Here are some random thoughts about “corrected”:
- I have a very rare congenital heart condition — Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries — a name that is sometimes corrected to Levo Transposition of the Great Arteries.
- When my cardiologist Dr. Deeb Salem (whom I’m seeing today) discovered in 1980 that I had Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries, that finding corrected previous doctors’ assumptions that I just had a complete heart block which had been corrected with pacemakers starting when I was 10 years old.
- When we found out I had Congenitally Corrected Transposition, I corrected one of my mother’s favorite expressions — “Two wrongs don’t make a right” — because in Congenitally Corrected Transposition two wrongs DO make a right — all the blood ends up in the right place (phew!).
- For decades, I didn’t realize that Dr. Salem and my son Aaron were both born on February 23, an oversight that was corrected last year when my annual check-up with Dr. Salem was on that shared birthdate.
- I remember the late Steve Allen saying this on some late night show: “I stand corrected, because I’m wearing orthopedic shoes.”
- The extensive water damage in our upstairs shower/bathroom is almost complete corrected after almost two years of insurance claims and construction. Something that still needs to be corrected is a replacement toilet that was ordered in the wrong color.
- Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like there is always something that needs to be corrected.
Do you see anything corrected in my images for today?
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World Thinking Day has me thinking about yesterday’s Coping and Healing group where people were thinking about ways to correct (or at least reduce) overthinking, including practicing mindfulness.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “corrected.”
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Just to let you know, when I try to type L-tga (the abbreviation for Levo Transposition of the Great Arteries), auto correct keeps changing it to “L-thanksgiving”.
Speaking of thanksgiving, thanks to all who help me publish corrected blog posts every day, including YOU!
you are one of those rare people who could utter, “I stand corrected,” and it would have much positive meaning
Thanks for your positivity, beth!
so much
You are correct, beth!
I did notice that your first replacement toilet is just a shade off, Ann. Dagnabbit. And I apparently type dagnabbit enough that my autocorrect leaves it alone!
Dagnabbit is a delicious word, Mark! Is there something else you intended it to be?
No, it was the word I wanted, Maureen, coming from my cartoon past as a kid!
Thanks for all your correct comments!
Two wrongs made a right with your heart, Ann, and I think that was true in more ways than one.
Your new bathroom is so fancy! Very detailed tile work. A super luxurious shower! And a soaking tub! Plumbing leaks aren’t things that can be autocorrected, but the two years of stress will hopefully pay off in years of enjoyment now.
That photo of the big huge cat squished into a too-small chair is really funny. Thanks for the great start to my day.
Thanks for all your correct and supportive communications, Maureen!
The incorrect
Now stands Corrected
As Harley and Joan
Have Asserted
And live accordingly
autocorrected
Lives and Dichotomies
Now perfected
Thanks for this beautiful and correct poem, Maria!
Steve Allen had a lot of wonderful lines. I don’t know if this was one of his but it sounds like it could be: “Two wrongs don’t make a right but three rights make a left.”
Your comments correct so much, Chris.
I see that Christopher also commented about Steve Allen! I can hear him in my mind with his joke about “standing corrected,” and no one loved a joke more than he did. I can also hear his laughter when he delivered a funny line. I was a little moody today, Ann, and thinking about Steve Allen’s humor corrected my course. 🙂
Thanks for correcting my course, my friend!