I love tongue-in-cheek-yet-hit-you-below-the-belt parodies. So, since I love ’em and this just happens to be my blog, I’m gonna share ’em.
Crossed Wires
Got into work this morning to find that my phones were out and I had no internet connections. Not good! Especially when a large part of your business depends on phones and internet connection. A frantic call to the telephone tech eventually brought sanity back into the place. The Bellsouth tech the day prior had […]
Fiddlin’ while Rome burns
Driving home last night I saw a sign advertising an Easter pageant. When I got home and turned on Rede Globo (the Brasilian television network we get by satellite), I saw all the wild and almost frenzied preparation for Carnaval which will start on Friday. An interesting contrast and a sad commentary. Carnaval is a […]
Getting naked with God
Being naked gives a giddy sense of freedom, doesn’t it? Have you ever been naked in a place that you normally wouldn’t be naked? It can be such a delicious sensation (and it can potentially be rather embarrassing!). Though not all of us have bodies that we would want to display in all of its […]
Damn(ed)!
Remember ol’ Gomer Pyle? Gooooollly. Incredulity, amazement, astonishment, wonder. That was the expression that came across my mind today as I sat with a patient. An intelligent, 30-something, successful banker. Married with a lovely family. Everything going for him. Enviable, really . . . You’d never guess the first words out of his mouth . […]