Phenergan’s Wake

February 16, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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I’ve had an ill-behaving stomach, as of late. Which has kept me up at nights, uneasy and nauseous. I couldn’t eat much of anything yesterday; I had to practically force myself to eat the leftover cheese sticks, a bowl of soup, and half a chocolate bar (with hazelnuts). So, I did. But, I couldn’t bear to go another night with fitful sleep; so last night, to combat this, I took a Phenergan.  It’s a pill prescribed for upset stomachs, etc. We fear I might have IBS. (That’s quite a conversation-starter, there, is it not?) It took a couple of hours, but it did the...

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Endangered species: Men who snap their fingers.

April 27, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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I saw something rather unusual today.  Actually, it was no less than ten minutes ago.

I was walking, taking a short cut to my very dull office, via the library; it's close to my office on campus.  And also, I have several several friends who work in the library, so I was anticipating speaking to one or two of them, namely Amanda, who is my best friend.

And so that's what I did, and I spoke to her for a few minutes, begged her to bring me some lunch (on Mondays and Fridays I get...

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