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Today's topic, of sorts.
I am a firm believer, whether you know me or not, whether you believe or not, that one must take full responsibility for their choices in life. As much as I'd LIKE to believe it, I do not believe there is some higher being making my decisions. There is no one in my life telling me what to do or what not to do. No one would dare TELL me what I should or should not do, not even my mother!
As you know, again, I have six cats. I choose, consciously, and in sound state of mind, to adopt these six cats and give them a good life, or at least as good a life as I could. I choose to feed them, give them fresh water, change their litter box as often as necessary, play with them, love them – basically, give them a good home and a good life and grow up to be healthy, beautiful cats.
I think, as much as I can, I've completed that task. However, the task is not finished. The task ends when a) I can no longer care for them (i.e., I return to Canada and am not able to bring them back with me), or b) and this will eventually happen one way or another, they pass away. The latter, I am definitely not looking forward to. I know it is inevitable, but it is still not something I count down the days until!
Nonetheless, I feel the same holds true for anyone who adopts an animal, adopts a child, or has a child. You have made a conscious decision to do one of these things. Therefore, you are responsible for the well-being and raising of said animal or child.
One of these responsibilities, especially when it has to do with real, live human children, is to give them a good home, feed them, make sure they get a decent education, and grow up to be responsible citizens of the human world. One area that I find parents, and NOT all parents, but a good majority fail in, is education. They feel that the education system is the be all and end all of their child's (or children's) learning process.
Education, again in my opinion, is a life-long process. There is ALWAYS something to learn. From little kids, we learn from our parents and/or siblings. When we get older, we learn from our teachers, friends, parents, and/or siblings. When we get older, we learn from our partners, employers, friends, teachers, parents, and/or siblings. One of the common denominators here is, PARENTS!
As parents, you are responsible for your child's life-long adventure into adulthood, whether you like it or not. Your beliefs, morals, judgments, attitudes, likes, dislikes, are all imprinted on this young and impressionable mind. I'm not going to go into a debate here on what is good or bad to teach children. I am not a parent, but an educator. Therefore, my only concern is children's learning, and in particular, English language in Taiwan.
A few years ago, an anginban asked me to write an article detailing how students can learn English. It took a lot of thought on my part, but as you can see with my blogs, it was not a small article. Interestingly enough, they reprinted the whole of my text on the inside cover of the notebooks provided by the anginban to the students.
One thing that I had mentioned, was for students to do their homework. Among other things, I suggested things like, reading magazines and books in English, watching the English-language T.V. stations, and listening to the radio. There is one station in Taiwan that broadcasts in English (and intermixed with Chinese).
In more recent years, I have come to the conclusion that parents must also play a bit of a role in their child's (children's) education. Only makes sense. As mentioned and reiterated, 'you' brought this child into the world, it is your responsibility to raise this child into a productive and responsible human citizen!
I read my mother's blog about how her parents, and of course her in later years with children, could not help their children with their homework. Okay, certain ways of solving problems, or the language has changed, or some other crazy thing has happened that make it almost impossible for the previous generation to help the younger. However, there are basics that can help.
Now, in Taiwan, most parents are unable to, or are not willing to use the English that they have learned. They are afraid of speaking to the foreign teacher, just as their children. What you do, gets imprinted on your kids! If you show them that you are afraid to speak, then how the hell do you expect them to react to foreigners!
I do notice a difference between the children that I teach. Those whose parents TRY to communicate with me directly, their children do the same. I see a consistent improvement in their child's English abilities. Those who refuse, and still want to speak Chinese, figure that I am not doing my work in getting their kids to speak or do their homework in English. Again, how can I make these parents understand that, what they do, their children will copy! Simple!
I do have another interesting situation. I have a parent who refuses, flat out, to try to speak with me. He finds it easier, of course, to complain to my supervisor, about problems he perceives with my teaching. He states that his child will not speak in English; the child doesn't understand anything I say; the child doesn't do their homework; when homework is done, the parent doesn't understand why I do the corrections I do!
Well, let me answer a few things after my 8, hardworking, somewhat quick years, educating students in Taiwan. First: your child will not speak in English, because you, parent, do not encourage it – either at home, or anywhere else. You've proven that by refusing to speak to your child's English teacher in his language! Second: the child understands the language at their level, but since you refuse to speak the language, how can you possible know that they understand or not? It's easier for the child to say they don't understand, than try to explain to a parent who DEFINITELY doesn't understand. Third: the child will only do their homework if they perceive from YOU, parent, that the homework is essential. If you don't care enough to check the homework, then why would the student care whether it's done or not. Fourth: when I do corrections, my question is: am I teaching the student or the parent?
I proposed a situation in my grade 8 classes today. I gave an example of where a non-English speaking parent was questioning my correction to his child's grammar. I then asked the students, why in Chinese, when there is a word for '2' (er), why they don't use it, except in counting? In all other instances, they use a different word in Chinese ('lien'). No one was able to tell me or give me a good reason… the response was '… because that's the way it is!"
Language is an ever-evolving thing. It's not like math. In math, there is 'black and white' – there is an answer! In a language, there is black, white, and grey! Yes, I can give the rules and situations, but there will always be 'an exception to the rule!" Take vowels for example. We are taught, as little children, there are 5 vowels: a, e, i, o, u. Suddenly, somewhere in about grade 7 or 8, once our little minds begin to think beyond comic books and cartoons, that there is another letter that is 'sometimes' a vowel – 'y'!
Why? I can't answer that. I don't know who in their right mind would decide that in the English language, one of the oldest languages of mankind, decided to say that 'y' could be a consonant or vowel. I can only teach that it is! Why do we put a 'k' before an 'n' word, and then not pronounce it? Who knows? It just 'is'!
To have someone who refuses to speak MY language question my ability to correct their child's work, ticks me off! It's one thing to have another English teacher, or an English-speaking person ask me a question like this, but if you blatantly refuse to speak my language, who are you to ask questions! You are encouraging your child not to ask questions, not to speak, not to practice, not to do their homework!
I feel that this question should have come from the child! And, since the child is only in grade 6, this level of question would not, or should not, have even occurred to the child. This is a parent that is trying, with all his might, to find fault with my teaching. I have been teaching English for 8 years! I have been teaching (period), for over 20 years of my life. As with any career-oriented position, I would much rather the question come directly to me, rather than a third party!
Have a little more concern with the fact that your child is actually doing their work. Take more time to get to know the teacher. Ask questions of the teacher, and not go through a third person. Explanations and ideas and reasons get lost in translation. I am better equipped to answer a question, if it is asked of me directly.
By the way, parent, have you considered taking private English classes? Perhaps you will learn something!


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It's Monday Oct. 7 and I thought the U.S. government shutdown would be over already and we'd be back to business as usual but so far we're not.
Maybe the U.S. House of Representatives would rather engage in fruitless and ultimately self-destructive antics than deal with real problems. One of those is the ever –deteriorating but less widely publicized financial problems confronting the U.S. Postal Service.
Even the New York Times has begun to notice Congress's apparent inattention to the postal issue, even as an aside to criticizing the whole government shutdown charade http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/opinion/nocera-those-banana-republicans.html?ref=joenocera&_r=0.
For the past few years the House, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has offered unpalatable postal reform bills that would gut the Board of Governors, effectively privatizing the USPS. Now, some argue that the GOP's next target may indeed be the postal service, according to Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2013/10/02/gops_next_victim_the_postal_service/singleton/.
Maybe some of these Republicans think that if they get away with their government shutdown plan they'll have an easier time shoving through unpopular postal reform legislation.
