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Television/The Strokes

May 1, 2020Aneurysms, Coronavirus, Current Affairs, Healthcare, Politics, Pop Music, StrokeBoris Johnson, Coronavirus, Derek Raymond, Gallon Drunk, Gil Scott-Heron, Kingsley, New York, The Simpsonsricky

You know, I was just going to do one more post about COVID-19 and then move on. Something technical about its link to strokes.

Partly because, Do you want to read another hot take on the Coronavirus? Partly because I’m so angry about what’s going on, I figured if I did yet another one after a few more days had passed, I’d probably bust one of my brain aneurysms.

Then Boris Johnson did his thing on the telly.

Good of Johnson to give us a sense of normality by getting back in front of a camera and immediately lying as comfortably as he breathes. (More comfortably, in this case.) https://t.co/sZ5w7KwMjl
— Ricky Monahan Brown (@ricky_ballboy) May 1, 2020

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Nightshift

July 12, 2018Healthcare, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Rehab, Scienceacademia, Edward Hopper, Larry David, sleep, The Simpsons, Why We Sleep, zombiesricky

Last week, I was chatting with someone who asked me to tell them about my stroke experience. It was an interesting conversation, for me at least.

Knicks suck! — “Fascinating stuff, Stroke Bloke.”

I love that I can’t tell whether that’s Curb Your Enthusiasm or an actual sportscast.

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The Stroke Bloke Shake

January 23, 2018Healthcare, Movies, Poetry, Rehab, Sci-fiDaft Punk, Rabbie Burns, Seinfeld, The Conversation, The Simpsons, The Thingricky

In 2006, a psychologist at Cardiff University identified today as the most depressing day of the year. Cliff Arnall suggested that this was due to the confluence of a number of factors, including debts from Christmas overspending, the abandoning of New Year’s resolutions, and low levels of motivation.

So if you were already been super-depressed about having to go through Blue Monday on 15 January, now you must feel really bad.

Barney was mistaken, apparently — I’m quite sure that you’ll tell me / Just how I should feel today

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Reasons To Be Fearful Pt 3

July 25, 2017Current Affairs, Healthcare, News, Rehab, Science, StrokeBioness, Jodie Foster, Love Island, Maisie, The Godfather, The Great Gatsby, The Simpsonsricky

Sometimes it’s a good idea to have someone keeping an eye on you.

I'm more of a TJ Hooker guy, personally — Not you, dude. Aren’t you capitalism or a disappointed god or something?

One of a 24-hour staff of nurses, maybe. Like, if you’ve suffered a catastrophic brain injury and don’t know that if you try to get out of bed to go to the bathroom your whole left side will give way and you’ll fall terrifyingly onto your wardmate – Hi, mom!

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Apoplectic Me

the scribblings of a bloke who had a stroke…

Tag Archives: The Simpsons

Television/The Strokes

Nightshift

The Stroke Bloke Shake

Reasons To Be Fearful Pt 3