Category Archives: Life

Time out for life events

A job interview tomorrow. Continue reading

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Aurora borealis migrainis

Dammit. I was all set to settle in for the evening with a movie or something, or read for a while, and suddenly, I can’t see because there’s an aurora across my vision. It’s the precursor to a migraine. Immediately … Continue reading

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Who needs fathers? Who needs mothers?

No need for two parents in FutureWorld Continue reading

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Tires and test anxiety

Tires and test anxiety Continue reading

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Not liking bacteria, good or bad

One infection ends, another begins Continue reading

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Busy day

A bar-mitzvah this morning of a great-grandchild of Jews who fled Nazi France just as the Nazis were entering Paris to the north. The best thing about this story: For twelve years, he had no real Jewish upbringing, and then, … Continue reading

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Father’s Day

Father’s Day remembrances Continue reading

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The battle of the bacteria: Midway

I have now finished eight full days of the Prevpack, which means, let’s see… 3,000 mg per day of antibiotics, 9.5 packages of Florastor at 5 billion cells per package (give or take 50 or 60 million that got stuck … Continue reading

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Lazy Sunday

I just wasn’t up to writing much today, so instead, I watched most of the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Meantime, Tig spent the bulk of the day sleeping on the patio, changing his position from his nest … Continue reading

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Have you ever eaten five billion of anything?

Florastor: It’s got five billion freeze-dried cells, and I ate ’em all. Mostly. Continue reading

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H. pylori is no friend of mine

H. pylori must be destroyed Continue reading

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Staying one step behind

Teenagers manage to stay a step ahead of grownups Continue reading

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Posting may be light today

Sick day today Continue reading

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Fried potatoes

I want french fries Continue reading

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Burnt toast

Where is my mind this morning? I burned the toast, not once, but twice. I left the phone off the cradle all night, and forgot to hibernate the laptop. And all this (except the toast) was before I didn’t get … Continue reading

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