Treatment: Day 2
“When we looked at your scan, we saw some stool in your rectum so we have to deal with that.” Yep, we are in trying to poop without emptying my bladder phase in just the second day. I did what […]
Treatment: Day 1
I started radiation treatment today. This will be my record of this. During my intake yesterday, I had a bad interaction with another patient. As I sat waiting, an older dude exited one of the other rooms and sat by […]
2022 Reading Update #2
Half a dozen books in after the first quarter of the year. My reading always picks up when the weather is nicer, so I feel like last year’s total of 31 is in reach. Here are the four I have […]
I Did It!
Finally! I have achieved my goal and blogged every single day of March. This silly little challenge was just a personal effort to see if I could get back into the routine of something I had kind of pushed to […]
Searching for the Perfect Pair
Not all sweatpants are created the same. I have come to understand this truism over the past six months or so. Blame the pandemic. I appreciated sweatpants long before COVID-19 appeared. But the way I lived my life – constantly […]
Choose Your Setting
Generally, I embrace change. I feel like some situations cause me to rise to the challenge and make me a better person. However, getting a new toaster might not be one of those times. We needed to make this change. […]
Caring by Not Caring
My career as a full-time journalist ended almost 22 years ago. I last wrote something for a newspaper about 7 years ago. My identity is no longer wrapped up in that profession. I haven’t felt that way for a long […]
Surviving the Mean Streets
One of my favorite things about living in a small town like Hanover is making fun of people who freak out about every little thing. This mainly takes the form of talking about safely walking through town at night as […]
A New Challenge
I don’t really know why I decided to start “creating content” around the games I play on Football Manager. I think it had to do with a lot of the things I get involved with – I saw someone else […]
I’m a Loser
I could not figure out today’s Wordle puzzle. And that’s OK. I didn’t share that one to the thread I use for my results because I don’t really need to share my failures. (I have a single Facebook thread for […]