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Another long-belated update
It took almost a whole day after I was admitted before I was transferred down to my permanent room on Ellison 14. Not nearly as posh, but more convenient. No sofa, but the room was at least as large, and it had a second bed (empty -- since I'm neutropenic my insurance will have to lump it that I get a single room). I lost my river view for a ( Read more... ) -
Let's try this again, shall we?
Almost as soon as I had made those two posts a couple weeks ago, I hit the wall, hard. Total exhaustion, some medical complications, and feeling generally crappy sucked all will and energy to do anything bloglike out of me. I finally seem to have caught another wind, though, so here's another try.
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Back again, this time with all new leukemia!
Last Friday, November 13th, I started the day getting home from work as normal, decided to go to the doctor to head off a nagging sore throat that had been bugging me for a few days, and ended up getting diagnosed with leukemia and being admitted to the hospital ( Read more... ) -
A surreal day, in which I get (diagnosed with) leukemia
This was the email I sent to a mailing list I'm on on November 14th ( Read more... ) -
I have the power!
Just before I went to sleep last night (this morning), I realized that this year, for the first time ever in my life, every single item I'd ticked off on my ballot had won. That's a freaky feeling. I'm much more used to my ballot going down in flames on all sides ( Read more... ) -
Bittersweet, mostly sweet
1992 was my first national election as a voter, and it was an amazing feeling to help elect Bill Clinton after 12 years -- nearly 2/3 of my lifetime -- of Reagan/Bush. I never really expected an election to feel that exhilarating again. 1996 was kind of boring, and 2000 and 2004 were both heartbreaking. But tonight isn't just exhilarating -- it ( Read more... ) -
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x_h00ine posted a pretty pictureWeeping willow, my favorite. There were two weeping willows on my grandparents' farm when I was growing up, a big one and a little one. My cousin Meriwether and I appropriated them -- we'd play house underneath the big one, which had a curtain of leaves almost down to the ground. We stripped willow whips for ourselves, made ( Read more... ) -
I voted!
My polling place was the public preschool around the corner from my house. Appropriately for the occasion, it's named for my congressman, Michael Capuano. Less appropriately, he's up for reelection, so I had the unique experience of voting in a building that was named for the person I was casting my ballot for. (He's running unopposed, at least ( Read more... ) -
Norman Foster gets another job
Yay! The NYPL has picked Norman Foster to renovate its main branch, to be completed in 2013:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/arts/design/23libr.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/arts/design/23ouro.html
Foster's glass-ceilinged arcade for the Great Court of the British Museum was a revelation to me when I visited there a few years after it ( Read more... )