{"id":752,"date":"2006-02-15T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2006-02-15T18:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2006\/02\/15\/dowbrigade-back-zipped-and-zapped\/"},"modified":"2006-02-15T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2006-02-15T18:53:10","slug":"dowbrigade-back-zipped-and-zapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/02\/15\/dowbrigade-back-zipped-and-zapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Dowbrigade Back, Zipped and Zapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After
\n a harrowing encounter with the modern American medical system, the Dowbrigade
\n is back in action, although under medical house arrest for the immediate
\n future. By the time the docs got in there to tackle a look, our stomach
\n had migrated completely through the hole in our diaphragm and into our
\n chest. Somehow, it had pushed aside the other stuff up there, like the
\n heart and lungs, and made itself at home.<\/p>\n

No wonder we’ve been eating and eating and our belly
\n hasn’t been getting any bigger! Our stomach wasn’t there anymore! It
\n was our chest<\/em> that was getting bigger. We thought it was just
\n extra muscle and sinew! Several times during the past few months, we
\n actually caught ourself gazing admiringly at our naked reflection in
\n a mirror and thinking, "Not a bad profile for a 52-year-old, Must be
\n all
\n that tennis."<\/p>\n

Ah, save us from vain conceit. Look forward to
\n more tales of intrigue and medical mysteries over the next few weeks,
\n as well as the standard mix of fun, fantasy and incisive analysis, as
\n we expect to have plenty of time to blog during our protracted recovery.
\n Because of the extent of the organ relocation and length of the operation,
\n we have been told we may not be able to get back to work for 5 or 6 weeks.<\/p>\n

note: Occasional readers may be shocked by the gross
\n graphical nature of the photo. We have even better ones to look forward
\n to. Regular readers will recognize that one of the themes of the Dowbrigade
\n News is shocking photos, visual puns, and that we rarely miss an opportunity
\n to gross out our readers.<\/p>\n

Besides, one of our fundamental beliefs is that one
\n can call oneself a blogger only to the degree to which one is willing
\n to expose, risk or demonstrate some essential element of the person behind
\n the postings. Welcome to our world.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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