Blog entries by Howard

Dispositions / Pics Profiled / Invasion Farce
Dateline: Sunday Evening (I forgot to post in a timely fashion) For nearly three hours today I was de-bloated. Flat stomach. Flat abdomen. Flat...
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Words Rendered / Pictures Taken / Music Made
I guess I'm not sleeping. Literally. My friend and neighbor Dora keeps waking me up by shouting out loud into the night. Okay then, it's not night...
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The Worst 22 Minutes in Nursing Home History
Please keep in mind that I missed the brunt of everything - but this is exactly what was happening at 3:03 p.m. (Mountain Standard Arizona Pacific...
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Dementia Nights (Been and Gone) / Don't Even Trip
Robert is gone. He was my roommate for nine days. An eventful nine days. You see, he's suffering from dementia. And for the first 48 hours as my...
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Procedures Planned, Please Approve Me
Dateline: two days ago - A frigid desert night is in the making. Freezing. Below freezing. Our version of an Arctic blast. This winter has been...
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Left Behind on a Silent Night (the Christmas Visit)
I'd been outside waiting for my return ride back to the nursing home (for nearly two hours). That's right, they forgot about me. And hence, the...
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Importing and Exporting Germs
I've written five full blog entries (ready for posting) in the past six days. But for a multitude of reasons, I've decided against actually...
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Invasion of the Nursing Home Staff Snatchers / Alarming Results
Isolation - Day 6 (Wednesday) Sleep. It's something I've been doing of late. More specifically, lots of napping. The other thing I've also been...
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Reporting from a Supersaturated Covid Jurisdiction
Symptom Status I'm fine. Or at least, in most instances I am getting there. Since early this morning (Monday) my chief complaint is a...
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Covid-19. Yay...
Yep. I just tested positive. There's no way the experience could be as bad as last time, right? My fever is at 102.3 degrees. And of course, all...
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Murdered by Heat
Thought I would share something silly with y'all - Background: it's 418am and it's really warm in here! So I just sent this off to management...
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Visiting My Mother (obstacles and orientation)
He exited I-10 instead of going straight, which put us on the outer fringes of Tempe, instead of Ahwatukee. No, it wasn't a fatal error, but there...
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Finally, Something Good
After being rejected, deflected, and neglected for so long, something positive has finally happened. No, it really hasn't been all that bad of...
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The Decline and Fall / Silencio / Broiled and Baked
My application for disability was rejected. Again. And already. Heck it's only been three weeks. Talk about fast rejection. I don't even know how...
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Sick …and Not Tired Enough to Sleep (Friday Edition) -
I came down with something Monday morning. But in the meantime I did test negative for covid-19 and the flu. And now it's Friday. I think. And my...
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Song: Human is Bred / Dead Piano Keys
It may be difficult to contend with this new song at first, but after a period of time it settles in - awkwardly. Because there are guest vocals...
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Real-time / Efforts Made / Gimme Drugs etc.
Sure. Sure. Sure. I can sleep any old time I want to. I mean, I don't have a job. I never need to be anywhere. And heck, I've spent the past seven...
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Meth(od) Meditation / Doctoring in Disarray / Deprivation and Deceit
Because my roommate is snoring as loudly as he is, I am afforded the rare opportunity to voice text into my phone at this late hour. Not much...
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