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Miracles Of Modern Commerce

March 17, 2010Burt Likko

Grandma only turns 88 years old once in her life.  And she’s had a shortage of real, just-for-her, birthday parties.  So The Wife and I got tickets for a weekend trip to Milwaukee, which is why I’ve not been blogging… Continue Reading →

California, Sickness and Health, Talking About The Weather, The Wife, Travel, Wisconsin

Well Enough Again

February 8, 2010Burt Likko 1 Comment

A five-day course of antibiotics, a shot in the ass (which still hurts when I lay down on it just right), inhalable steroids for my lungs, and some powerful cough syrup to take at night has mended me nicely.  I’m… Continue Reading →

Sickness and Health

Pneumonia Asthmatic Bronchitis

February 2, 2010Burt Likko 2 Comments

After coughing and vomiting fits drove me off the bench while serving as a pro tem judge yesterday, and then literally kept me awake all night, I’m finally forced to concede that I don’t just have some minor crud.  I… Continue Reading →

Sickness and Health

NyQuil Dreams

January 14, 2010Burt Likko

One minor benefit to suffering from rhinovirus or whatever the hell it is that has me coughing and sniffling all the time is NyQuil.  Sickly-sweet, the very taste of illness, it contains a powerful ingredient that knocks me out and… Continue Reading →

Sickness and Health, Weirdness

Sneezing, Coughing, Choking and Functional

January 13, 2010Burt Likko

Do you ever get that drop of liquid (no matter what kind) falling into your windpipe?  I had that happen to me in front of my class last night.  Sent me into a coughing, choking fit that lasted five minutes… Continue Reading →

Sickness and Health, Teaching

Were We Vaccinated Too Late?

January 10, 2010Burt Likko

Friday I left work after getting the necessary things done.  Wasn’t feeling right.  No one at your work wants you to be a hero and work through your illness only to infect them, too.  I don’t think the people at… Continue Reading →

Sickness and Health

The Way It Ought To Be

December 31, 2009Burt Likko

About ten years ago, my then-law partner and I tried a personal injury case in Sacramento.  It was a difficult case to prepare because the plaintiff had treated with a great many doctors and the nature of his medical treatment… Continue Reading →

Cheerful For Once, Law, Sickness and Health

On Healthcare Reform

December 22, 2009Burt Likko

Our elected officials have been arguing over the details of healthcare reform for a long, long time now.  It remains unclear to me whether Congress will be able to pass a reconciled bill before its recess — and when it… Continue Reading →

Domestic Politics, Government, Lighting Our Money On Fire, Sickness and Health

Weekend Weirdness, Volume V

November 14, 2009Burt Likko

Yes, it happens to us all.  Here’s proof.  Man, Brendan Fraser looks like me! Sick with the swine flu because no one will give you a vaccination?  Well, don’t let that stop you from getting your buzz on! You’ve fantasized… Continue Reading →

Death, Evolution, Sickness and Health, Weirdness

Next Time Ask A Real Doctor

November 7, 2009Burt Likko
Sickness and Health, Weak Attempt At Humor

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