
Chicago High School to Implement Race-Based Grading System
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/31/chicago-high-school-to-implement-race-based-grading-system/
In an interview after the release of "The Bell Curve", author Charles Murray said that "if it was ever shown that one race was inferior to another, that politicians would do everything possible to hide it".
But here, with the implementation "to adjust classroom grading scales to account for skin color or ethnicity of its students," the Oak Park and River Forest High School (OPRF) administrators have proven Murray wrong.
Posted by: Neo | May 31, 2022 at 11:28 AM
Hey, remember when that truck load of monkeys wrecked?
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/diseased-monkeys-experiments-health-threat/
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 31, 2022 at 11:51 AM
DC jury finds Sussmann not guilty
Posted by: Neo | May 31, 2022 at 12:03 PM
Neo,
No surprise. DC jury. At least some information got out.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | May 31, 2022 at 12:15 PM
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/stench-from-the-sussmann-verdict/
Posted by: clarice | May 31, 2022 at 01:13 PM
Paywall, Clarice
Posted by: henry | May 31, 2022 at 02:05 PM
Dear Friends, Sorry to Announce a Genocide
https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/dear-friends-sorry-to-announce-a?s=w
Posted by: Neo | May 31, 2022 at 03:05 PM
free registration.
Posted by: clarice | May 31, 2022 at 03:05 PM
good news everybody
https://www.theepochtimes.com/looming-price-hikes-on-food-set-to-hit-americans-this-fall_4498663.html
Posted by: Narciso | May 31, 2022 at 05:03 PM
oops
https://twitter.com/AaronKatersky/status/1531741990026629131?cxt=HHwWlsCysa7O68EqAAAA
Posted by: Narciso | May 31, 2022 at 05:47 PM
thats not even wrong,
https://twitter.com/AjitPai/status/1531720927796420608?cxt=HHwWgICzxbCE4sEqAAAA
its a whole other level of derp,
Posted by: Narciso | May 31, 2022 at 06:03 PM
really now, gene wilder look
https://twitter.com/PandaTribune/status/1531767592507015172?cxt=HHwWiICw3c-g98EqAAAA
Posted by: Narciso | May 31, 2022 at 07:09 PM
well more like apocalypse
https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/careening-toward-grace-or-what?s=r
Posted by: Narciso | May 31, 2022 at 07:45 PM
Midnight Drop, Dewuceme Editions
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/Dew_u_c_me.jpg
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:15 PM
Dog gets adopted
https://youtu.be/B7yOO4oKMVc
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:18 PM
Strikes a pose
https://twitter.com/i/status/1531349726628413440
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:18 PM
Family get-together...🐒🤗
https://twitter.com/i/status/1531289327052783618
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:19 PM
Sloth
https://twitter.com/i/status/1476582989320667150
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:20 PM
I save you little fren..🐕🐾🌊🦗❤️
https://twitter.com/i/status/1530881642356539392
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:21 PM
Teamwork
https://twitter.com/i/status/1531115683999883264
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:22 PM
Looks like the kitten understood the plot..🐈🐾📱😍
https://twitter.com/i/status/1530949588823199745
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:31 PM
Just taking friends for a walk...🐈🐾🐦🐦😍
https://twitter.com/i/status/1530753295085498368
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:32 PM
Albino alligator..🐊😍
https://twitter.com/i/status/1530926948146458626
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:33 PM
Squirrel enjoys sliding down a playground slide..🐿️🛝
https://twitter.com/i/status/1529477398772584449
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:34 PM
Kid teaching kid how to slide...👶🛝🐐😍
https://twitter.com/i/status/1530179515170926593
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:36 PM
Duck waterslide
https://youtu.be/GArl4KGzfeA
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:37 PM
Squishy seal
https://twitter.com/i/status/1531649198860517381
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:38 PM
Taking charge
https://youtu.be/Eb5WBq32L1Q
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:38 PM
Kittens V balloon
https://twitter.com/i/status/1531478071357935621
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 08:40 PM
I have been binge-watching Covert Affairs. One of the great things about the show is the wonderful scenes showing Washington.
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 09:44 PM
Fishing-scape
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/tuesONT.jpg
Posted by: Davod | May 31, 2022 at 10:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsIX0-mz7q0 the fbi hada secure workspace in Perkins Coie since 2012. Mark wauk has some thoughts on thishttps://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/more-on-the-fbis-perkins-coie-ra
smells to high heaven
Posted by: clarice | June 01, 2022 at 12:19 AM
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/05/31/breaking-the-fbi-maintains-a-workspace-including-computer-portal-inside-the-law-firm-of-perkins-coie-the-ramifications-are-significant/#more-233701
Posted by: clarice | June 01, 2022 at 12:28 AM
I think I may have picked the wrong weekend to start nicotine replacement therapy.
I got a date of May 30th, but no time, to have my stitches from the skin cancer surgery removed.
I'm like that's Memorial Day, so I spent last week trying to confirm the real date and time with the office, mostly by talking to voice mail inboxes or leaving messages at MyChart.
Sunday I got a voicemail from my doctor - come in Tuesday at 9:30 AM. F*ck, my transportation provider won't be taking calls until Tuesday 9AM.
Normally they require 48 hour notice before an appointment. For a post-op they will waive that, but still.
Doctor realizes something is wrong when I don't show up and leaves me a voice-mail saying you must have missed my earlier voice-mail so come in Wednesday at 3:30 PM.
That I can arrange and I do so. Call his office to confirm I will be there.
"He never comes into Newark on Wednesday and, wait a minute, you were supposed to be here at 9:30 AM this morning. Maybe he meant the Livingston office?"
Aargh. "No he said Newark." Lots of back and forth.
"Please just get him a message that I got his message and that I will see him in Newark tomorrow at 3:30PM as he requested. He can call me to correct that if needed."
"I'll send him an e-mail, but I'm telling you he's only here Mondays."
"Wasn't he there this morning waiting for me to show up? On a Tuesday?"
"OK, I sent the e-mail, but I don't know when he will answer it."
[Elvis voice} "Thankyouverymuch."
Posted by: jim nj | June 01, 2022 at 12:33 AM