I can’t say that I’m a big fan of losing a body part that has been with me since birth.

The first time I consciously noted the discomfort in my abdomen was in August, after I finished the Pan-Mass Challenge. I didn’t really pay much attention to it. It came and went, but eventually it became clear that it wasn’t just going to go away. By the end ( Read more... )

Saturday I attended my second Wise Speech workshop at CIMC with Narayan Liebenson Grady. It was interesting because it was one of the few times when people are encouraged to talk to one another, and I found it refreshing, meeting new people or renewing existing friendships.

One nugget I’d like to share is the following quote, which comes from Maha ( Read more... )

Although I’ve never been one to make a big deal about New Years resolutions, for the past six or eight years, I’ve taken that opportunity to make tweaks to my diet.

First it was eliminating cola. Other things I’ve done have included ( Read more... )

Every so often I’ve considered tracking my food intake, to see just how many calories I was taking in and to what degree I was meeting my nutritional needs. I’ve always been curious, since my diet has been pretty nonstandard for most of my life. However, the manual bookkeeping was always prohibitive, until I recently decided to ask iniren, my local ( Read more... )