Mark's Surgery Month
I feel bad that I have not posted since early June, and am in danger of going "0 for July", so let me just update you on what I've been up to, since I'm sure you're all dying to know. July was, quite unintentionally, "Mark's Surgery Month", or "Mark's Hernia Month". In late June, I went in for my annual physical, and my doctor discovered a hernia. On her recommendation, I went to a specialist and he recommended--or more accurately, commanded --surgery. So on July 17, I had the hernia repaired. I had never been under general anesthesia before, so I was nervous beforehand, but it really was a piece of cake. I remember absolutely nothing about the surgery: one minute I was pulling myself from the gurney to the operating table, and what felt like two seconds later, I was waking up in recovery. The whole thing has made we wonder about the nature of time. Does time really exist or is it merely a human construct. It's like the who...