League of Mortals, Chs. 6-10

I’ve just added Chapters 6 – 10 to League of Mortals. In the previous chapters, Wesley got sick, lost his job, and had to produce a stool stample. In these chapters, he undergoes more testing and gets a new job: helping take care of a guy named Travis, who is terminally ill. If you are [...]

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What’s illness got to do with it?

Leslie asks : What is your relationship to illness?  Is there a particular time when you wish illness wasn’t in the picture?  Or is there a time when you find it’s easy to forget about illness?
My relationship to my illness has been almost entirely bad, like Ike and Tina bad – and I’m not Ike. [...]

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League of Mortals: 2nd try

One of the goals in my theme update/upgrade has been to provide an easier means for me to publish League of Mortals. Unfortunately, WordPress does not make it easy to provide non-bloggy content, but I think I finally cobbled together an acceptable workaround.
I have published the first five chapters in this new format, so you [...]

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PFAM is up

The current edition (forget which number) is up at Oh My Aches and Pains. Thanks to Selena for her excellent job as host.
If you’re interested in hosting, let me know.

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Upgrading and Updating

I upgraded to WordPress 2.9 today, and took the opportunity to try a new theme, too. As you can see, I still have some work to do with the buttons and the stylesheet, but everything should be functional for the time being. I’ll try to get it all cleaned up by the end of the [...]

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Food is a four-letter word

For her edition of Patients for a Moment, Selena asked: “What are the four letter words you use to describe your life with chronic illness?” I could fill a month’s worth of posts with just the profanities that come to mind—but who would read it?
“Suck” would be the most descriptive. “Pain” is also appropriate. “Poop”—also [...]

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