I haven’t posted about my diet or weight loss in a while, but that’s because there has been nothing to report. I’ve only lost half a pound in something like five weeks. Not good in the slightest, but my diet fell in priority. After I get back from Copenhagen in a week, it will rise again ( Read more... )

A few things today:

First, I decided to read John McCain’s account of his time as a POW, which was published in 1973. It somehow led me to look up the longest held American POW, which led me to this fellow, Floyd James Thompson. I’m sharing the link because that has to be one of the most depressing life stories I have read in a long time. It ( Read more... )

More than a year ago, I noticed a small bump on the top of my head--directly in the center and about an inch above my hairline. I thought it might be a pimple, but it never went away. It just sat there, this little bump on my scalp, not painful and not doing any harm ( Read more... )

I stayed home sick from work today, which I'm actually pretty unhappy about. It makes me feel weak and out of control, largely because there was no decision involved here. I wasn't lying in bed at 8 am thinking, "Well, I could go to work and feel like crap or I could go to the doctor and get some rest and feel better tomorrow." No. My body ( Read more... )