In praise of beauracacy

poor georgie’s almanack:

In praise of the bureaucracy.

While being strapped onto an operating table earlier this week, I casually mentioned, how convenient it would be if something went wrong that Suburban Hospital is very close to the campus shared by Navy Medical-Walter Reed hospital and the Uniformed Services Medical School. 

The med-school’s cadaver room is where my body, ultimately, is headed.

Sorry, someone yelled.  Not on my watch. 

Why?, I asked. 

Too much paperwork, he replied.

This really happened.


So far the pacemaker seems to be working. 

Previously, I thought it was a good thing when my heart skipped a beat (like when Susan walked into a room).

Fake News

poor georgie’s almanack:

It is hard to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.  Credit: Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first book of a trilogy in five parts.

Political earthquakes

poor georgie’s almanac:

After shocks: 9/11/2001 vs. 11/8/2016.  

Both big ones (8 on Richter Scale).  

9/11 united US - 11/8 divided US.

Smart People

poor georgie’s almanack:

Irony: The 1919 peace treaty that ended WW1 led to WW2 and the MidEast mess and is commemorated today as Veterans Day.

It was signed at Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors by pretty smart leaders worrying about their own constituencies and their individual perceptions of a future that could not possibly exist.  

Alas, if different decisions had been made in that real and virtual Hall of Mirrors, there would be fewer noble veterans to commemorate today.

The new American Gothic

poor georgie’s almanack:

God Bless America

Election 2016 rewrite:

From the mountains, to the prairies to the white men filled with scorn…

Ballot

poor georgie’s almanack:
While pondering your ballot choices, consider that potatoes have two more chromosomes than humans.

Will it never end?

poor georgie’s almanack:
Sometimes I just hope one thing will not lead to another.