Bagels & More
It’s National Bagel Day. I like the everything. Photo from Google Images:
The colonoscopy yielded surprising results — zero polyps. Last time I had four. And the doctor put rubber bands around my hemorrhoids, a new procedure that has raised hope for those who suffer the ailment. I may have to return in a month for another tie off. If it shows signs of working, I will gladly go. I don’t feel as bad physically as I did five years ago, although my gut is not yet right and I feel a bit weak, perhaps from dehydration. Maybe not having to scrape out anything accounts for not feeling as bad. Although my energy was low, I somehow got through a half-hour session on the guitar, pushing myself. And I did the laundry. Turns out to have been a perfect day for the procedure. Given the cold and lack of sunshine, I would have passed on the floating book shop. Unfortunately, the forecast for the next few days is not encouraging, and I don’t have any story ideas to fill time. This evening I will celebrate with an egg salad sandwich, cholesterol be damned! My thanks to Romania-born artist Andu, who showed up right on time to walk me home, although I believe I could have walked away without any of the staff chasing me down. I’d done it before, pretending to be talking on the cell phone. I offered Andu $20. He’d refused when I’d first suggested it last week, so I went to plan B. He’d recently asked about my sunglasses. I had a similar pair at home and gave them to him, which he immediately donned. Photo from GI:
I searched for coloscopy jokes. Most were lame. Here’s one I liked, gleaned from scarymommy.com:
“I had a colonoscopy recently, and believe it or not, getting the camera up there doesn’t hurt as much as you might think.
It’s the crew that’s the killer.” Rimshot.
The number of people involved was unbelievable. I had to sign so many forms.
Headline from foxnews.com: “ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED: Speaker Johnson demands punishment of feds who stage pro-Palestinian walkout.” My first instinct is that it is wrong. Even assholes are entitled to free speech, and I like knowing who the enemy is.
Al Goodwyn cartoon:
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