On Sept. 30, the USPS once again defaulted on its annual draconian payment of $5.6 billion to the U.S. Treasury to cover the healthcare costs of future retiring employees http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-usa-postalservice-finances-20130930,0,2588252.story
When this happened last year, it received a ho-hum reaction from the direct mail industry, which planned mostly to continue carrying on with business as usual and did not fear any serious disruptions in service.
This may have been because this powerful constituency—which accounts for a sizable amount of overall mail volume– isn't too concerned about postal default Congress isn't either.
Especially when the USPS has already defaulted on these payments at least two or three times before and nothing happened but a further worsening of the USPS's financial position.
Meanwhile, the USPS is seeking to negotiate its way out of this obligation, as Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe vaguely described in recent testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_078.htm.
But the more Congress continues to ignore the USPS, the more difficult it will find fixing the problem much of which Congress created in the 2006 postal reform law when it mandated the USPS pay this extortive amount to the U.S. Treasury.
Assuming Congress really wants to.

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My kids have been going through a couple of rough phases.
Now, they're good kids. Really good. And I think sometimes we don't acknowledge that as much as we should. Maybe sometimes we expect too much of them.
But they're smart. And we need them to know that we expect them to be the very best they can be.
Kent and I have been working hard to help them get through these issues lately. We spend most of our time together in the evenings just talking and researching and praying.
The idea came to me last week,
that my children might benefit from more attention. I'd already cut out all phone time/social media/internet browsing for me during the day, but maybe there could still be more I could give them.
As I was praying about it,
I had a thought that I should start doing something.
Enter, Mommy Mornings.
Nearly each morning now, we wake up, have breakfast, get dressed,
and then I spend fifteen minutes completely alone with each child.
We can do anything they want. They take the lead, and I am theirs, completely, for fifteen minutes.
It has become my favorite 45 minutes of the day.
Nicholas often chooses to just cuddle together on the couch and talk. We ask each other all sorts of questions. Then we'll jump up and play tag in the living room or hide-and-seek.
Ellie loves for me to play princess castle with her. We also color together, read, or go outside and paint rocks.
Christian mostly just jabbers away while I follow him around the house. We wrestle and tickle and give big slobbery squeezie kisses.
It's only 15 minutes, but it sets the tone for the day and lets them each know, on their own, that mommy loves them and cares about them enough to spend time just with them.
And that's turing out to be a pretty great thing.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Mommy Mornings
Posted by Becca and Kent at 7:56 AM
5 comments:
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Great idea
- July 25, 2016 at 9:54 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Great idea
- July 25, 2016 at 9:54 AM
- Megan Furniss said...
Awesome Becca! Great ideas for me to remember. I already give Reyna all my time but that's because she's my only one! I'm sure I'll need this when I have more kids. 😊
- July 25, 2016 at 5:26 PM
- Savanah said...
First of all can I just say, I woke up this morning to your comments on my blog and you absolutely made my day! Thanks for your sweet words, you're just a gem. Also, this post gets a two thumbs up from me! What a sweet and precious idea. I love love love your commitment to your children and what a sweet way to show each of them how much you love them. Way to go mama!
- July 27, 2016 at 12:39 PM
- Mike and Alli said...
You are just such a wonderful mom, Becca. Your kids are oh-so-lucky! Love you, friend.
- July 29, 2016 at 11:13 AM
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How to Wash Coleman Sleeping Bags
When was the last time you cleaned your sleeping bag? There are many things you can do to limit the need for washing, like always changing into clean clothes to sleep and never sleeping directly on the ground, but regardless, you will have to clean your sleeping bag at some point during its lifetime.
Taking proper care of this essential piece of camping gear can give it a longer lifespan. Here's what to do, and what not to do, when washing your sleeping bag.
The Don'ts of Sleeping Bag Washing
• Do not dry clean, as solvents used can be damaging to the materials that make up your bag
• Do not bleach
• Do not pack away damp, or wet. Make sure it is fully dry before storing.
Cleaning Your Sleeping Bag
There are two ways you can wash sleeping bags, either by using a front loading washer with a rotating drum (NOT agitator style), or by hand.
Washing Machine Method
Using a commercial front loading machine with a rotating drum, select a warm wash, cold rinse cycle. Use ¼ cup mild laundry detergent. To dry, tumble at a low temperature in a commercial dryer, or hang until completely dry.
Hand Wash Method
Fill bathtub with warm water and ¼ cup gentle detergent. Wash, then rinse with fresh, cold water. Dry using same method as above.
Sleeping Bag Storage
Once your sleeping bag is completely dry, fold or roll & store. Long time storage in the stuff sack is not recommended, as it can have an impact on the loft (or fluffiness) of the bag over time.


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The route covered some areas of the moor that the group not walked all that often which made it all the more interesting as far as I was concerned.
Naturally to fully appreciate the route and the footpaths followed the route should be related to a 1:25000 ordnance survey map of the area and of course to the description of the walk. The Leisure map no 28 of Dartmoor is the best one to use for all Dartmoor walks.
At 10 AM Maurice gave a very short introduction to the walk "we're off" and away we went.
We left the car park and turned along the road back towards Princetown.
The road can be busy sometimes and so we were quite pleased that after a few hundred yards we turned left, off the road and headed south east along a footpath and then onto open moorland.
After a couple of hundred yards we came upon a footpath sign, now in many parts of the country this signpost is obvious.
On Dartmoor to ensure the sheep also understand rather more graphic influences are applied and no one could mistake that this is a footpath sign with the boot on the top.
The footpath swung south after a half a mile and we headed down across slightly boggy ground towards a river at the bottom.
It looked as if it could prove rather difficult to cross but in recent years the Dartmor National Parks had placed some excellent wooden footbridges at strategic points and over the river there was such a convenient bridge.
We crossed Blackbrook river, turned right and headed upstream.
We disturbed a large heron from his fishing and he flew a short distance and waited, disdainfully, for us to pass.
We walked upstream for a few hundred yards until we could see a stone bridge, odd looking by Dartmoor standards, across the river.
There was another small bridge on the left side of the river and we crossed this footbridge and then swung left by the ugly bridge and headed south west, passing an outdoor adventure centre en route called Bachelor's Hill, just below the path we were following.
We continued along the wide bridleway as it meandered its way uphill through a small copse passing a house marked on the map as Bull Park. I imagine Bulls were 'parked' here!!.
Just beyond the house, we left the wood, walked through a gate and onto open moorland once again.
Shortly after passing through the gate the bridlepath offered a choice, take the left fork and up to the Crock of Gold or continue along parallel to a dry stone wall.
We chose the latter path and made quick progress along the bridleway for over a mile.
As we reached lower ground it became more marshy and once again the National parks had placed a strategic bridge at one point.
We walked up a slope to a footpath sign, ignored the turning to the right through the dry stone wall and continued up along by the wall until we met the Devonport Leat, constructed to carry water down to Devonport, a few hundred years ago.
The views from the leat were good and we had our morning break by the side of the leat.
We turned left and after the break, followed the leat for a few hundred years as it followed the contours around the hill until we could see the eastern side of the treacherous FoxTor mire.
We descended down into some low and, I imagine, very boggy ground in winter. Even in August it was still quite damp in places and we had to tread with care.
At the bottom there was the usual brook to negotiate and one or two ramblers needed a little assistance to leap across the brook.
We all managed it, none of us getting wet, with or without assistance.
From the other side of the brook we made our way up north east towards the top of Royal Hill, so called because of members of the Royal family who used to holiday in the area pre second world war.
