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The Big “C”
I suppose there are now two “Big C” medical conditions, with Covid being the one that’s recent and, for now, of lesser concern. As is clearly explained in this PBS Newshour segment, stage 1 colorectal cancer is usually free of symptoms. It’s caught in screening, as happened in my case.
A Movie About Two Men and a Girl
Forty years ago, when The Third Man, one of the truly great films, was not quite forty years old, British TV had this parody. Robbie Coltrane, best remembered as Harry Potter’s Hagrid, plays Orson Welles. Also featured is the delightful Miranda Richardson, who is hilarious as Queen Elizabeth I in Blackadder II.
There’s a reference to “page 3.” I’ll let you look up “Page 3 Girl” if you don’t know what that is. I saw them everywhere on my business trips to England long ago.
A Colleen Repost
A very funny video, especially for the ladies, that Colleen Doran placed on her Patreon page this morning:
Sleeping Sickness
This is my second cold in six months. Both times came after being indoors, in a crowded public place, with many people. No surprise there. As then, I checked for Covid with a negative result.
Yesterday, I must have slept 16 hours. Today, I’m on track for doing the same. This afternoon I’m finally starting to feel better.
In other personal medical news, there’s that pre-cancerous spot on my ankle. Here’s how it looked shortly after being treated with liquid nitrogen, and how it looks now. Which is pretty much how it looked when I first showed it to the dermatologist.
P.S. Colleen Doran reports that she’s tested positive for Covid after appearing at GalaxyCon in Richmond. It seems these formerly seasonal viruses have become a year-round threat.
Shiver Me Timbers
Following up on my NH-acquired cold, last night I started feeling cold. I just couldn’t get warm then, just as I was going to bed, the uncontrollable shivering hit. It pulled a muscle in my thigh so hard that this morning I had to rub it to walk without a limp. I was hoping to see Project Hail Mary today, but that isn’t going to happen.