Daily Archives: March 10, 2024

5-Year Anniversary Of My Life-Altering Surgery — It Was Better/Cheaper Than A Facelift Or Botox.

by Anura Guruge
on March 10, 2024

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I even got to spend the whole day with a man/President I admire — FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) & his wife. That he was good friends with one of my all time HEROES ‘Winston’ has some to do with it. SMILE. [Until I toured his library, I had not realized that he, like Winston, was a racist — BUT, I understand. Men of their time. That is how they had grown up.]

Well, I have already ‘spoken’ at length about the knee I busted on February 28, 2019.

I had surgery to reattach the quad tendon on March 8, 2019. That surgery CHANGED my life for the better.

I am at least 30 lbs LIGHTER than I was on that day. Yes, I am now at around 135 lbs (61.2 Kg). I have not been that weight since I was a teenager. SMILE.

I am fitter than I was 5-years ago. Much fitter. SMILE.

I am so glad that I had that surgery.

Would Pope ‘John Paul II’ or ‘John XXIII’ Have Told Gallant Ukraine To ‘Raise White Flag’?

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by Anura Guruge
on March 10, 2024

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Never mind what Jesus would say.

I am more interested in what John Paul II or John XXIII would have said. Or even ‘Paul VI’, ‘John Paul I’ or ‘Benedict XV’ (not XVI).

I am nonplussed.

Yes, in May of last year some had started to worry that he might become “Putin’s Pope”.

I have often said that Francis is very like Trump!

There are a couple of ‘S’ words that readily spring to my mind as I sit here stewing about Francis and this stupid statement. One of these ‘S’ words is SENILE.

You could easily call John Paul II the ASTUTE POPE. He was that.

So, this is how I see things at this time:

John XXIII — the GOOD pope.

Paul VI — the DIPLOMAT pope.

John Paul I — the SMILING pope.

John Paul II — the ASTUTE pope.

Benedict XVI — the SCHOLARLY pope.

Francis — the UNASTUTE pope.

Prove me WRONG.

I/WE STAND WITH UKRAINE. No bloody white flag.