We passed to the right of the top of the hill and made our way towards an exceedingly good example of a kistvaen and small stone circle, one of hundreds all over the moor.
As we were unsure of it's name, it was suggested and agreed the the Prince Maurice kistvaen was a suitable name to give it.
From the kistvaen we swung more east and found a footpath heading just south of east.
We continued along the footpath until we came across a cross roads of footpaths , indicating routes to Whiteworks, 2 Bridges, Hexworthy and the direction we wanted towards Sherburton.
We headed off north east, passing yet another dry stone wall and continuing along the edge of an enclosure until we saw another path, 90 degrees from the track we were on.
This track headed towards our lunch stop, just below an outdoor adventure centre called the Dartmoor Training Centre, visible 1 mile to the north west of us.
We followed the track heading in the direction of the centre, crossing over a small brook called Red Lake.
After some more minor undulations and another small brook to ford the bridleway turned into a new concreted road leading directly down to the adventure centre and up to the Prince Hall Hotel behind it.
We followed the concrete strip as it descended to the Adventure Centre and came upon a very nice old bridge just before the Centre over the West Dart River which we had first crossed as we left Two Bridges.
We crossed the bridge and stopped by the side of the river, just beyond the bridge, for lunch.
After lunch, we made our way up and around the Prince Hall Hotel, where, in addition to the hotel, there were quite a cluster of old farm buldings.
At the side of one of them, facing the narrow road we were walking, was one with dove roosting cotes on the side.
A quick stop to admire them and we were on our way up to cross the Two Bridges to Dartmeet road.
We turned right, walked along the road but only for a hundred yards when we followed a footpath sign off to our left which took us generally north, for just under a mile, towards the Cherrybrook Hotel, off the Two Bridges to Postbridge road.
I had always imagined that the Muddilake area would be quite wet but it was surprisingly firm and easy enough to cross.
Maurice had aimed for a 10 mile walk and we turned onto the road and walked along it, heading for Postbridge for 3 or 400 hundred yards until we came to the Powder Mills pottery turning. I was quite pleased to see the turning as main roads plus walkers equals danger.
We were soon approaching the pottery and just beyond it, another outdoor activities centre and residential complex.
We passed by this complex and approached the actual old Powder Mills area . There were many old derelict buildings and crushing mills in the area, whose wheels were driven by water carried by leats from the East Dart River, three miles to the north.
Why the old cannon? to test the gunpowder I guess.
The area is called Powder Mills as the prime activity here was the manufacture of gunpowder for the mines which proliferated in the area.
We stopped by one of the two very well preserved chimneys for an afternoon break and then we swung west and began our return to Two Bridges 2 miles to the south west of us.
We left the area through a kissing gate and followed a well defined footpath from Powder Mills along and then uphill.
En route we passed what looked like a scree field, not given a name on the map, perhaps it was an old mine working area, close as it was to Powders Mills.
We passed though a dry stone wall and a stile and up to the crest of a hill with Tors to the right at Longaford Tor and Littaford Tors to our left.
At the crest of the hill we turned left and made our way around the sprawl of the Littaford Tors area and made our way along a well used path leading almost due south.
We crossed a stile over yet another dry stone wall and continued south, making quick progress towards Crocken Tor, which sits above the road linking Two Bridges and Postbridge.
After a fifteen minute walk from Littaford Tor we were at Crockern Tor and admiring the views.
Crockern Tor is known as the site for the old Tinners parliament, centuries ago, although there is little to remind us now of it's prestige role, perhaps due to it's ease of access from the track which was probably once there where the road is now.
It is only just over a half a mile as the crow flies from Crockern Tor back to the car park at Two Bridges.
We took the direct route down over the hill, south west from the Tor.
We made our way through a gap in the stone wall and after a little dip into a small valley we continued up over the crest of the hill and there was the car park, the road and the Two Bridges Hotel below and ahead of us.
Down over the last hill to the path and through the gate and we were back at the car park again after a good paced 10 mile walk on a nice day for walking.
Personally, I had walked several areas that I had not covered before, particularly the area from east of Whiteworks right round and back to the Powder Mills area.
We thanked Maurice for his efforts and laid back leadership style and soon were on our way back to Plymouth, via Princetown and Yelverton.
Both Two Bridges and Postbridge are good starting points for Dartmoor walks with good car parking and scenic river walks along the West Dart and East Dart rivers respectively.


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Update January 9, 2013: It is my intention to completely overhaul this story and fix the countless errors its riddled with. It was written years ago and I never had a beta nor did I do a very good job of proofing at the time. As of right now, read at your own risk. 3
Leonard McCoy took a minute in his private office amongst the chaotic mess his shift had become. Four crew members taken hostage for two days, only just returned. For the most part, the majority of injuries were trivial. His nursing staff, under the careful watch of Chapel, were taking care of three. However, patient four was what had him pouring a shot of his secret stash. Downing it, he took a moment and schooled his features into the clinical but compassionate expression of Doctor McCoy; trained medical professional. He was a healer of the sick, hands as steady as any surgeon, a sharp eye and an even sharper tongue that could cut through any lies patients were want to tell.
His last patient for the day was waiting for him...counting on him. He had readied a private examination room instead of the curtained-off cubicles; the patient it contained was none other than First Officer of the Enterprise, Spock. His crewmate, his brother in arms against the ludicrous workings of the mind their Captain often seemed to lose. A reluctant, tentative friendship had spawned over the months; late meals in companionable silence, shared smirks across the bridge at Jim's bright-spirited antics, hell, tonight they had plans to play a game of chess. Not fucking likely...enough of this, pull yourself together for Christ's sake.
Walking out of his office, head high, shoulders back with the perpetual brow crinkle firmly in place, he strode up to exam room one. A small room with an examination table, sink, and cupboards is what waited for him on the other side...and Spock. Signaling his presence, Spock's voice permitted his entry. Thank God for that...
Spock was predictably standing next to the table, his facade of calm almost as bogus as McCoy's own. The shoulders slumped just a little, the hands were at their respective sides but were slightly facing outwards making him appear lost and childlike. The brow was crinkled and the side of his mouth occasionally twitched. Damn the protocol to hell. No one is touching him but me. This crew is mine to hassle, nag, and in the end, patch up and save.
Clearing his throat, he began the clinical assessment, "Spock, I'm going to ask you a series of questions before we proceed with the physical exam. Before I do either, I will let you know what to expect from this. First, I'll need a detailed-as-possible account of the events that occured so I know what to look for. Secondly, prior to the physical, I will require you to remove all articles of clothing and/or otherwise, and place it in this cylander." Producing a long, plastic, air-tight cylander to show what he meant, he placed it on the bed and continued.
"Thirdly, I am required to perform a full body swab, including your mouth, genitalia, anus, and under your fingernails. It's Starfleet regulation, so they can use it as solid evidence that an individual from a hostile, non-Federation planet has not only violated sanctions but also in full-awareness, attacked a Starfleet officer. These are both serious offenses."
He paused to gauge Spock's reaction to all of this. Nothing. God, can't you even let this Vulcan bullshit go after something like this happened to you. I'm your friend and your doctor, everything here is confidential...
"...Do you have any questions?"
"No, Doctor. I appreciate your detailing of this examination. Shall I disrobe now?"
Inside McCoy died a little at the hollow, empty voice. Swallowing, not caring that his voice sounded rougher with emotion than it should have in this situation, "Yes. When you are finished, there is a paper robe in the closet behind you. I'll be outside, just page when you're ..." finished "...ready."
