Re: Guest Post - A Cheering Link

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Speaking of nice couples, is the surgery still a go for tomorrow? Thinking of you, heebz.


Posted by: Thorn | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 11:06 AM
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yep!


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 11:17 AM
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Good luck hg! Get the most out of that endless supply of pre-heated blankets in pre and post op!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 11:23 AM
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Good luck, heebs.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 11:41 AM
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Best wishes, HG!


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 11:43 AM
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Hook 'em! And then dispose of the canceriffic tissues!


Posted by: Turgid Jacobian | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:03 PM
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Sending good thoughts, Heebie!


Posted by: bill | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:04 PM
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Good luck.


Posted by: AcademicLurker | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:09 PM
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Good luck, Heebie!


Posted by: Trivers | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:11 PM
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This really is a cheering thread!


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:12 PM
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Keep your chin up, Heebie Geebie!

To the op: I always like to remember the words of one of my professors, himself married to a Bengali Brahmin: "if you go to India, remember that you are the barbarian."


Posted by: Natilo Paennim | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:14 PM
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suspected this blog fodder would come in handy!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:14 PM
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Best wishes, heebie!


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:15 PM
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"if you go to India, remember that you are the barbarian."

I remember that wherever I go.


Posted by: Opinionated Conan | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:20 PM
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As well you should.


Posted by: Opinionated Leno | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:21 PM
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This was good too.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:35 PM
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16: video doesn't show up - was it also chaiya chaiya? If different video, please post link! Could use a new cheerful distraction on a stressful day.


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:38 PM
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It was this.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:41 PM
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"if you go to India, remember that you are the barbarian."

Or as Gandhi said, "Be the barbarian you wish to see in the world."


Posted by: My Alter Ego | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:50 PM
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Good luck Heebie!


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:52 PM
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Hey, we'll take your cancerrific tissues and make those parts of you immortal so that we can then try to kill those parts.


Posted by: SP | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:53 PM
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So is the joke that this isn't actually Bollywood Polar Express?


Posted by: SP | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 12:55 PM
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18: thanks!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 1:04 PM
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Speaking of Bollywood, this song has been following me around stores and the gym lately. Honkies: not good Bollywood dancers.


Posted by: Flippanter | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 1:12 PM
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23: Close—it's the Bollywood remake of Snowpiercer. (Or maybe Von Ryan's Express. Not sure—I always get those two mixed up.)


Posted by: My Alter Ego | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 1:19 PM
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I've been listening to Pehla Nasha streaming at work. Fun to discover a new song that I've never heard before, then discover it was the number one hit song of 1988 in a country of 700 million people.


Posted by: Cryptic ned | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 1:22 PM
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Good luck Heebie! I hope all goes smoothly.


Posted by: md 20/400 | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 1:39 PM
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Very best wishes, heebie.


Posted by: jms | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 2:44 PM
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He looks at me like I'm a complete idiot, that's a *long* train journey, too long to go without dancing! Given his complete inability to accomplish breakfast without dancing, I am forced to concede no other reason is necessary.

He's right, you know.

Good luck, HG.


Posted by: Alex | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 2:57 PM
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Good luck, Heebie!


Posted by: Ume | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 3:02 PM
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Best wishes for a successful surgery and quick recovery.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 3:18 PM
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24: those honkies definitely underwhelming at the Bollywood thing. Also just generally they seem lame. This Saturday we will find out if the child tho pale pale pale can pull off the Bollywood.


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 3:20 PM
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Good luck. We're all counting on you.


Posted by: Roberto Tigre | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 3:24 PM
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Alas, dq, he won't get to wear the giant swishy skirts. There's nothing like dancing in those!


Posted by: Thorn | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 3:36 PM
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He's got more than his share of sequins, tho!

I think there's hope for a swishy skirt in future numbers. I'm still advocating for a pink turban, that seems eminently achievable.


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 3:47 PM
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thanks, all! I'm super nervous but oh well.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 4:19 PM
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dq, I really think you should have used "submission" rather than "submittal".


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 5:19 PM
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Good luck, heebs.


Posted by: Eggplant | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 5:48 PM
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Best of luck!


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 5:52 PM
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Good luck. We're all counting on you.

Yeah, this occurred to me too. That movie!


Posted by: md 20/400 | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 5:58 PM
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Good luck, Heebie!


Posted by: Airedale | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 6:14 PM
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Good luck, Heebie.


Posted by: David the Unfogged Commenter | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 10:12 PM
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37: perhaps I will in future send you a draft!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 10:13 PM
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You're most welcome to.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 12- 7-15 10:24 PM
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Belated good luck, heebie!


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 5:46 AM
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Allow me to be the first to wish you good luck, heebie.


Posted by: potchkeh | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 6:23 AM
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Isn't that nice that it costs me hundreds of dollars to save my insurance company tens of thousands of dollars? They would not want someone to do this frivolously.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 7:02 AM
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Hawaii made me a very sweet get well soon card. On the back is an old worksheet from school, which says, "Tolerance: accepting others at different levels of maturity."

That's an... interesting definition.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 7:16 AM
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These days, you're lucky if "tolerance" doesn't mean they count Starbucks cups saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" as a second Holocaust if we don't start fighting now.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 7:28 AM
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47 is crazy. Buena suerte, heebie! May your doctors be swift and competent.


Posted by: Witt | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 7:56 AM
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Maybe you could donate your unneeded restoration surgery to somebody flat-chested who wants to break into modeling or dating bros or something.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 8:00 AM
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The surgeon bumped into a plastic surgeon in the hall, and asked him on the spot to stop by. The PS was totally supportive of me and drew in cut lines for the surgeon on me, and gave him tips for getting a good result. I feel 100x calmer that the surgeon is taking me seriously! (There is a delay so I'm just hanging out, hooked up to the IV and ready to go.) the PS had such a comforting bedside manner.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 8:51 AM
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Yay, plastic surgeon!


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 8:53 AM
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I hope he drew little scissors on the lines so the surgeon can tell the "cut" line from the "fold" line.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 8:56 AM
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Stupid surgeon had better do things right. I'm glad it sounds like he's listening and learning.


Posted by: Thorn | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 8:59 AM
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Yay, plastic surgeon!


Posted by: Witt | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 9:01 AM
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Yay, plastic surgeon; it's disturbing that you were lacking a supportive voice until the last minute.

Good luck, and hoping for a quick recovery!


Posted by: NickS | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 9:10 AM
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Best wishes, H-G! May nothing "remarkable" happen.


Posted by: Biohazard | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 10:44 AM
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Very relieved to hear about the plastic surgeon! I've been thinking of you all morning, and hope your surgery goes as smoothly as mine did.


Posted by: J, Robot | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 10:48 AM
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Best wishes, H-G! May nothing "remarkable" happen.

Absolutely. Except perhaps a remarkably quick recovery.


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 10:50 AM
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52 is excellent news!


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 10:57 AM
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I'm awake and once again connected to electronics. No pain at the moment. Hi all.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 3:40 PM
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Great.


Posted by: idp | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 3:43 PM
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Hi.


Posted by: All | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 3:43 PM
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I heard they now push patients back to walking and internet commenting as soon as possible to speed recovery.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 3:48 PM
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62: Yay, for good drugs.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 3:50 PM
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There are no bad drugs. Just misunderstood indications.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 3:52 PM
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Hooray!


Posted by: J, Robot | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 9:20 PM
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Kitties, hooray!


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 12- 8-15 9:40 PM
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