Getting the Point and Yet Missing it Entirely

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December 2004

12/31/04

Gentle Reminders

12/31/04

12/30/04

Weekend Assignment #41: Pet Resolutions

12/30/04

Administrative Note

12/29/04

The Days Are Getting Shorter

12/29/04

Because I Think Some of Us Will Need It

12/29/04

Grandmother of the Year Award Goes To...

12/29/04

Dastardly Troops!

12/28/04

12/28/04

From the "Funny AND True" Department

12/28/04

The Nine-Elevens

12/28/04

Ow! My Frontal Lobe!

12/28/04

Making a Bundle

12/27/04

12/27/04

Best of 2004: Music

12/27/04

Oops, She Did it Again

12/27/04

First Novel Payments

12/27/04

Wintertime Merriment

12/26/04

12/26/04

12/25/04

Merry Christmas!

12/24/04

My Holiday Card To You

12/24/04

12/23/04

Weekend Assignment #40: When We Were Six

12/23/04

12/23/04

12/22/04

And Before I Forget...

12/22/04

Because You Need Them --

12/22/04

Final Tips Reminder

12/22/04

Another Cliche in the Bag

12/21/04

A 2004 In Review Quiz

12/21/04

And Now, Your Winter Solstice Joke

12/21/04

Reason #2,000,000,0012 You're Glad You Don't Have to Kiss Me

12/21/04

A Monumentally Disturbing Thing

12/21/04

Hateful Christmas Carols: An Audience Participation Entry

12/20/04

12/20/04

Virtual Training, Real Wars

12/20/04

Time for Our Meds, Precious

12/20/04

Real Money, Virtual Real Estate

12/20/04

Christmas Week Procedural Notes

12/19/04

Mmmm... Fuzzy Dice

12/19/04

Toy Snore, Part II

12/18/04

12/18/04

12/17/04

Your Friday Music

12/17/04

Your Bit of Friday Insanity

12/17/04

Look to the Skies

12/17/04

Tips Request Reminder

12/17/04

I Can Name That Tune in 3.14159 Notes

12/16/04

Weekend Assignment #39: Disappointing Toys

12/16/04

Jackie Jones & Melrose Mandy: A Holiday Poem

12/16/04

Ads We Love To Hate

12/16/04

Corporate Tools -- er -- Toys

12/16/04

Late Fall Sunrise

12/15/04

12/15/04

12/15/04

12/15/04

12/15/04

Dog & Cats, etc.

12/14/04

Double Your Epidural, Double Your Fun

12/14/04

Yeah, I'm a Geek

12/14/04

Livin' on a Prayer, Indeed

12/14/04

12/14/04

The Most Heart Attack-Prone Time of the Year

12/13/04

The Procrastination Matrix Has You

12/13/04

12/13/04

The Place You Live

12/13/04

"The Scalzi Effect"

12/13/04

12/12/04

Getting the Point and Yet Missing it Entirely

12/12/04

You're a Character, Part 2

12/11/04

On His Own Naughty List

12/11/04

You're a Character, Part I

12/10/04

Your Friday Music

12/10/04

12/10/04

Maybe It's Just Me...

12/10/04

The Eye of the Beholder

12/10/04

Explaining a Lot

12/9/04

Weekend Assignment #38: What a Character

12/9/04

12/9/04

Turn, Turn, Turn

12/9/04

Cool the Engines

12/9/04

12/8/04

The "Dude" Rules

12/8/04

12/8/04

Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and He's Bringing Doc Martens With Him

12/8/04

On The Internet, No One Knows You Smell Like a Dog

12/8/04

Sarah's Sister: A Holiday Story

12/7/04

Happy Hanukkah!

12/7/04

12/7/04

That's Dr. Ghlaghghee to You, Pal

12/7/04

12/7/04

Backgrounds, Backgrounds, Backgrounds!

12/6/04

12/6/04

And the Bones Are Made of Rubber

12/6/04

Like They Need Another Excuse

12/6/04

Blogging And Employment

12/6/04

Going For Second Best, Part Three

12/5/04

Sinking further Into the Geek Abyss

12/5/04

Going For Second Best, Part Two

12/4/04

How to Fool The Nazis

12/4/04

Going For Second Best, Part One

12/3/04

Your Friday Music

12/3/04

Because it's Friday, and You Need It.

12/3/04

12/3/04

The Immovable Object: The Friday Petblog

12/3/04

About the Mug O' Change...

12/2/04

Weekend Assignment #37: Second-Best Qualities

12/2/04

Santa and the Scientist -- A Holiday Poem

12/2/04

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

12/1/04

Public Journal, Private E-Mail

12/1/04

12/1/04

12/1/04

Your Wednesday Morning Video

12/1/04

One of Those Days, Cat Style

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Sunday, December 12, 2004
10:49:00 AM EST
Hearing Suspicious Minds -- Elvis Presley

Getting the Point and Yet Missing it Entirely

From the "Really no fear of mortality" files:

A Moses Lake man is home recovering after a 2 1/8-inch nail - misfired from a nail gun - was removed from his chest.

"I told him that I thought the nail might be in his heart," said Dr. Mike Jemmette, the emergency-room physician at Deaconess Medical Center who first examined Steven Faber.

"He said, 'Sweet. Can I go snowboarding tomorrow?'" Jemmette reported.

Heh. He was told to rest up for a week. Probably a good idea.

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