Category Archives: Medical Advice

saturday night listen

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 14, 2008
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graffiti and epistemology

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 10, 2008

because it’s raw and pure, it’s raw energy.” But rather than being an absent-minded character locked in the ivory tower of academe, Choe is running loose in the streets (dressed in slacks and blazer, can of spray paint in hand, skateboarding), being paid to destroy movie sets, and falling in love with oils in his [...]

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Meeting at Heart Attack and Vine

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 26, 2008

(A post in which we discover that the title has nothing to do with the content, even though there may have been a dim connection at some conceptual stage.) * * * I hate to disagree with Rage Boy, but I don’t get it. I don’t get why Jill Bolte Taylor’s schtick is so egregious. [...]

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Dancing Bears

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 6, 2008

[tags]dancingbear, dancing bear, hugh da bear, huge effing bear, hugh macleod, hugh’s whuffie, meth lab texas[/tags]

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Flatlined

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 2, 2008

Had a bout of tachycardia today, but I didn’t know what it was when it came on. Seemed pretty obvious I was having heart trouble though. Beth drove me to the University Hospital Emergency Room. I presented as a 63 old, overweight, male, lightheaded, experiencing dizziness, shortness of breath, clamminess, chest discomfort. They were kind [...]

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Right to Bare Arms…

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 7, 2008

Gun pwns Girl “Desert Eagle” compliments of Israeli Military Industries. Mean spirited shooting lesson compliments of the NRA, I guess. [tags]keep your tongue in your mouth[/tags]

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We’re all downwind

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 28, 2007

I went to the pharmacy to pick up potassium iodide tablets, just in case. They don’t stock them at my local Walgreens. The pharmacist laughed at me. “Concerned about radiation? Do you have gas masks too?” Oops. He lost a customer forever. Or for the next year, whichever comes first. On Friday, April 25, 1986, [...]

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