He immediately took three, large strides away from the closed doors. His breath shaky, he pulled out his PADD and made himself appear occupied with work. He watched his fingers closely, hovering them over the screen. They trembled slightly, to which he cursed each one individually.
The beep from exam room one made him almost throw up. Walking back through the doors, he saw that Spock was still standing next to the table, and as tight as he had tied the sleeveless, calf-length robe around himself, McCoy could see the dark green bruise of a handprint around his shoulder. Not once betraying himself physically, he began what would undoubtedly be one of the worst, and emotionally compromised, examinations of his career.
"Computer, this is the medical log for patient two-three-nine, attending physician, Leonard McCoy. Patient will remain anonymous for the time-being. This record will also remain sealed until further notice, medcode alpha-six-nine, authorization McCoy-five-two-zero."
His eyes flitted up from his PADD to look at his patient. Only a doctor's eye would have noticed it...His thigh is shaking...
"Are you ready to begin?"
A nod.
"Please, walk me through the events that lead to your capture..."
A calm and military voice filled the room. This was the easy part...hell, all of them on board knew what happened regarding the mission fuck-up of the month. The bizarre-factor was mind blowing. So sure they had killed Nero, along with the rest of his crew...six months he was out there still. A handful of them, including Nero, had managed to beam out just before the blast. When they had somehow intercepted a transmission about the Enterprise's next away mission, Spock had been beamed away with Nero the second they materialized on the planet's surface. Two days with that psychopath...we all tried so hard to save you sooner. He grumbled inside...at least that bastard and his merry men were finally locked away, never likely to see the light of their beloved Romulus again.
"Thank you. Would you like a minute before beginning the physical? I can get you something to drink, or m-"
"No, thank you Doctor. I am properly hydrated and...eager to rest."
McCoy nodded, looking down for a moment...Eager to wash the filth of his hands off, I'm sure.
"Okay. Please, up on the table." He glanced to the side, giving Spock a moment of dignity, noting that he wasn't moving yet. Seconds ticked by and Spock was still staring at the table, as if willing it to obey his silent command.
Softly, "Do you require assistance?"
"...I may, yes. I believe that my...injuries have complicated the matter of fluid movement for the time being." Those human-eyes turned to him...pleadingly asking his help. Standing, he slowly helped Spock onto the step, a hand gently resting on the stiff lower back while he was leaned against. Again, only the eye of a doctor would notice the wince, but the quiet hiss of pain was like a fucking bomb going off in the room. McCoy, quickly as he could, had Spock's upper body down against the bed as to alleviate any pressure on his bottom half. Such a proud, strong man...this isn't right. I shouldn't be doing this exam. He shouldn't be here...
"Okay, let's try rolling onto your side. I'll need you to hold your knees to your chest."
McCoy prayed there were no injuries severe enough to impede the change in position. As invasive as this procedure would be, the stirrups would be avoided if possible.
Laying a hand on the warm shoulder, and the other hovering over hips, he gently nudged Spock to roll a few inches. A choked sob of pain escaped, and McCoy immediately laid him back out. A quick tricorder scan showed a rib fracture; too close to that lung. Please don't hate me...
"You have a rib fragment that's threatening to puncture your left lung. It will be aggravated with even minor twisting of your abdomen. I'm going to need you to slide down towards me. I need your feet in these stirrups
He noted that it seemed to be that request causing the Vulcan resolve to crumble. He had a feeling he would be pausing the medlog more than once throughout this procedure. After Spock's feet were nestled firmly in the cold stirrups, McCoy rolled his stool towards those pale, drawn together knees. Please don't make me have ask...
Shrugging into his latex gloves, he stretched above his head to grasp the bright, warm lamp and pull it down to their level. The knees still together, he glanced at the two pale hands threatening to dent both sides of his table.
"Computer, pause medical log." He breathed a long, heavy sigh and looked down, apologetic and almost ashamed. In his roughened drawl, he addressed his patient, his friend, around the lump in his throat: "Spock, I need you to open your legs."
Eyes locked to the ceiling, Spock's legs began trembling again. A visible swallow of a long pale throat...marred by a green bruise. Rage filled McCoy and he scowled furiously at the cold, tiled floor. He sniffed before looking back up to eye the trembling, silent form.
He hovered a hand over the knees, and assured quietly, "Spock. Please, I need to do this. I'll be quick, and I'll be gentle. I'm a good doctor."
Spock's eyes closed as his knees slowly gave in and parted. McCoy nodded to himself, "Computer, continue medical log".
Bringing the light in close, McCoy gently lifted back the gown and quickly swabbed around the abused anus, bloodied inner thighs, and around the cavity where Spock's penis was retracted. He refused to humiliate his commanding officer any further by asking him for a full penile sample. This would be more than enough. Before placing the samples aside, he swabbed the inner cheek and took a file under his nails.
"Okay, I'm going to proceed with a bodily examination to assess any internal damage. I will only be using my hands if medically necessary; I will be using a tricorder for most of this. I'm going to start with your head and base of your skull and then proceed downwards."
Taking his penlight, he tested pupil response and then gently applied pressure to Spock's forehead and temples. The flinch was expected; this was an intimate part of the Vulcan body. However, McCoy trusted good old fashioned, 21st century methods over modern when it came to examinations of certain body parts. I wonder of that bastard Nero mucked around in his head...
Continuing with the tricorder, he dictated: "No cranial damage nor does there appear to be any hemorrhaging to the brain. There is bruising along the throat, but no rupturing of glands or tissue. Appears to have sustained a minor fracture to the left shoulder. Major bruising along the abdomen, however, heart is functioning without any restrictions."
For a moment, he was struck with alarm when he felt the hem of uniform being clutched between desperate fingers. The Vulcan's heart rate was climbing. "Are you doing alright?"
The eyes, still glued to the ceiling, were shining with what appeared to be unshed tears. A blink and a swallow, the even voice replied, "Please continue, Doctor".
He ached inside as he pried the fingers away and entwined them with his own. With the computer ignorant to this breach of ethics, his voice never wavered as he began speaking once more, "All vertebrae are intact..."


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Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography was published in 2014. It is written by you. You are Neil Patrick Harris. You were born in New Mexico in 1973. From there, it's up to you to decide if you have a happy childhood or an unhappy one. You can choose to become the star of stage, movies, internet, and television – or merely dream of these things as you work in a sandwich shop.
You, Neil Patrick Harris, are the star of Doogie Howser, M.D. You play Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother. You appear in many movies, including Clara's Heart and Starship Troopers. You star in the internet series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Neil's Puppet Dreams. You perform magic. You perform on Broadway. You have a wonderful husband, and two terrific children. You can do any or all of these things, in any order, or you can do none at all. It's up to you.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography really is an autobiography, but it's presented in the format of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book. At various times in the story, you are presented with choices of where to go next. Sometimes, the choices are obvious: To get cast in How I Met Your Mother, turn to page 133. To hang out with Sir Elton John, turn to page 244. To meet Harold and Kumar, turn to page 102.
Sometimes, the choices lead to surprises. You go to a theater camp. Auditions start. Half of you go to the room on the left. Half of you go to the room on the right. If you go to the room on the left, turn to page 33. If you go to the room on the right, go on to the next page.
Sometimes the choices are silly. To hear from Barney Stinson, go on to the next page. To kill someone, turn to page 165.
This book is terrific fun. Buried within its non-linear pages are recipes, photographs, a crossword puzzle, and celebrity appearances.
Have I read this whole book? I'm not sure. It's difficult to tell with a format like this. It feels like I have. I've read various chapters multiple times in order to find the path to unread sections. I discovered the "hidden page" (for which the book both congratulated and scolded me) while I was flipping back to a previous chapter.
