Breathing Room

Medical Update: 3rd Official Opinion,...

I am writing from Penn Station in sunny Baltimore, MD. There is a big art festival here today, and...

Jul 19th

Jul 19th

But even after the pathologists have differentiated a Hodgkin’s mass from other kinds of lymphoma,...

Jul 19th

Medical Update - 3rd (but unofficial)...

I recently sent my medical records on to a third hospital for a tie-breaking opinion. I’ll get...

Jul 13th

Cat? Or vengeful Russian woman? You...

I keep telling people that my cat is smarter and meaner than me. People who haven’t lived with...

Jul 13th

To set the scene: I am laying on my bed, and the princess...

Jul 13th

What, you want to review these medical records? Obviously,...

Jul 13th

Even on the floor, they’re mine. Just so we’re...

Jul 13th

Now, rub my butt. That’s it… a little to the...

Jul 13th

Shameless Plug for My Favorite Book #5 -...

Of all the thousands of books I have read, Chuck Amuck is my favorite. It is by Chuck Jones, one of...

Jul 12th

Shameless Plug for My Favorite Book #4 -...

The man, Ray Katz, in the story is a “business manager” at an animation studio. Having...

Jul 12th

Shameless Plug for My Favorite Book #3 -...

When (not if) you fail, you are in good company - Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers, Jack Benny, Wile...

Jul 12th

Shameless Plug for My Favorite Book #2 -...

My mother says this to me all the time. It is both absurd, and insightful. “A dear uncle told...

Jul 12th

Shameless Plug for My Favorite Book #1 -...

This is a description of the author’s 6th birthday. Since I pulled a nearly identical move at...

Jul 12th

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a split...

At debate tournaments, there are preliminary debates and elimination debates. By long-standing...

Jul 10th