[personal] Yesterday and today
Nice father-daughter day with
Today: lunch with parents & K—,
Posted: 9:15 am Sun May 31 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad wakes up and yawns
Subterranean Press with a nice Booklist review of METAtropolis
Spiderwick Meets Dinotopia — Hahahah.
Watchmen, sort of — Heh. Weird in a very fun way. (Thanks to
Ski Hindi — A charming story from Language Log.
Ways of Going: 1865 — Shorpy with multimodal transportation, Civil War style.
Put down the duckie — And speaking of ducks… Sex with Ducks.
Space Torso Reveals Cancer Risk for Astronauts
?otD: Where did I leave my dogma?
5/31/2009
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
This morning’s weigh-in: 214.6
Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
Posted: 9:11 am Sun May 31 2009 | Comments(1) |
[personal] A grand day out
About to have a father-daughter day with
At the end of the day,
So, no writing or further blogging today, methinks. In fact, get out of the house, you guys.
Posted: 5:56 am Sat May 30 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad eases into the weekend
JayCon is a week from today! Mark your calendars: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
Mexican church half-buried in lava — (Snurched from Dark Roasted Blend.)
Terrible Yellow Eyes — Sendak!
On the whole, it was a good colonoscopy — Hahahahahah. (Thanks to
Video Surveillance on the Fly: Here’s Looking at You! — This must be a hoax. (Thanks to
You Should Get Out More — Living abroad gives expats greater creativity in problem solving, according to new research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. I’ve always thought that if every American had to spend a year or two abroad, we would have a very different and far stronger country — greatly improved and significantly more progressive politically and socially.
Suddenly it’s OK to call a judicial nominee a racist — More principled consistency from Your Republican Party and the Liberal Media.
California’s crisis and the collapse of the Republican Party. — The Edge of the American West with some political history. Their thesis mirrors what I’ve said about the GOP and the Christian Right for years. Playing into fear and hatred might be a great short term electoral tactic, but it’s horribly destructive long term political and social strategy.
?otD: I found somebody else’s thrill on Blueberry Hill. Will there be a reward?
5/23/2009
Body movement: 30 minute staionary bike ride
This morning’s weigh-in: 216.4
Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
Posted: 5:31 am Sat May 30 2009 | Comments(0) |
[cancer] Second opinion time
Many phone calls today. Case management nurse at the cancer services unit of my carrier. UCSF cancer center to seek the appointment for the second opinion. My doctor’s practice at OHSU to have medical records and relevant associated data released to UCSF. I won’t know for up to two weeks what happens next (presumably an appointment in San Francisco). But the second opinion is fully in train.
Also, spoke to both my hair stylist and my dentist yesterday about what would happen if I did have a chemo course. Contingency plans are being made.
Posted: 2:43 pm Fri May 29 2009 | Comments(2) |
[sale] “In the Emperor’s Garden” to FANTASY
Per her announcement here,
Posted: 2:05 pm Fri May 29 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad notices it’s Friday
Where does our information come from? — This is pretty funny, but the comments are funnier.
The Wagon — The Guru’s Handbook on intention and recovery.
Mission to Moscow — The Edge of the American West reminds us of Mathias Rust.
The Cost Conundrum — What a Texas town can teach us about health care. Ah, the magic of market self-regulations. Markets surely do optimize, if you happen to be an investment dollar. A piece of economic wisdom apparent to any twelve year old, except for conservatives, of course.
?otD: Do you know where you’re going to?
5/29/2009
Body movement: 60 minute staionary bike ride
This morning’s weigh-in: 218.0
Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
Posted: 4:50 am Fri May 29 2009 | Comments(0) |
[personal] The day that was
Today:
- exercised
- worked full day of day jobbe
- had dental appointment for x-rays and cleaning
- lunched with parents
- had hair appointment
- took
to her extreme theatre troupe - took
to school for her class play - watched
‘s class play
Why am I tired?
Posted: 7:11 pm Thu May 28 2009 | Comments(0) |
[sale] “Skinhorse Goes to Mars” to Escape Pod
Audio rights to my story “Skinhorse Goes to Mars” (originally published in PostScripts) have been acquired by Escape Pod
Posted: 7:08 pm Thu May 28 2009 | Comments(5) |
[cancer] The waiting game
Had a session with my therapist yesterday. I’ll be seeing quite a bit of him for a while. Also had the Cancer Talk, Year Two with
Had an outbreak of the Fear yesterday morning driving back from the gym. That was a little rough. Near-hysterics do not mix well with traveling 40 mph on a narrow road with no place to pull off. But the top was down and REM’s “Drive” was on the CD player, so, well, there I was. I’m also having no trouble already seeing the gifts even this year’s cancer is giving me, but that sliver of wisdom is being offset by my general anger at the whole thing.
Callbacks are now late from both my cancer doctor’s scheduler and the cancer case management people at my health insurance carrier. I’ll launch followup calls today.
More when it happens.
Posted: 4:28 am Thu May 28 2009 | Comments(2) |