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Reality Bites Hard
Ah, the gulf between imagination and reality.
What I felt I looked like last night:
What I actually looked like last night:
Sigh. Somewhere inside me, my inner DDB struggling to get out, but he's drowned in the sea of bloating booze. Ah well.
Great gig last night. Longer description and more comments later, when my hangover wears off a bit...


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I entitled my last post, "Whirlwind" because the weekend I was writing about was just that - a whirlwind of activity in a short period of time. That's what I could call this entire week that just ended, too. My goodness, it was busy! I am hopeful that this next week will be easier - maybe. I had wanted to sit down with my notes from the weekend and re-absorb them all. I wanted to develop a plan for building my "platform" (magazine and blog article successes that a future agent will look at when deciding whether or not to represent you and your finished book). But I didn't get any of that done. This next week is the start of school, both for Ben and hopefully for the other boys. Why I think I'm going to get anything extra done with that going on, I don't know. Unless, maybe falling back into a routine will enable me to get more done. I don't know!
I actually did get everything done on today's "to-do" list. But that's because I gave myself a shortened list. I'm not sure that counts!
Paul's parents came up yesterday to go to the state fair with us. Why a set of 70 somethings would think it's fun to tramp miles all over a hot fairground, I have no idea. I certainly do not enjoy it, and I can't imagine being 30 years older than I am now and being willing to do such a thing. So, of course, I had to spend Thursday cleaning my house. Then we went to the fair yesterday. This year, the weather has actually been milder than normal during the fair. But when you're out in the sun all day, it's still hot. I just really do not enjoy the fair, although most Iowans seem to think it's the best thing since fried twinkies on a stick. Actually, this year's newest "stick" item was fried butter on a stick. That has got to be one disgusting treat! But anyway, the vendors don't change, the animals don't change, the long walking doesn't change. But yet, I keep getting dragged back again and again.
They spent half of today at our house, too, playing board games with the boys. I made a nice lunch and then had to rush off to attend a bridal shower for a friend. They assured me that they would be gone by the time I came home, but they weren't. They were all playing Yahtzee when I walked in.
I think the boys had fun at the fair. Will upgraded his phone at the US Cellular booth and added texting to his line. He's paying for it himself! Ben contented himself with a foot-long sucker that left sticky trails all over his face and neck. David waited all day to buy himself some cotton candy, and I found a sturdy hand-made wooden sword (only $5!) for Sam at one display area. I'm glad somebody enjoyed themselves! Afterwards, we all went to Pizza Hut and I about fell asleep right in my cheese.
My feet and legs were just throbbing when I went to bed last night but they weren't too bad today. That's good because I had enough other aches and pains. My sciatic nerve flared up earlier this week and it's always the worst in the morning, after I've been laying down all night. It's not waking me up in the night any more when I roll over so I know the inflammation is going down, but it's still pretty painful. And then Thursday I dropped my iron on big toe and just smashed it. Fortunately, it wasn't a hot iron. I knocked it off the dryer and it went flying onto my foot. There was blood everywhere - completely ripped away all the skin from the nail. It's nasty - and painful!
Sam has had his share of troubles this week, too. When I came back Sunday night I was alarmed to see how inflamed his poison ivy rash had gotten in my absence. In fact, after I gave him a bath on Sunday evening he just screamed and screamed for a good half hour. Now, I think some of that was him "playing" me, but he definitely wasn't comfortable. I was all set to take him to the ER, but then he did calm down enough to go to sleep. The next day I took him to his doctor. On top of the poison ivy, he had a secondary infection - pus all over his little leg. So we started a steroid/antibiotic cream regimen. He's been bandaged up like a mummy all week long, but he's definitely on the mend now. It never did spread to his face - just his arms and legs.
And we got troubling news about Will's ears this week. We have known for 4 years that he has a hearing loss in his left ear. But I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the dr. who did his sports physical in July thought he had a loss in his right ear, as well. So on Tues. of this week both of us went to see Dr. Greiman, my ENT up at Mercy. Since I am deaf in my right ear and getting older, my left ear hearing is slowly fading. Actually, my report came back good again this year - very little change from last year's test.
But then they put Will in the sound booth and it just about broke my heart to hear the recorded voice instructing Will to say certain words and he was mute because he didn't hear them. I don't mind being half-deaf myself, but I hate that my child is! I have managed to cope just fine and I suppose Will will, too. He's not going to have any choice, but I just hate that he has to deal with this. Anyway, the dr. said that Will has the hearing of a 40 year old man. His left ear is quite severely damaged and the right has some loss as well, although not nearly so much as the other. He's probably going to need hearing aids within the next few years. However, the dr. does not think it is hereditary. He believes Will's loss was caused by loud noises and mine by a fever I had as a baby.
He gave a lot of suggestions for protecting the rest of Will's hearing. I was ready to have him hang up his gun, but the dr. told us that there is a product that should enable him to still be able to hunt. It's called "Game Ears" and apparently it's some sort of headset that actually amplifies the approach of the deer and then shuts down when a gun is fired, protecting the ears. But Will HAS to protect his hearing around power tools (we got him some earplugs on a string to wear) and when listening to music. Even before his appointment, Will went to Walmart and bought some over the ear earphones to replace his earbuds. Although, he has always been really careful when using his mp3 player. It's Ben's ears I ought to worry about when it comes to music.
In the big scheme of things, hearing loss is not that big of a deal compared to other things - including some of the things his brother has to deal with, physically. And I don't think anyone gets through life without having something go wrong with their bodies. But I don't have to like it. And I don't!
We are getting our house re-financed now. The appraiser comes next Friday. So Paul has been working like a madman, trying to get things done enough for the house to appraise where we need it to. He finished the little bit of sanding around the office door and got paint on it. He hung some more shelves up for me out here in the office. He and Will got the wall frame built for the basement and I think they're stringing the electrical and putting up the styrofoam as I type this.He even stuck some drywall up over the bare wall out in the stairwell over the basement steps. The kitchen is getting pushed out that way when we start remodeling it but he thought it would look better for the appraiser with the drywall up. He's so busy. He has a number of side jobs to be moving on, as well. Actually, I'm grateful because hours are thin right now and the side jobs are the only way that we're able to pay the bills. But his head is just swimming with all these details and trying to figure out what to do when. Tomorrow he'll miss his Sunday nap again. One of our neighbors broke his hip earlier this summer when his giant dog knocked him down. His son, who lives with him, has hired Paul to extend out a deck and build a wheelchair ramp for when his dad comes home - which should be happening this week. So Paul has to spend tomorrow afternoon at Menards buying the material for that. I'm grateful, though - grateful for the way God is providing our needs and grateful for my hard-working husband.
I had another thought about the FaithWriter's conference I wanted to share. There was one unique factor about this gathering of people. Normally, when I am in a group of people, there's a good mix of talkers and non-talkers, extroverts and introverts. I used to be more extroverted (as Paul once said, I used to be "fun"!). But age and maybe maturity has changed that over the years. I'm much quieter, especially in a group setting, now. I'm not one to speak just for the sake of hearing my own voice and I am not the person greeting somebody new. Like I said a couple of weeks ago, my Melancholy is really showing these days! But at this conference, there was a whole lot of standing around and looking at eachother. Oh, there were a couple of more spirited women there, but for the most part, everyone was pretty quiet. If a conversation was struck up, then there would be chattering, but it wasn't what you could call vivacious. I puzzled on this a bit and then it hit me: most of these women (and a few men that were there) were just like me! That's what gives us all our creative and sometimes moody edge. Duh! It was definitely a unique gathering.
