Friday, March 6, 2009

In Eckleburg's Eyes - 3/6/2009, Part 1

News & Notes from Wednesday, March 4nd, 2009

-On Wednesday morning, I had an appointment with my dermatologist, CIH of the Knoxville Dermatology Group. CIH has been my dermatologist for years and I like him very much. He is a fellow redhead and Christian who attends Concord United Methodist Church so what’s not to like? My appointment was at 10:15 AM and I was summoned from the waiting room at 10:40 AM. They are improving.

-In addition to getting my prescription refilled, I was there to have a biopsy. On February 15th, 2007, they treated an abnormality on my right jaw line and I was advised to get it checked immediately if it ever resurfaced. (Does something beneath the skin resurface?) Thankfully, it was a “benign neoplasm”. While this sounded like something out of Ghostbusters to me, it meant that I do not have cancer. It is never a pleasant thing to hear your name and cancer in the same sentence.

-After my time at the dermatologist’s office, I met JTH at Nixon’s Deli. I had not eaten there in many years. We have both been having a string of bad luck, even by our standards. JTH attributed it to us picking up a “cursed” volleyball while at the Christian Academy of Knoxville on February 16th. At 10:19 PM I received a text informing me that the volleyball had been returned. Here’s hoping our more cursed than normalness ends.

-On Wednesday night, I ate with KLTW, KJW, and RAW. RAW cooked pasta. We also ate kiwi. RAW served KJW’s meal in a plate divided into three parts. Since not all three compartments were filled, she insisted more than once, “There’s something missing!”

-We spent the rest of the night talking and alternating between television shows. We watched SpongeBob SquarePants (guess who picked?), Georgia score a 90-85 upset win at Kentucky, and Dog The Bounty Hunter. I had never seen the latter before. I can honestly say that I find Dog’s wife far scarier than him.

-RAW wanted to know if it was acceptable to give up work for Lent. I told him I was fairly sure that was not how that worked. I could be wrong though...

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