See, I have this problem with WebMD. I am not normally a hypochondriac but that place can make you crazy. It seems like every time I go there to look up a simple problem, I come away with a diagnosis for some horrific disease that is going to kill me next week in a very painful way. It can never be a simple thing like a “cracked rib” or whatever. It’s always something like “intra-cellular flesh eating disease” or worse.
I have tried the site 4 or 5 times now and I’m swearing it off. It’s making me crazy.
January 1, 2009 at 10:21 am
Hahahaha! Yes, pure unadulterated facts are many times less palatable than a reasoned diagnosis.
January 1, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I hate reading the long descriptions of possible side effects and symptoms that come with prescriptions. The power of suggestion…
A happy and healthy 2009 to you and your family, Andy. I enjoy stopping at your blog-fence to tip my hat and say hello.
January 1, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Also your style of blogging made “The List” in the Washington Post Style section today.
Twittering is out.
Slow blogging is in.
http://toddsieling.com/slowblog/?page_id=10
Always on the cutting edge, Andy.
January 2, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Quote of the day dept:
“I wouldn’t run for the hills,” said a NASA glacier analyst. “But it may
be time to start walking.”
(“Earth Blows Hot, Cold and Chaotic”
By Robert Hotz – WSJ – 1-2-2009)
-Manassas folks who always wanted ocean front property may get
their wish – and without moving.
January 5, 2009 at 10:59 am
Andy,
This made me laugh out loud. I used Web MD for a self diagnosis because I had a “persistant non-productive cough”. I answered the questions and was diagnosed as having a “collapsed lung”. Wow! My Doctor diagnosed it as bronchitis and perscribed a Z-pack. I was disappointed. A collapsed lung would have garnered much more sympathy from Mrs. Thomas.