Well, I think I am headed for a bath. The boys are all eagerly watching IPTV, which airs coverage of the previous day of the state fair. Since we went yesterday, they are hoping to catch glimpses of themselves on tv. There were only 10,000 people there - I'm sure they'll see themselves!
I do need to get Sam to bed. He didn't nap at all. Right now he is alternately standing on, lifting, and sitting on a watermelon that Paul's mom brought for us. I'm thinking this can't end well. I just mopped Thursday - don't want to do it again any time soon. Uh, oh - the kid just retrieved his new sword and brought it out to the kitchen. That watermelon is definitely headed for a bad end!


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Guys…I don't know how to tell you this but you remember Paul right? He did a piece on here awhile back which made us all chuckle and forget our worries? You know…this one. Remember how he USED to be alive? Well…he's more "Undead" now. I didn't really know how to tell you this story using human words so I decided to get the story straight from the Zombies mouth. That's right…Paul is a Zombie now.
August 3rd 2012 01:20am
Location: Vancouver, Canada… eh.
The story had taken over almost every TV station within minutes. An incident in which 6 animal liberation activists (hippies) broke into a Vancouver laboratory and are caught by a mad scientist while trying to free some chimpanzees being used for medical research. Despite the warnings of the chief mad scientist that the chimps are infected with a virus dubbed "damn dirty ape disease" which he claimed is highly contagious and only takes one bite or cheeky wink to spread. Unfortunately those damn hippies open the cages anyway releasing the shit flingers. One particularly frisky chimp attacked a female activist immediately infecting her; she in turn infects the other members of the group, including the chief scientist when he attempted to kill her. Exposure, Infection and Outbreak… All in one evening.
August 3rd 2012 9:20am
Location: London, England… yeah baby!
During these events, I had just boarded my flight departing an Olympic frenzied London on my way back to Vancouver. The pilot made announcements during the flight that he had lost contact with ground control at our destination however he still intended to safely land the plane with or without their assistance.
After a shaky landing we departed the plane on the runway and made our way to the airport entrance. The airport building itself appeared deserted, seemingly empty and eerily quiet. I waited 3 hours for my bags, everyone aboard my flight had already left long ago. With no one manning the information desk and several fun filled trips through the X-ray machine I decided to leave too.
Outside, I discovered a deserted Vancouver with signs of catastrophe everywhere. I look at my phone… no signal. Trying to find someone, anyone I stumble across a group of people, eating flesh, the flesh of the other passengers aboard my flight! As I approached they spotted me and tried to attack. I fought the first wave off with a stainless steel kettle I 'borrowed' from an unmanned airport café. The clanging of the kettle against there skulls made a noise similar to a Chinese gong and attracted hordes of the freaks.
I ran to a nearby gas station with the zombies giving chase. In the last minute, thinking quickly, I burst threw the stations store doors, grabbed a box of matches, returned to the forecourt and doused the entire area in petrol. Whilst leaving all the pumps running I hastily return to the store, barricading the door behind me. When I was sure the entire horde was on the forecourt I calmly put on a pair of cheap sunglasses, lit a single match, looked at the horde and said ''nice day for a barbeque'.
That clever quip was followed by a skillful flick of a single lit match through a small cracked opening on the window the head zombie managed to cause with his fucked up head. The flame ignited. Without looking back, I headed for the back door; bursting forth I made a dash through the stations car park followed by a cool as fuck dynamic slow motion leap over a huge mother fucking pick up truck at the point of explosion…. And I never looked back… not fucking once!
I had little time to celebrate my epic manliness as I realized that the blast no doubt attracted zombies from a 10 mile radius so I after searching a few cars I find a set of keys in an abandoned police cruiser and got the hell outta dodge.
Cruising towards downtown thinking that would be my best hope in finding some shred of humanity or at least a McDonalds that is still serving breakfast… no such hope. I stopped at a dive bar on the outskirts of the city. Taking two pistols I found in the glove compartment I decided to drown my sorrows for a while. After clearing the place of its undead residents I pour myself a scotch and watch the emergency broadcast bulletins on the pubs TV. This is where I first learnt how the breakout happened and that Vancouver was put on lockdown… nobody in and nobody out.
Realizing how fucked I am I turn to my only friend in the world, the one that's been there since the beginning, through the good times and bad…. my one true pal…Mr. Hard Liquor. A bottle of 25 year old Whiskey and a fist full of pain killers went down a little too smooth and before I knew it I was a one man karaoke competition on the pubs jukebox. It took little time for the hordes to hear my epic rendition of 'You Gave Love a Bad Name' that would put that dick Bon Jovi to shame (I did sing it 14 times after demanding encores from myself). The zombies pushed open the doors I forgot to lock and made their way towards me on the stage. I put the mike on its stand, took aim with my pistols and served up some hot lead without messing up a single fucking song line LIKE A BOSS. The pistols loud echoing bang turned into a hollow sounding click… the chambers were empty. The song ended and I got no applause (they were a tough crowd). One last swig from the bottle… then everything went dark.
I awoke several hours later in a daze with a headache that could slay a yeti on steroids. With no memory of the night before and a mouth as dry as Gandhi's flip flop I spot the pub washroom and crawl to the sink within. Taking several mouthfuls of the filthy water I realize I'm more extremely hungry than thirsty. I rub my eyes, gaze at the mirror and upon seeing the butchered remains of my once glorious face I panicked, realizing my modeling career was over before it even got started I turned quickly to run away but tripped over my own intestines that were hanging from my stomach the whole time.
"Wanna know how I got these scars?"
2 weeks have passed since that fateful day and I've been finding it hard to adapt to zombie life (the work is hard and the pay is shite). It's not easy making friends either as the other zombie kids beat me up, rip of my limbs or steal my food (brains). Irish Zombies are a few and far between you see and the accent doesn't go down as well as it did before the outbreak… especially not with the senoritas…
Undead life be a harsh mistress.
"This lad wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed and gave us horrendous diarrhea"
"Welcome to my crib MTV, Lemme show ya my rides 1st"
The Zombie formally known as Paul.


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This coming weekend's robot-versus-monster epic "Pacific Rim" isn't all about giant robots fighting giant monsters. (OK, yes, there are a lot of giant robots and there are a lot of giant monsters.) There are humans involved, too. Namely, the humans who pilot the giant robots.
Charlie Hunnam (best known for starring as Jax Teller on "Sons of Anarchy") plays Raleigh Becket, star Jaeger (i.e. "big robot") pilot whose talents are one of the only things preventing Earth's destruction. We spoke to Hunnam about the pressure of headlining an expensive blockbuster (with the "Pacific Rim" budget near a reported $180 million, this is Hunnam's biggest film to date), and, well, what it's like to act in a movie in which the co-stars are giant robots and giant monsters. And Hunnam offers a quick trip down memory lane in regards to Judd Apatow's other sort-lived television series, "Undeclared."
For people who don't know anything about "Pacific Rim," I feel the commercials create the biggest "What is this movie?" reaction of the summer.
Yeah, absolutely. And I think that was one of the big draws for me of the movie. And I totally understand why people would be curious but, also, unsure. American moviemaking has become very safe and a little bit lazy in that regard. In this current landscape that we're dealing with, it's all sequels and adaptations and remakes of adaptations.
It's weird to say this, but it's actually risky to make a big budget "robots versus monsters" movie.
