What secret?

With very little respect, I feel I must say that some of this self-help stuff is a bunch of lunch meat. Maybe I shouldn’t be too harsh. After all, if it helps some people, it must have some value, right?
Nope, I can’t do it.
Caveat: I haven’t read one of those books that says happiness, success, [...]

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Writing takes a holiday

I’ve spent some time away from the computer lately. It’s been too painful to look at the screen for extended periods of time (especially after I do it for eight excruciating hours at work). My sinuses have been acting up again, I had to give up caffeine because my heartburn was acting up, and the [...]

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Corn, courtesy of the rain

It isn’t the desert, but we still get enough sun to boil the brain case. Exhibit A: our governor (separated at birth from George Hamilton?).
Ah, but I didn’t start this entry intending to talk about the sun, or too-tan, Chain-gang Charlie. I wanted to talk about the rain. A busy day at work followed by [...]

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Something else to lose

2007 will probably not go down as my favorite year, but I won’t tempt fate by claiming it’s the worst. That kind of reckless talk is what makes fate go Biblical.
Apparently it has been bad enough for me to start losing my hair. This morning we noticed a lot of hair on the floor near [...]

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Not so fast

On Friday I told a friend that last week was the first week I’d worked a full 40 hours since my diagnosis. As it turns out I was wrong. It was my second. I felt pretty good, a little tired maybe, but not exhausted. Or so I thought. I slept through most of the weekend. [...]

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What do I write now?

I’ve long ago run out of words. Everyone is in bed, it’s just me, and I want to feel better. A Mac keyboard has been my outlet for a long time… going back to the good old Mac Plus days after my high school graduation. Now? Nothing.
It seems like even these words have graced [...]

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A clean bill of health

The oncologist says my blood work is a solid indicator that I’m in remission, so my recent bout of fatigue and general malaise is strictly stress related.
What a relief.

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Worry

I’m a little worried about the follow-up with the Oncologist tomorrow. I was supposed to go last Tuesday, but I forgot. Then I was supposed to go on Thursday, but the doctor forgot (either that or they are a vengeful lot).
I know the recovery process can be slow, but I’m worried that I’m feeling [...]

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Everything in the kitchen sink

Can you tell anything about a person from the dishes he dirties; and if so, what does it mean when it’s nothing but bowls and spoons?
This is the life.

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Pleas

I’ve got a better than average reason to still be up this far past my bed time: fear. Tomorrow (today) is Friday (this being Thursday night), and I’m determined to qualify (in parenthesis) every other word (typed in the mother tongue) in this sentence. When next the sun rises over fair Dunedin, I’ll be sitting [...]

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