"What would you do"

What would you do if:

-you are in excruciating body wide pain that never goes away

-you are unwilling to break the law to acquire pot

-no doctors in town are willing to prescribe opoids for chronic pain

-you qualify for medical marijuana but your disability check is not enough to pay the naturopath who can get the case going

-you know alcohol to some extent is a painkiller but your subsidized apartment complex prohibits you from having alcohol in your home (not even a bottle of wine)

-even if you did have medical marijuana you can't go on the college campus with it becaues it is prohibited

-you would never ever consider drinking and driving

but

-you are not allowed to ride buses if you are intoxicated!

"Shortage of doctors article is no surprise"

I just read an article confirming what i recently blogged about how I don't have a primary care physician.  Believe you me it is not for lack of trying.

The article is entitled:

Shortage of Physicians is likely to worsen  by Annie Lowrey and Robert Pear NYT

Here are some excerpts from the article

"People access the health care system through the emergency department rather then establishing a relationship with a pcp which might keep them from getting sicker"

"A government council recommends a given region have 60 to 80 pcp's for every 100k residents"

but

"Fewer then 50% of u.s. doctors accept medicaid"

The article stated that there is nowhere near 60 to 80 pcps for every 100k residents in most regions...........

Food Line Under I-95

"Soup kitchen snapshots"

Today, in the middle of the meal, an elderly black man began singing (very very badly!) a funk/disco song that I recognized instantly.

I called out: "Hey I know that song!"

The african american attendant said with a big smile to me: "Please don't encourage him, most people here can't take that singing!"

The elderly singer came over to me put his hand on my shoulder and said: "You know why HE (the attendant) doesn't know the song don't you?"

"Why is that?"  I asked

"Because he isn't REALLY black!" the man replied

me-"Well then , how do you explain that I KNOW the song?!"

(This question leaves the singer speechless;)

Bad Company - Shooting Star

This song has a very special very personal meaning for me.

"Tales from the dance floor"

"You know what that move is called?"  the lone african american male  patron asked me "The one you just did"

me-"No, what's it called?!"

him-"It's called: BACKIN THAT THANG UP!"

me-lol "I love it!"

"If you can't lick em, join em!/the olympics"

I've been listening to the pre-olympic coverage on NPR.  The upset cabbies who are being diverted onto minor roads, and various other ways that the Londoners are upset.  And to the arguments as to whether or not the Olympics will make London better off afterwards or not.

Well, either way, it's here, and according to NPR they're estimating that, (upset or not) about 1 billion around the world will tune in.  I do not have a t.v. so I'll tune in at the library.

I first became aware of the Olympics in 76.  In 08 I watched nearly every day.  Baltimore even had a parade for native swimmer Michael Phelps.  I call that parade "the best thing that ever happened to york road" because I went and it was real real nice.

This morning I heard an amazing story about a runner named Lopez (his first name) who was one of the Lost Boys of Sudan.  Lopez just published a book about his life and talk about inspiring!  I reckon the reason it's so touching is because it is a classic "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" success story..................

I'll tune in.  Will you? (p.s. one of the Olympic figure skaters now makes Baltimore her home too.  is is Fleming?  i can't recall, but she lives in Guilford)