This is Movember, where I grow a moustache for prostate health. Prostate cancer is the #1 cancer affecting men. You can donate or just watch me grow a cheesy moustache all month. (Proceeds go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Livestrong.) To see how much ...
Category Archives: quitting smoking
Oct
12
Weight
What does depression feel like? That's what ads for antidepressants ask us, as they parade about cartoons of sad rocks rolling lazily along a sparse black and white landscape. Right now, it feels like this enormous weight sitting on my chest, one that refuses to go away. I look fine on the outside (even on Twitter), ...
Aug
30
Chickety China the Chinese Chicken
A week ago I was still sucking on cigarettes. Then on Tuesday, it looked as if Mom was going to come home from the hospital after 15 days stuck in that building. Doctors and respiratory therapists said things to my mother like, "If you go home and start smoking again, you're going to wind up ...
Aug
24
Call Me Patch
Day 16 of Mom's hospital stay. She was said to be going home today. And since (drum roll, please) she agreed to quit smoking, I cleaned out her room last night. No more ashtrays or smokes, they've all been thrown away. And I Febreezed the shit out of everything. That's 50 years of being a ...
Aug
20
Food for Thought
Day 12 of Mom in hospital. White count still too high and they don't know why. Tomorrow they're going to do a bronchoscopy to "wash" out her lung and see if there's an infection. Karin is on her way here with the fam. Staying till Sunday. Me. I'm ok. Frazzled, but going day to day. ...
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I’m a writer. A lover, not a fighter. An amateur philosopher who enjoys shaving giraffes and dancing around my living room in my boxers.