One of the biggest dangers of the pandemic is hospitals being overwhelmed with cases and not having the necessary beds and equipment to handle patients. This can lead to the nightmare scenario of a doctor having to decide who does and does not have access to lifesaving equipment and treatments. It’s life or death. This…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S TBT – THINGS I MISS WATCHING WITH GRANDMA My Grandma (Harris) and I clocked a lot of hours together watching TV. Between us just spending time over there, to the time when we were living there after my Mom’s divorce, back to just spending time there, to me living with her…

We got a notice in the mail that PG&E would be turning off our electricity for some kind of maintenance work on Thursday.  The power would be turned off for some period between 8-9 a.m., and again between 3-4 p.m. Okay. Got it. Even hung it on the refrigerator so we wouldn’t forget. Comes Thursday,…

Here we are.  All in “lock down”.  Not much going on. And it’s possible it may be quite a while before there is much theater going on. So what are you going to do? Well, there are some performing opportunities. Record yourself performing and, if you like it, post it on YouTube. Here’s the perfect…

I had a post all written for today. But then something sad happened. My brother-in-law Wayne passed away last night. It was not unexpected.  It was not COVID-19.  He had been fighting cancer for some time, and then they found it in his liver. He had been terribly ill. So there is some sense of…

Being fat is associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Okay. But like many conditions associated with being fat, fat people have a better mortality rate than non-fat people with the same condition. Obesity Is Associated with PH and Modifies Outcomes And here’s one for the boys. Fat men with prostate cancer, after a radical prostatectomy (removal…

Recently, my sister Linda and I were talking and she mentioned that she was so excited because Netflix has The Haunting of Hill House. I asked her if she was sure it wasn’t the TV series and not the movie (which, incidentally was named The Haunting, with Julie Harris); and she realized it was the…

I give up. Maybe FB just thinks fat OLD ladies are too much of Luddites to want to have an avatar. Well fuck you FB. Where’s my fucking avatar? No, I don’t have the purple button – anywhere. It’s not on my PC. It’s not on my iphone. It’s not there when I go to…

I know I’ve written about this before, but it bears repeating (and I’m probably thinking of it because I’ve been on an old episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race binge, since I just discovered episodes available for free through my Amazon Prime membership). Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. Accessories change costumes into clothing. Certain accessories are necessary for…

Can you sharpen nail clippers?  Or should you just toss them and buy new ones? Is it worth it to invest in some expensive ones – or just get a bunch of cheapos and toss them as they wear out? Now that I no longer bite my nails (thank you Gabapenten – better living through…