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MS profile
This is what I wrote in my profile at MS Connection. I like how it turned out. Having a diagnosis of MS is one of the best things that has happened to me. Seriously. I would not be the person … Continue reading
Coffeehouses
I just found an old draft I had never published. Maybe you have a favorite place not mentioned here. The New York Time published a swell piece Dec. 3, 2010, about Laptopistan, the strange culture of the coffeehouse as office. … Continue reading
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Who’s famous?
I came across Famous People with Multiple Sclerosis somehow (who can remember how one comes upon these places?). I’m not sure if it’s a validation of my cluelessness about celebrity, but most of the “famous” seem pretty obscure. Here’s a … Continue reading
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Whipped cream experiment
Here’s an exercise in patience: try whipping cream by hand using your nondominant hand. I’d like to say that I have done that, but frankly, I am too impatient. The best I can do is to trade off to my … Continue reading
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Breathtaking cupidity
The big news in MS treatment is Gilenya, a disease-modifying drug that is taken by mouth instead of injected or infused. It’s supposed to be more about 50 percent more effective at slowing the progress of the disease. Plus, it … Continue reading
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Mac, DOS, and the Catholic Church
I’ve never plagiarized anything before, but I love this thought from www.umbertoeco.com: [Y]ou did know – didn’t you? – that Eco was the guy behind that unforgettable Mac versus DOS metaphor. That in one of his weekly columns he first … Continue reading
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Perfect rock
Possession is nothing; memory is everything. As I was preparing to move into a new apartment (in the same building) a few years ago, I came upon a perfect rock. I was out walking and the rock was sitting on … Continue reading
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I am the chalice (poem)
I am the chalice I am the grail Full to the brim with the word The sweet wine of words The killing poison of words The sword The staff The lion The lamb All of it Redeemed (8/30/10)
So long, Mall 205
I’ve always been ambivalent about malls, and now they are dying. A good thing. Today I stopped by Mall 205 because I was in the neighborhood having lunch with a group of old ladies from my church. I thought I’d … Continue reading
Recent writing
I can’t seem to get moving with “real” writing: the several fiction and nonfiction projects I am pursuing as books, but I have done some minor work. (There is an embedded link for each item, but they don’t appear unless … Continue reading
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