Yeah, because it's all about marketing costs and stuff like that. For instance, "The Lone Ranger," everybody knows the Lone Ranger and, so, you kind of know what you're getting right away and people feel comfortable with that, you know? People have a small amount of free time in this day and age and it's expensive to go to the movies. It's nice and safe and people know what they're going to get. But, I'll tell you what, if people go and see this movie, I guarantee they won't be disappointed.
With someone like Henry Cavill right before "Man of Steel" came out, there's obviously pressure on him because he's the new Superman. You're the lead in this movie, but is it different? I feel the success or failure of this movie is based more on the concept as opposed to the actors.
I have to be honest, I have never really put much thought or energy into worrying about how a movie or a TV show -- or anything that I've done -- performs. But for this one -- it's certainly not, I'm sure, the pressure Henry Cavill felt, but there is a certain amount of pressure ... not a "certain amount of pressure," but I haven't been able to shake a certain expectation of what it could do. Because, in great success, it makes it much easier for me to go and get another movie that I care about.
But, also, I feel a certain responsibility that these people at Warner Bros. have spent an enormous amount of money and they chose to hire a guy who nobody really knows. I don't bring a massive fan base of my own to the project. So, I do feel a slight responsibility that I hope I did a good enough job -- and we did a good enough job in the movie -- that they can get a little bit of a return on their investment.
At the same time, I don't think anyone will stop watching "Sons of Anarchy" if "Pacific Rim" doesn't do well.
No, no. And I guess more than any responsibility, you know, there's a big responsibility for Guillermo and I just love him like a brother. He's become a dear friend of mine and we're going to go make another movie together in the spring. So I guess that I hope that, more than anything, it's a giant success for him so that he can keep making fantastic movies like he always has.
Are you talking about "Crimson Peak"?
It's a much, much smaller movie. It's like a Jane Austen-style, haunted house ghost story. It's a really, really wonderful cast he's put together.
There are a lot of practical effects in "Pacific Rim." What's the weirdest thing you saw is a "I've never seen that before" kind of way?
The strangest thing: I had anticipated there being some challenges with this and, actually, the challenges were much less than I had thought they would be. I realized that the environment is not as important as I thought it was. What's really important is having other actors that are there and engaged with you.
I feel like in the last few years that you're having a nice run lately. You were in some interesting movies in the mid-2000s, but they seem really spaced out. Are you noticing a difference?
Oh, a tremendous difference.
Did you ever get worried that things wouldn't work out?
Yes. Of course. Definitely. What was most important to me is that I always cared about the movies that I was making. I didn't just want to "work." In all those periods of time where I was working only once every two years in relatively small roles, I had the opportunity to be working the whole time. But, I just didn't because I felt like the early years of an actor's career it's imperative that you establish yourself doing the type of work that you want to do for the rest of your career. And not kind of cheapen yourself.
What were you turning down?
A lot of movies. I was really only looking at movies at that time. And at that time they were making many more movies than they're making now. It was really frustrating because there were directors that really liked me and wanted to hire me that I wanted to work with that were doing great, interesting stuff. Then they would get to the studio and the studio would say, "Listen, we think he's great, but he's not really a big enough star to justify hiring at this budget" -- so I wouldn't get the job. Then, the stuff I wasn't really interested in doing, I was getting offered left and right. I just was very stubborn and tenacious about only doing the type of work I wanted to do and I just felt like I'd rather do nothing than do something that I'm not really, really passionate about.
That sounds risky.
Well, I mean, it was risky in that-- I mean, not really. I felt it was riskier to go and do work that I wasn't passionate about. Because if I didn't believe in it, why would I want to go and do it. But, also, if I didn't believe in it, I felt like I wasn't going to perform as well as I could.
Is there a specific example of something we would know?
Oh, I wouldn't want to name names because, you know, some guy went and did the role. But, yeah, there was a lot of stuff. I mean, I can talk more generally: there was a lot of action films and I got offered a slew of horror films. You know, just different stuff -- teen drama stuff and some romantic lead type of stuff. Not all of it terrible, just not specifically what I wanted to do.
I feel that, compared to Judd Apatow's "Freaks and Geeks," his other series,"Undeclared," that you were a big part of, doesn't get quite the attention it deserves.
Yeah, I mean, it was tonally very, very different. But, yeah, we put everything we had into that show. We really loved it and were pretty devastated when it got canceled. The problem with that show is it never really had a chance. I mean, I think 17 episodes aired over the course of, I don't know, 25 weeks? In three different time slots. So the goal post kept changing. And Judd, again, was very tenacious in doing exactly what he wanted to do. You know, Fox had wanted us to put a laugh track on and he said no -- and that kind of led to another argument. And they couldn't quite agree on what the show was going to be.
Mike Ryan is senior writer for Huffington Post Entertainment. You can contact him directly on Twitter.


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Doctor insights on:
How Long Does A Muscle Strain Last In Your Leg
Knee tenderness, above kneecap comes &goes last 4 wks.Swelling at first, much reduced. Still not 100%.How long to heal?Feels like muscle/tendon strain
Above + quad tendon: If it is ur quad tendon, u will b symptomatic especially decending stairs, inclines, squats, or lifting on a leg machine. U should c an orthopedic surgeon and b sure there is not a small persitant tear. Only cn on mr. U may just have 2 modify ur activity until all ssx gone. That's why an mr is good 2 have, if there is a tear, it will always b a problem, and may b a surgical one. ...Read more
Muscle (Definition)
It is a body tissue that has the ability to contract. It shortens and generates force. It relaxes and returns to its original length. Muscles move joints, stabilize the body, move air and food through the organs, act as valves for bladder, bowel and other organs. They control movement of the eyes. They help us express ourselves by changing the shape of our ...Read more
How long it takes for muscle strain in calf to heal ?
Wide range: At the worst, some don't heal w/o surgery or at all. But those are the rare, severe ones. Usually by 8 - 10 weeks you'll be past it. But there are so many variables. Your original condition, how bad it was, how healthy you are, how protected you keep it, etc., etc. Live extra healthy - no bad habits + good nutrition, rest, etc., Be patient! Best! ...Read more
I had a sudden Thigh muscle strain lasts for three consecutive days. Is that normal? and i didnt do any sports.
Spasm?: Could be muscle spasm, which can occur in the absence of physical strain. Often this is exacerbated by dehydration or electrolyte disturbances. ...Read more
Stood on one foot for 20-30 min. while rinsed cut on other foot. Now hamstring pain. Tear? Or just muscle strain from standing on one foot too long?
Strain: muscle strain from the muscles having to work harder than they were used to ...Read more
I sprained my ankle about a year an a half ago. It is still bothering me. The doctor I went to today said it was a muscle strain. Isn't that too long ?
Follow up.: Muscle strains usually shouldn't last more than 2 weeks. If they do further workup with imaging that includes x-rays, MRIs, can help. Orthopedic surgeon, and physical therapy options are also available. Most commonly after trauma, arthritis is usually a complication that is chronic in nature. X-rays can usually identify this cause. ...Read more
What can I do to treat a muscle strain in my leg?
Leg sprain: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, plus checkup by your pcp. ...Read more
I have a pain in my leg that I think may be muscle strain. What can I do that help it?
Rest: Strain is basically a muscular inflammation due to injury or irritation. As per therapy, ice/heat, rest, and antinflammatories can help. Sometimes your doctor can prescribe muscle relaxants if so needed. ...Read more
It hurts to lift my leg and its kind of weak and painful..Do you think this is a muscle strain from the pt exersices?
Could be or from the:
back, from where the nerves come out to the muscles in the rest of the leg. Kindly see your PCP or a Orthopedics Doc.
