Not Anon

On a similar note to the last post I like this idea:

Tom Byrnes (he phrased it better, but this is the gist of it):

"Ask yourself this: Which is more important to you? Who is on the bus with you or where the bus is going?"

Source: http://www.danperlman.net/me.htm

This is really hard for me.

Pierre

Anon

That most prolific of writers, Anon, has been at it again. I scribbled this one down but before I could say 'Holy Caped Crusader' he was gone without revealing his identity.

'It is not our abilities that show who we are - it is our choices.'

Works for me - every time.

Pierre

A Point of View

For someone who does not normally remember dreaming it was alarming for me to discover this more obscure side effect of medication. Recently I woke up to find my head stuck up a cow's arse. As is the nature of dreams I have no idea how it got there or what happened to it next. What a shame we cannot take photographs of the things that go on in our heads. Still, at least I can be re-assured that my subconscious mind has a sense of humour to match its conscious counterpart. It does aptly sum up what has happened to me over the past year.

Pierre

In Rude Health

Starting to blog again is like coming home to find the dog barks at you as you enter.Everything is strange and yet strangely familiar. Anyway to business.

My health is now good after a whirlwind of treatment with impressive results. I still get tired and I still have another operation to come to sort out my walking - or lack of - due to a trapped nerve in my neck. After a lifetime as a workaholic, however, I now have a much reduced workload and a more laid back attitude. Yeah baby yeah!

The complaint has not produced a very good result. Basically the reply I had was not convincing and did not match the evidence. Although it is tempting to simply drop it I am still a perfectionist and can see some further mileage in it so I am going to refer it on to the Health Ombudsman and also the government department that deals with Health Service statistics. I remain convinced that the hospital is playing the government for a fool at the expense of its patients. Interestingly, my local MP kept well away from the issue presumably because a large part of his campaign, as an opposition MP, is to support the hospitals which means his position is compromised as anything other than a propagandist. Oh what a tangled web we weave!

I am going to try out a new approach to blogging from now on. Short pieces without pictures will be the order of the day with perhaps one longer piece per week. We shall see if I am capable of brevity. I have my doubts.