Two down, twelve to go; no vomiting.
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Posted: 5:59 am Tue May 31 2011 | Comments(0) |
In celebration of my natal anniversary, JayCon XI, my 11th annual 37th birthday party, is this coming Saturday, June 4th, 2011 from 2 to 5 pm at the Flying Pie in SE Portland. We’re partying because I was born, and because I have beat cancer again and again fucking cancer is back, again, and I will beat it, again.
If you can read this, you’re invited. Prior JayCon experience not required.
Flying Pie Pizzeria
7804 SE Stark Street
Portland, 97215
(503) 254-2016
http://www.flying-pie.com/
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As is traditional for JayCon, Paul M. Carpentier is specifically not invited.
Posted: 5:32 am Tue May 31 2011 | Comments(0) |
After old town Hanapepe we wandered around the southeast coast of the island, heading ultimately toward the north shore. Passing through Lihue, we visited Wailua Falls.
Posted: 5:29 am Tue May 31 2011 | Comments(0) |
Your Tuesday moment of zen.
Flower. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 5:27 am Tue May 31 2011 | Comments(0) |
A reader reacts to my short story at Daily Science Fiction, “Hello, Said the Gun” — Not so much with the liking, I’m afraid.
Sociopath World — For those of you doing research on the darker side of characterization. (Via ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=1){kind=small}
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Terrorist ‘pre-crime’ detector field tested in United States — Screening system aims to pinpoint passengers with malicious intentions. (Via The Law and Neuroscience Blog, recently recommended to me by the always excellent e_bourne
Splashdown: 1904 — A ship being launched. Impressive photo.
x-planes with Sinday fantasy #321: The FH-XX, an incredible papercraft model submitted by it’s creator necroscope — Holy cow, that is made of paper.
Utah Law Makes Coins Worth Their Weight in Gold (or Silver) — The Tea Party comes to your wallet. (Thanks to my Dad.)
Prop 8 Supporters: We Didn’t Really Mean What We Said About Same-Sex Marriage — “It’s a stunning admission that all the arguments they were making before are completely baseless…” Not like they weren’t completely baseless along, the prop 8 lawsuit arguments were beyond laughable: just the usual conservative fearmongering in the face of fact and in support of bigotry.
Reality Bites: The GOP After Daniels, and After 2012 — The most important political story of the Obama era has been the Republican Party’s growing defiance of reality—its denial of climate science, its denunciations of Medicare cuts while proposing Medicare cuts, its denunciations of debt while proposing debt-exploding tax cuts, its resistance to financial regulation in the wake of a financial meltdown, and so on. Now the GOP’s most promising reality-based presidential candidate, Mitch Daniels, has passed up the race.
Rolling Stone: Roger Ailes’ Bomb Proof Office Protects Him From ‘Those Gays’ — That would be the same Roger Ailes who believes Obama is forming a national police force. Oh, and the man who brought you “Fair and Balanced” FOX News. Fairly unbalanced indeed.
?otD: What’s the weirdest job you ever had?
Posted: 5:26 am Tue May 31 2011 | Comments(2) |
Thankfully this chemo was a lot less eventful than the last. Lower GI has been unusually silent, which means a rough ride today or tomorrow once things get moving, but more to the point upper GI has been quiescent. One round of serious nausea, which I rode out, and no vomiting.
Plus lots of company, with my special thanks to Elizabeth Stephan. She, mlerulesthe_child
Like a lot you reading this, I am laying low today. My one ambition is to make progress on my nonfiction project. Otherwise it’s reading time if my brain can focus, DVD time otherwise.
Be well, do good, and pause this Memorial Day to honor the fallen and all of those who served.
Posted: 6:00 am Mon May 30 2011 | Comments(0) |
Your Monday moment of zen.
Textured wood of damaged post. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 5:55 am Mon May 30 2011 | Comments(0) |
The Kindle Swindle — What is and isn’t good about reading on a device. The cutsie headline does this interesting article a disservice.
Vintagraph with a poster honoring Memorial Day, ca. 1936
Heparin: The Movie — A one-minute squib of part of my needle removal, shot with the Super 8 application on my iPhone.
Mysterious markings discovered at Great Pyramid of Giza
Ten Notable Apocalypses That (Obviously) Didn’t Happen — Apocalyptic predictions are nothing new—they have been around for millennia. Repeat after me kids: Just because you believe it doesn’t mean it’s true. One does not arrive at facts through Biblical interpretation, divination or numerology. (Snurched from Dark Roasted Blend.)
?otD: Have you ever served in the military?
Posted: 5:51 am Mon May 30 2011 | Comments(2) |
Yesterday I managed to go all day without vomiting, and only one round of nausea. A great victory for me, and a great relief to Elizabeth Stephan (my caregiver this weekend) and the_child
On the other hand, I’m also sleeping even more — almost fourteen out of the last twenty-four hours, as well as getting occasional chills and flushes. This may be due to the new anti-nausea drug my oncologists put me on, Zyprexa. Zyprexa is also used to treat schizophrenia, as apparently schizophrenia and nausea use the same neural pathways. The side effects list is as long as your arm.
Also helpful, which I think I failed to mention yesterday, was my consultation with the dieticians whilst at the infusion center. My dietary restrictions come from three different directions, which was leaving me with ridiculously limited food options — basically broth, meat, nuts and beans. We’ve clarified the reasoning behind the overlays and they were able to give me some wider options.
Very droopy today. Pump will come off about 11:45, then we’ll see how I do.
Posted: 7:54 am Sun May 29 2011 | Comments(1) |
Your Sunday moment of zen.
Signal base and train station, Missoula, MT. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 7:23 am Sun May 29 2011 | Comments(0) |