the other kind of social disease

The Meriam Webster Dictionary defines the term “social disease” as the following:
Main Entry:  social disease
Function: noun
Date: 1891
1: venereal disease.
I’d like to respectfully submit a second meaning:
2:any disease or condition that significantly impacts ones social life, friendships, relationships, and general interaction with society…
I was recently diagnosed with CFIDS or Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome.  I have [...]

stab! bang! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

well, kiddies, it’s happened.  i’ve finally gotten over the first hump: i acutally feel better.  my physical therapy has begun to have a lasting, measurable effect.
i noticed this going in to stab therapy on thursday.  i was walking in, and while not pain free, the pain was less pervasive and less severe than normal.  despite the utter teddy bear debacle [...]

ricky nelson, i salute you

enough of the brain problems, back to the fun.
we went back to the temple bar again the last night.  we’d gone to see casa mila (la pedrera) late in the afternoon and hadn’t accomplished much else that day.  because, as i explained to cs, that we had a problem.  we couldn’t leave our hovel because [...]

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the boss of me

i’m totally having one of those “dancing in the dark” moments.  you know, “i wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face…”
i’m not sure if bruce meant that expression of ennui to extend to your job, friends, family, name, home furnishings, country of residence… but i think he did.  and man, was he singing my tune.
you know [...]

ah, the power of cheese

i don’t mean the literal foodstuff, cheese, though that clearly has it’s wonders and its merits.  no, kids, i refer to the sociological type of cheese.  and the creme de la creme of this cultural curd is, of course, B horror movies.
i have been traveling to and from cleveland almost non stop for the past [...]

working from home

I think it’s more stressful to work from home.  Trying to juggle Law and Order and product development for Lite Brite…Actually, it’s claustrophobia inducing.  Thank god the pain distracts me from the boredom and restlessness. 
This new “pain management” treatment has thus far provided more pain than managment, but I’m hopeful.  I go for my second [...]