My teenage son must have fallen asleep very late, and without actually going to bed. In other words, keeling over in the midst of an assignment. His door was open this morning, when I went to tap lightly at 7:30am, to wake him. His easel was set up next to his small desk – a […]
Is This It?
Chronic pain and the dismissal of doctors. Bad Rx.
Pregnant Man: Gender Fusion or More Confusion?
So what’s up with the pregnant man? Frankly, I’m a little tired of opening my email lately, and getting a feed that includes mention of “pregnant man expecting third child.” When I first saw that headline (how could it not catch your eye?), I believe it was via the Huffington Post. I couldn’t help myself. […]
Help! I need a new cell phone!
Help, please! I need advice. Seriously. I give good phone, and I’d like to get some, too. But I’ve been limping along on a hand-me-down 3-year old cell that’s on its last legs. I need suggestions – truly. Cell phone requirements Here are my requirements: small (to put in jeans pocket, small purses, or cleavage) […]
Is Genius Doomed? Alexander McQueen Takes His Own Life.
Alexander McQueen, 40, takes his own life Sumptuous. Elaborate. Theatrical. Audacious. These are some of the words that come to mind when I think about the fashion of Alexander McQueen, the 40-year old British designer who was found today, reportedly dead by his own hand. I follow fashion peripherally; at its best I believe it […]
Vegetative states, Great cheap dates, Life without mates
Vegetative states While it was an article on French Yahoo several days ago that alerted me to this story, CNN Health is now reporting the news that for the first time, a man in a persistent vegetative state (since a car crash in 2003) was able to respond to questions about his life, by thinking […]
Boost your brain (with pleasure)
Unanticipated pleasure Last evening, for three hours, I hovered in the pleasure zone, my brain and body exquisitely in sync. This was delight the likes of which I haven’t felt in six months, or perhaps as long as a year. The kind of pleasure, intense and pervasive, that obliterates worry and fatigue as all the […]
Super Bowl Sunday: just another day?
Super Bowl Sunday – an American institution? So how did Super Bowl Sunday get to be such an institution? Are you planning your day around TV football pre-game shows, prepping in the kitchen with traditional family finger foods and a passel of neighbors stopping by for the evening? Are you out at your favorite sports […]
Six Dollars for Sensory Therapy
Wake up and smell the coffee When your day starts at three in the morning, it’s amazing what you can accomplish. There’s gazing at the 14 stacks of books, folders, and magazines you need to organize (without actually organizing them), or staring down heaps of unfolded laundry with a little smile, knowing they make fine […]
Female2Female Exercise
Fill in the blanks? Random thoughts? Oooo baby, yeah!! Give this Female2Female word-image-thought blog challenge a twirl. I found it on the lovely April’s blog post today. Just copy the bolded words, and complete the sentence or thought with whatever comes to mind first. Then link up over at Female2Female. It’s fun! Female2Female Random meme […]