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My Medical Dilemma

~ Jim Flanigan ~ 1 Comment

I continued to stick to my New Year’s resolution of trying something new or unusual each week. Last week, I got my first colonoscopy. That was not my medical dilemma though. I was a bit overdue for a colonoscopy, and it turned out to not be the horrible experience I expected. I had a nice pleasant buzz on for about 30 minutes after coming out from under anesthesia.

They didn’t find any obvious cancer, but they did remove two hopefully benign polyps that were just so darn cute. They looked like little colon nipples.

I can’t wait to get them back and proudly display them in a jar on our fireplace mantle. I even picked out names for the two polyps. What do you think of these names?

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A Pie Caught My Eye

~ Jim Flanigan

I love discounted pie (good name for a band, but perhaps a bit derivative considering Humble Pie). Despite the band name controversy, just bought one yesterday on the 15th that expires on the 17th.

Pie Discounted

Here are the Top 5 reasons I love discounted pie.

5) Pie is awesome. Duh!

4) Pie has been successfully used as part of a band name. See above.

3) Cherry pie > apple pie. Okay, I guess that has nothing to do with the discount, but I was short a reason.

2) The expiration date being so close encourages me to eat more pie quickly. That’s always a good idea.

1) 1/2 Price is almost 50% off!

The Pie’s the Limit

~ Jim Flanigan

I set my goal lofty for Thanksgiving yesterday. I planned to eat pie in the morning, afternoon, and evening. An early start saw me down this piece of expiring pie for breakfast …

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I’m not sure if I like ‘Expiring Pie’ better as a band name or as an album title. On Thanksgiving, it was just what I had for breakfast. I really had no choice.

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