A Word From Your Doctor
When I ask if you have this kind of pain, I mean is it sharp or sudden, not from an angle of less than 90 degrees
What is acute?
"Be our guest, be our guest, put our service to the test"
What is Beauty and The Beast?
On its first day in North America August 14, 1989, it was said, "Let there be Sega", & this console was released, & it was good
What is the Genesis?
A major monument of Rouen, France is a Renaissance clock that has fabulous decorations & machinery, but only one of these
What is a hand?
The ice cream machine at this fast food chain was working in 1990s Russia when the 1st one there served a line of 30k people
What is McDonald's?
I'm afraid you've broken a brachial bone, brachial meaning a part of this body part
What is your arm?
"You're welcome! For the tides, the sun, the sky... you're welcome! I'm just an ordinary demi-guy"
What is Moana?
Also called a "diskette", this 2-word thingamajig got its nickname since its first varieties were put in bendable jackets
What is a floppy disk?
The mysteriously named Ohio Clock has stood in the U.S. Senate for two centuries; here, it's adjusted for this for the first time in 1918
What is daylight savings?
A 2009 Florida Times-Union article said shoppers for this November day "began camping out Wednesday night"--Wednesday!
What is Black Friday?
I've got one of these forecasts for you, from Greek for "prediction"
What is prognosis?
"When hearts are high, the time will fly, so whistle while you work" (& put those dishes in the tub, woodland animals!)
What is Snow White?
The app Lapse makes your phone act like this type of single-use camera; photos are a mystery until they "develop" later in the day
What is a disposable camera?
An iconic tower in this capital city has displayed a clock made by local company Seiko since 1966
What is Tokyo?
Watch for the costumed Elmos while waiting on line at this Times Square booth for discounts on Broadway shows
When I say this is "thready", I mean it's barely perceptible & feels kind of like a thin fiber moving under my finger
What is a pulse?
"It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
'Til we find our place"
What is The Lion King?
Thanks to GPS-enabled phones, it's no longer necessary to print out your route using this site acquired by AOL in 1999
What is MapQuest?
A victim of sexist obscurity, this kind of timepiece stands between 5 & 6' tall, like one appraised on "Antiques Roadshow" in 2012
What is a grandmother clock?
In 2012 a viral photo showed a "conga line" of climbers moving up the Lhotse face on this mountain
What is Everest?
I need to examine your ear--hold on while I grab this doohickey with a handle & a light that lets me look inside
What is an otoscope?
"De Bogotá hasta palenque me fui con toda la gente"
What is Encanto?
In 1999 Research in Motion released this device, calling it "a breakthrough wireless email solution for mobile professionals"
What is a BlackBerry?
In the early '60s this Greek-letter brand was a big deal with JFK's Slimline & Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra's Speedmaster
What is omega?
A doorman who worked the line at this defunct disco said, "It was inclusive of people who were of that moment in Manhattan"
What is Studio 54?