Red Cells and White Cells and Platelets, Oh My!

BOX SCORE Element Current Std. Range Trend Hemoglobin 13.1 13-17 ^ Platelets 192 140-375 ^ ANC 3850 1800-8300 ^ "The young woman, feeling she had been thoroughly humiliated, left  in a huff and a pink Cadillac." This is an example of zeugma (pronounced zoyg-muh). Whogma? Zeugma! The word comes from a Greek vowel meaning "to join." The idea is " the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each word in a different sense. (as "opened" in "opened the door and her heart to the stray kitten") " The Merriam Webster Dictionary goes on to state: " Zeugma, like...

I'm not sure whether I have written before about my infatuation with clocks. I'm sure I have mentioned my home brewing hobby. Since Jill and I moved into our lovely little bungalow in 2019, I am fortunate enough to have a dedicated space that I have turned into a tiny brew pub. This pub is an upgrade from the area I used to use in the RV garage/home workshop of our previous home, and when I set it up, I felt the need to come up with a different name for this facility.  My previous setup was named after the street on which we lived "Hillcrest Brewing." Since we no longer live on Hillcrest Drive, it seemed appropriate to give the new facility a new name. And that brings me back to my infatuation.  My interest in clocks may have begun in my childhood, when I shared a bedroom with my older brother. Somewhere along the way, he was the recipient of a little weight driven wall clock that looked like an owl. When the pendulum swung, the owls eyes looked left and right. When I...

BOX SCORE Element Current Std. Range Trend Hemoglobin 12.1 13-17 v Platelets 170 140-375 v ANC 3420 1800-8300 ^ Jill and I love to watch old movies, some of them older than we are! Now that's old. One of my favorites, from 1952, is  "The African Queen," starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. In case you are not familiar with the movie, which was based on the 1935 novel by C. S. Forester, it takes place in East Africa, during WWI.  Hepburn plays the part of Rose Sayer, the sister of an English, Methodist missionary, whose mission is located in a remote African village. The only contact with the outside world comes in the form of a mail boat c...