Mammograms

As if I don't have enough medical appointments, I have had a mammogram every 6 months
for two years. A spot on the left breast needed to be followed. I have been flat chested all my life. How could there be room for a spot? The spot was nothing. I am back to yearly mammograms. The reason for this post is simple. If men had to stand while placing their penis between two cold, hard slabs that compress the penis while the slab moved upward, and then told to hold it while a picture was made - billions of dollars would be spent on research to find a better solution for screening. I am just saying.

Finally North Carolina

I feel bad because so many of my posts about weird things from the newspaper are in South Carolina. Today I am happy to report I found something weird in North Carolina. Well two weird things actually. One happened in Graham, N.C. on Friday. Police were called to check out a foul odor in downtown Graham. It seems that a body picked up nine days prior had been left in a hearse at a funeral home. They had picked up the woman in Carrboro. She had been dead a week before she was discovered. No family could be found. The undertaker said he would put her on ice but it must have slipped his mind. However don't you think the smell would have been a clue to unpack the hearse? The N.C. Board of Funeral Services are investigating. All I can say is I drove through Graham last Friday and it was hot as Hades.

Next item is less odorous depending on the man's personal hygiene. This happened in Lincolnton at a Baptist Church. Deputies were called to the church because shots were being. fired. They got there to find a naked man on the porch with another man taking cover behind a truck. The naked man reached for his gun when the deputies went to arrest him. The paper did not say where the gun was before he reached for it. I am trying not to think about that part. The deputies used a taser gun on the naked man. The paper did not say where the taser gun hit him. I am trying not to think about that either. The one thing I am thinking about are the lax dress codes for churches today. This naked man took "come as you are" to a whole new meaning.

A Candy Red Mercedes Convertible

Yesterday I took Shelley and Chip to the dog park. The humidity was down so you could actually walk the five acres without sweat dripping down into your underwear. On our way back I passed a beautiful bright candy red Mercedes convertible. Top down but with windows rolled up. The driver and only occupant was elderly. That was no surprise. Most hot expensive cars in Charlotte are driven by old men. The young ones can't afford them. But what caught my eye after the color was the handicapped sticker hanging from the mirror and the walker in the backseat. When I pulled up beside him at a light I could see I had been kind to call him elderly. Older than dirt would have been more accurate. But hey the man is living the last years in style. I gave him a big wave when he drove away.

Aretha, PBS, and the Spinners

Last night I watched a PBS special with Aretha Franklin and the Soul music of the 60's and 70's. I poured myself a glass of wine and proceeded to enjoy. Next thing I knew the dogs and I were dancing. Zeus and Shelley danced together and I danced alone. I knew lots of the words and sang along really loud. No one was home but me. Percy Sledge, the Temptations,the Chi-Lites, Jackie Wilson and on and on. The Spinners brought back special memories. I saw them at Wake Forest when I was 22 or so. I had a blind date that was the pits. But the concert was incredible. Last night I closed my eyes and I was right back at that auditorium. Singing with the Spinners, dancing to the music, and cheering. Those memories are what you miss. Plastic surgery, starvation diets, and spanx wont bring that back. But just for one hour last night Aretha and PBS did.