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How did this car get up on top of the shed? There is a "No Parking" sign and a "Reserved Parking" sign.  Wouldn't it be just like in the movies if the car went hurtling through the air and landed on the shed ? ! Maybe the police were following close behind. Maybe the driver crawled through an open window and got away!

It feels good to share some of my worries.  The procedures are fascinating, as if happening to someone else!    Here are the procedures I'll soon be having: ~A Percutaneous Disc Removal (minimally invasive technique).  Hopefully he won't have to remove too much.  From an MRI the doctor found a disc piece about the size of a marble pressing against a nerve. ~An  EMG/NCS nerve conduction test on my thighs. ~Possible MRI on my thighs. The New York Hospital for Special Surgery is working on setting up a way to do these procedures on the same day.  It takes about 6 hours for me to drive to New York City so this would be a tremendous help. Even though the procedures will be at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery (they handle sports injuries and use up to date techniques); I'm still a little nervous.  A few years ago I had back pain and tried epidural injections.  It only helped a little but when I began taking...

At home in my daughter's apartment. New addition due in September.

We stayed over my daughter's apartment while visiting the New York Hospital for Special Surgery to have my back pain evaluated. My daughter recently adopted a puppy. They named him Artic. Training him is requiring more work the she imagined. Part of the problem is that she and her husband spend a lot of time working which leaves less time to train Artic. Artic should calm down as he gets older. Hopefully this will make him easier to train.

I found this video on the interesting Russian blog:  Взгляд в зазеркалье

Toffs and Toughs , historic image of boys from 2 social classes, taken July 1937 outside Lord's Cricket Ground, England. "Toffs and Toughs" is a 1937 photograph of five boys: two dressed in the Harrow School uniform including waistcoat, top hat,boutonnière, and cane; and three nearby wearing the plain clothes of pre-war working class youths. The picture was taken by Jimmy Sime on 9 July 1937 outside the Grace Gates at Lord's Cricket Ground during the Eton v Harrow cricket match. British class system, although the name "Toffs and Toughs" may be no older than 2004 Yesterday I saw an episode of Through the Wormhole about the possible changes in the future of the human race caused by changes in genetics.  According to the program all the races are now about equal in intelligence.  The question is if genetically breeding a superior upper class is possible. The way it is now the rich have a greater influence over political decisions. So they have more contr...