I think I might be petrifying.<\/p>\n
I have more and growing kidney stones, gallstones, calcified granuloma in my lungs, appendicoliths in my \u201cnormal appendix\u201d which I thought had been removed when it ruptured in 2013 (the amazing part of the Day Amazer<\/strong> title ), pelvic phleboliths, and calcifications of the abdominal aorta and its major branches, or so my recent x-rays and CT scans document.\u00a0 Clearly I am calcifying, but petrifying?<\/p>\n You scoff, but just check out these definitions from Google:<\/strong><\/p>\n TO CALCIFY: harden by deposition of or conversion into calcium carbonate or some other insoluble calcium compounds<\/strong><\/p>\n TO PETRIFY: change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Synonyms: ossified, fossilized, calcified<\/p>\n Need I say more?<\/p>\n If i\u2019m right and we are all turning to stone, then we can stop worrying about preserving our remains. No more looking for the best peat bog, cloner, cryogenics lab, mummy maker, or taxidermist. Instead, we can think yoga and assume a pose or posture useful for a stony (stoned?) hereafter, e.g. as a lamp or table base, a cello holder, an all-purpose scarecrow, an art class model\u2026. (Enough, Luis!)\u00a0 The good news is that we can think about all the possibiities AND how not to be called a fossil at the same time.<\/p>\n To sum it all up: if kidney stones weighed a lot, I’d be a lot thinner now.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a long and icy winter, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think I might be petrifying. I have more and growing kidney stones, gallstones, calcified granuloma in my lungs, appendicoliths in my \u201cnormal appendix\u201d which I thought had been removed when it ruptured in 2013 (the amazing part of the … Continue reading