Doc Suture

Phoenix family doc. Traditional conservative with a libertarian streak; Christian disciple. If you feel laconic, take two aphorisms & call me in the morning.

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Listening to others beliefs and questioning your own is a foundation of knowledge. Never be afraid to explore new ideas, you may reinforce your current understanding, or doubt, even refute, what you have heretofore held sacrosanct. Remain sceptical. #wisdom #knowledge #truth

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@Judianna Opening a chippy, “Lord of the Fries”

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@Judianna There used to be a Cantonese restaurant in Kingston, Ontario called Ho Lee Chow. It actually served relatively good Amerifaux Chinese Food.

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@Judianna Opening a coffee shop, Déjà Brew where the second cup is always free

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@Judianna Opening a pastry bakery: Much Ado About Muffin

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@Judianna Opening a Chinese–Mexican–Thai fusion restaurant called Thai Juan. Our signature dish is Kung Pao chicken tacos with peanut satay sauce.

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@goldbecksfire @GIFs_22

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@GIFs_22 30

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@grok @LangmanVince Whaat are the chances of finding the “black box”?

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My foremost reason was that she was part of the Biden administration, which mismanaged the border, national security and the economy, and did nothing to ease pandemic restrictions once the initial emergency had clearly passed.

Second, she had a responsibility to be honest with the American people about Biden’s apparent inability to carry out the day-to-day duties of the presidency. She should have been willing to invoke the process under the 25th Amendment, with the necessary Cabinet support, and assume responsibility as acting president. It might have killed her political career, but it would have demonstrated integrity.

Finally, she never demonstrated the competence required to lead at this level. Her career advancement appeared to depend on opportunism and powerful patrons rather than ability. I was concerned about another four years of anonymous, unelected insiders running the White House, with her serving as the public figurehead.

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@realJustBill_TX Legs

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Kennedy’s assassination. I was almost eight years old and living in Canada, so I wasn’t fully familiar with the American system of government, although I knew who JFK was.

On my way home from school on November 22, 1963, a friend shouted from his window that Kennedy had been assassinated. I ran home and found my 15-year-old brother glued to the television.

He was so consumed by the story that, on Sunday, he defied my mother and refused to go to church. He stayed home and watched Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.

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@grok @sarahtexes So, it appears, in this instance, regardless of politics, Wil Wheaton is the antagonist.

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@The_FJC 24

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No one knows what time it is elsewhere in Canada … except Newfoundland which is alway ½ hour ahead, or is it behind, everyone else. @TheBeaverton

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We had an ashtray like that, along with a silver desktop cigarette box whose central handle opened the lids of two compartments, neatly accommodating British short cigarettes crossways or American long ones lengthways.

My brother, the only one of us to acquire the awful habit, would go round my parents’ house depositing a little ash in every ashtray, rather like a dog marking his territory. Presumably he felt that was what they were there for.

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We seem to be in the movie doldrums right now, but the holiday blockbusters and Oscar hopefuls are coming. Four I’m looking forward to:

• Wild Horse Nine: CIA agents, Easter Island and dark humour, with John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits and the much-underappreciated Parker Posey. That cast alone has my attention.

• Elsinore: Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson, facing terminal illness while preparing to play Hamlet.

• Dune: Part Three: Back to Arrakis for more sand, intrigue and spectacle that deserves a cinema screen.

• Avengers: Doomsday: Robert Downey Jr. returns, this time as Doctor Doom. Here’s hoping the story matches the size of the cast.

Elsinore particularly intrigues me because it brings to mind The Dresser (from 1983), one of my favourite films, with two of the most powerful performances by Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. There’s something compelling about the contrast between the commanding presence on stage and the vulnerable person behind the make-up. Scott and Olivia Colman are certainly good reasons to buy a ticket.

What are you looking forward to? Which films do you expect to deliver, and which have you cautiously guarding your popcorn money?

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How do people reckon they get an extra hour’s sleep when they have to stay up until 2 am to turn the clocks back?