Good luck. ...Read more
I have muscle strain on my right leg. Can't put body weight on my leg. ?
should B able: A muscle strain will not inhibit u from putting weight on ur le, but a fracture will. Get in 2 c an ortho or get 2 an er. ...Read more
I have pain on right leg due to muscle strain i walk a kilometer a day is that ok?
Probably: Not sure where your muscle strain is but if it hurts to walk or causes u to limp then rest from your walk for a few days would be helpful.See your physician if your'strain' is not improving. Good luck! ...Read more
Have possible calf muscle strain. Have elevated and iced nearly 24 hrs. Now seeing a vein popped out running down lower leg. Am i treating this right?
Blood clot: If you have calf swelling and pain, you really should be checked out to make sure you don't have a blood clot. If that test is normal, then rest, ice and some physical therapy should allow the calf to return to normal. ...Read more
Pain below nee back of both legs.woke up like this.hpopaven't exercise.feels like severe muscle strain.feels like its pulli in both legs when walking?
Need to see a : Doctor ASAP to rule out a DVT. While a muscle strain is plausible as is a bakers cyst any pain to the posterior leg should always rule out a DVT which could be life threatening and it does not matter that the presentation is bilateral. ...Read more
Dr gave me 1cm heel lift for r leg. I wore for halfa day.now have pain inner r thigh abductor muscle area when I walk. Muscle strain?Anything serious?
Too much Lifting.: Not knowing the reason you were given a heel lift aside, you need to stop using the lift. Call the doctor and explain your new symptoms. The lift height may have to be lowered in order to affect less change over a longer period of time. I would not continue with the lift again until the pain resolves. ...Read more
Sore upper back left calf.Felt it when I tried stretching my legs this morning about 12hrs ago.Could it be just muscle strain or smthing more serious?
Most likely strain: Your symptoms are mostly a strain. I would recommend watching it to see if it improves since the symptoms started less than 24 hours ago. More history needs to be known in order to say for sure if this could be something more serious. If you're really concerned or have other medical problems, I recommend you see your doctor for further evaluation. ...Read more
Im having really strange pain in my left leg. It ususally hurts most at night, it doesnt feel like a muscle strain and theres no bruising or swelling it just hurts so much then suddenly disappears. It doesnt have to do anything with my movements it just r
See your doc: see your primary care doctor for an examination. ...Read more
Calf pain in isolated area right leg. 19 year old, Male, Skinny. Blood Clot? or Muscle strain? Did masturbate earlier in the day, unsure if related.
Tough to say: Statistically, it would be a muscle strain/sprain, but without a proper exam you can not know if it is something more serious like a blood clot. Masturbating would most likely have nothing to do with it. ...Read more
Got up with my leg asleep. Moved funky and have had slight calf pain. No pain walking. Just tender. Blood clot?! or muscle strain? 25 yrs old.
Not a clot: Most likely a muscle strain from the mechanism and situation described. ...Read more
I severely strained my calf muscle due to a freak accident. I can put weight on it with crutches. How long will it take for the strain to fully heal?
6-8 weeks: If you only strained the muscle 6-8 weeks to completely heal. If you think it is a serious tear or something more please have it checked by a physician. ...Read more
Did sprints 10 days ago in the cold. Still feel soreness (continue to exercise daily). Did i strain my quad muscles? How long will i be sore?
Probably: If you did sprints and now feel discomfort in your quads w/ walking and esp.Stairclimbing than you did. Muscle strains( depending on severity) of the quads in your age group can take 2-6 weeks to heal.Best to avoid sprinting or fast jogging for ~4-6 wks to avoid re- injury. Gl! ...Read more
Ankle pain on both sides. Doc said injury caused by strain due to walking. Does wearing orthotics cause more long term problems or weaken muscles?
Orthotics should :
Not cause long term problems they should do the opposite.
I do not believe orthotics weaken muscles. ...Read more
Can a one year old child pull a muscle or strain their leg? My daughter is very active and it pains her too walk? Any thoughts?
Sprain vs. Fracture: If she is not able to put weight on the leg, she needs to have X-rays taken. There are certain fractures, most notably toddlers' fractures of the tibia, that are often diagnosed clinically even if X-rays are normal. These injuries need to be immobilize to ensure proper healing. ...Read more
I've just started to get sharp twinges of pain up my legs with no muscle injury or strain from exercise... Any idea what the problem is?
Nerve associated: With only those brief details, these 'twinges' could be nerve pain possible stemming from compression... especially if the pain 'shoots' down your leg. It could just be inflammation compression the nerve. Try to give yourself a few days rest from physical activity and see if that improves. Consider a trial of NSAIDs for a few days, as indicated. But if it persists, see a physician. ...Read more
Pubic symphysis adjustment for chronic quad strain results in hypersensitivity of muscle and nerves in leg. Is this a quad problem still? or pubic?
See below: Sounds like you're only seeing a chiropractor for this. These could be two separate problems. I would recommend seeing an orthopedist or physical medicine and rehabilitation physician for a second opinion. ...Read more
I have a muscle tear or strain in my knee. It's now causing my foot to swell and pain occasionally to go up my leg. Should I go back to the dr?
It can get worse.: It certainly seems reasonable to seek the advice of a specialist that is experienced at treating knee injuries, if that is what you truly have. Seeking the help of an orthopedic surgeon would probably be a good choice. ...Read more
When I bend my leg I have pain in joints and my joint bones feel like popping. A little bit of strain is experienced in my calf muscle as well.?
Muscle or joint: Hard to put these two symptoms together. This could be joint pain, it could be muscle pain, or could be the two together this is something you need to have evaluated ...Read more
31-34 wk preg, 48 hrs of achey leg muscles, hard tummy, back strain, hip/ligament pain from spreading, but reg baby movement. Normal to feel like this?
Please call your OB: Everything you are describing you can get except your abdominal area should not be hard, please call your OB to make sure that your OB does not want you to be checked to r/o premature labor or other, a person that does pregnancy message should be bale to help with all the other symptoms. ...Read more
Iam 27 and my wife 25 we are recently married...She always have pain in body muscles and joints..Swollen legs and which also give strain to hip bones?
Many possibilities:
Let your wife see an internist and be tested for osteoarthritis, rrheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune conditions e.G lupus.
Blood tests are in order to check for kidney, liver and heart problems.
Xrays would help for diagnosis.
God bless you friend! ...Read more
I have "compartment syndrome of thigh muscles" . How do I find a specialist for treating it.Also for "greater trochanteric synd injuries involved ankles, knees, hips, with strain to soft tissues of both legs which was followed by upper and lower swellin
Go to the ER: Compartment syndrome in my opinion as a general surgeon is a surgical emergency. Seek help immediately. ...Read more
What should I do with muscle strain in thigh?
Rest/ice/compress/PT: Initial rest in a relaxed position to prevent further injury along with ice and compression (ace wrap) will hel control pain and swelling and allow for early healing. Once pain is tolerable, physical therapy is indicated to maximize return of motion and strength. If the mucle injured is the quadriceps (top of the thigh), immobilization in maximal flexion (knee bent) is indicated to limit stiffness. ...Read more
Can muscle strain and pain in the hip radiate to thigh?
Yes it can: Pain radiate to thigh from hip problem is not unusall. ...Read more
Muscle Strain (Definition)
Muscle strain, also called a pulled muscle, is a condition where a muscle or its tendon is overstretched and torn leading to pain, decreased range ...Read more
Aching Muscles (Definition)
Soreness ...Read more
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