Being of not so sound mind

This migraine is slowly eating my brain. It started two days ago. A couple hours before the actual head pain set in, I was in a room with a woman and her two daughters. The older daughter had fallen playing broom ball. "People have died playing this game," the mother and daughter said. And then, because apparently I didn't have the appropriate look of shock and grab the crash cart horror, they yelled, "Died!" For emphasis.

It was a close call, but daughter did not, in fact, die. She had a knee strain, an injury that, even when acquired during full contact broom ball, is rarely fatal. As the two of them tried to convince me that despite a relatively unimpressive exam, she could, at any moment, leave this mortal coil, the younger daughter danced around me. Danced around me chirping. It was like a giant, blonde bird was in the room.

And in the middle of my migraine aura, I could have sworn to you that all of this--the woman, her half-dead daughter, the bird--were all talking directly into my brain.

I knew this kid with autism who would, on occasion, retreat to a corner to cradle the sides of his head in his hands and rock. I never really understood that. As I was sitting there in that exam room, I suddenly thought, huh...maybe this is what it sounds like in his head.


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The primaries in Ohio and Texas are over. Clinton made a comeback but still won't have a majority of pledged delegates come convention time. The super-delegates in the party of voter rights should not overturn the voters' choice. This strikes me as a...duh.

But, Clinton should be Obama's running mate. They both have talents we need. And, I think they could use each other to take down McCain in November. They could start by saying, "Mr. McCain thinks that Iraq is a winnable war. The old man is clearly delusional."

Plus, that works out well for me, because I like both of them. And, when Obama's done, I can vote for Clinton for president. See...if they run together, I could be happy with the commander-in-chief for the next 16 years.

My head feels better already.