Ramblings from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

Dr. Frankenstien, I Presume?

Headline:

Dentist behind body parts ring gets 18-54 years
Ring dismembered 1,000 cadavers and sold parts to doctors

Quote: From Reuters


“The ring dismembered more than 1,000 cadavers in unsanitary conditions, and sold them to doctors who transplanted them into patients.”

And you thought Mary Shelly just had an active imagination. Truth is always stranger than fiction. And people ...

Man Against Nature, 2008

They want to euthanize the wild horses that live in the West,
Don’t they recall that we rode in on one?
They say the herds are too big, so we think it best
What else will they destroy before it’s over and done?
Will they sell prime grade A horsemeat in the stores,
Right on aisle three beside the stacks of canned dolphin?
Will they decide that pets are a nuisance, a real eyesore,
And start selling their flesh ...

I note that the news states that Walmart has a new logo.

“Wal-Mart has finally decided to do something about its staid white-on-blue logo and red, blue, and grey color scheme. In a surprising move for a company that acted as though it was too big, too powerful, and too damn cheap to bother with its image problem, Wal-Mart's new face to the world will be a white "Walmart" logo and starburst on a burnt orange background and brick store exterior.”

This according ...

Well, the surgery is over and I survived! I am in a great deal of pain, but it will pass. Thanks to all of you for your well-wishes and prayers. I am old if you are as old as you feel!

On that note, let me tell you what happened the other week. My wife took me out to a movie and dinner for Father's day. My beard is snow white now, and I have lost a bit of hair. My wife has white hair, which I love the color so she doesn't dye it anymore. When we went to get our movie tickets, Martha ...

Well, we finally go for our surgery tomorrow on my stomach. I have to have an umbilical hernia repaired. It's minor surgery, outpatient and all, but anytime they have to cut on you it isn't pleasent. I will be down for about a week or so, and I don't know if I will be able to post. Prayers and kind thoughts will be apreciated. Thanks so much for your continued support of this old man! God Bless all, and I'll try to post after the surgery to let you know how it went.

My kidneys are ...