Chapters 66 through 70 of League of Mortals are now available. New readers should start at the beginning. Most of the book was written based on my own experiences – meaning I did almost zero research. Chapter 66, however, required a bit of work, and I’m quite pleased with how it turned out. I knew [...]
Tue, August 24 2010 » 1 » 2 Comments
Oh, yes – I have uploaded more chapters from League of Mortals. The new material starts with Chapter 51. Big Fish. Folks who have no idea what I’m talking about should start here. The new material goes through Chapter 60; Chapters 61 through 65 should be available next Tuesday, the 17th. When we last left [...]
Wed, August 11 2010 » 1 » No Comments
Before I left for the place I will be when you read this, I scheduled five more chapters of League of Mortals to be uploaded, for your reading displeasure. The new chapters start with Chapter 46. EUA; new readers should start from the beginning. Also, I updated the chapter bar on the start page, so [...]
Tue, August 3 2010 » 1 » 2 Comments
It’s like they know when I need to take a trip. And then try to screw it up. I am going out of town the country for a week, starting tomorrow. On Wednesday, my doctor prescribed a lower dosage of paroxetine, to help me wean off it. Cutting the pills I have in half was [...]
Fri, July 30 2010 » 1 » 1 Comment
The Queen of Optimism asks: “Who has made a positive difference in your life and what did they do?” In May of 2006 I’d just been released from the hospital, when my doctor asked me to come in for a follow-up. “We think you might have cancer,” he said. “You need to go see a [...]
Sun, July 25 2010 » 1 » 1 Comment
Act III of the 4/02/2010 episode of This American Life will be interesting to anyone who has heard of helminth therapy to treat autoimmune diseases. It focuses on a man named Jasper Lawrence, who decided to treat his severe asthma with hookworms acquired the, um, natural way. He sounds like a reasonable guy on the [...]
Sat, July 24 2010 » 1 » 1 Comment
So last week, I was trying to get my Paxil prescription refilled before I left for vacation – despite virtually no cooperation from my pharmacy. On Tuesday morning, I called my doctor for a refill. “Sure, we’ll send that in.” A few hours later, I called the pharmacy. “Your doctor just called it in; it [...]
Fri, July 23 2010 » 1 » No Comments
I am supposed to be on vacation this morning, headed down to Florida for a week. Instead, I am sitting at my computer, waiting for my pharmacy and my doctor to get their shit together, so I don’t have to go cold turkey on my Paxil, and end up a homicidal maniac burying his victims [...]
Tue, July 13 2010 » 1 » 1 Comment
For this week’s PFAM, Leslie asks… “What have you done (or what do you aspire to do) in spite of illness?” When I was first diagnosed, my doctor told me I had to take it easy: too much stress would make me sicker. That meant no sports, no hard classes, etc. So I stopped going [...]
Mon, July 12 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments
I wrote this post for Change.org, and my editor decided it was “not right for Change”. I still think it’s important, so I want to publish it here (with minimal edition). Recently [Change.org] welcomed a post from Fran Drescher, asking readers to support her charity, Cancer Schmancer. I hope some lucky reader enjoyed a call [...]
Mon, July 12 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » 2 Comments
A novel crime against decency by Duncan Cross
