Face Blindness (Prosopagnosia)
At my wedding celebration with Bob in 2008, I met some of his family for the first time. To prepare, I spent months studying a photo of them because I didn't want to fail to recognize them. It took that long for their faces to sink in to my memory because I suffer...
Middle-Aged Struggle
Previous post on fatness. Disclaimer: since I've become properly obese, I re-read these old posts and see my body dysmorphia and obsession with food and weight. It's sad to me now. Because of personal stressors, I put on almost ten pounds between May 8th and June...
Doesn’t Take Much to be Overweight When You’re Short
Previous post on fatness. Disclaimer: since I've become properly obese, I re-read these old posts and see my body dysmorphia self-hatred and obsession with food and weight. It's sad to me now. My last vacation, plus some personal stressors, got me eating this spring....
Transmission from the Twilight Zone
In 2009 Stephen King wrote a novella called UR that was available only on Kindle. I still don't know why it was called "UR," but it was about a Kindle that could access publications from alternate universes.Last night I received this email on my Kindle. I have the 3G...
World Blood Donor Day
June 14th is World Blood Donor Day. I am a regular donor and have been giving blood for years. I had gotten into the habit of giving every two months, as allowed in the United States, but I had to stop after my (first ever) international trip last September. I went to...
“Vacation”
I'm back from another vacation (5/28 to 6/5). I didn't feel like blogging while I was on it. Maybe I'm just not a vacation type of person. New York is not where I want to be. No place is, except for Chicago. I've had enough of vacations for a while.
Views of Family
Children are a poor substitute for a legacy. Try writing a memoir instead. KC Hagans, 2009 You can't cure families, you can only prevent them. Regina Rodriguez-Martin, 2010 Please quote us (with credit).
SlutWalk Chicago
It's called SlutWalk Chicago and it takes place on Saturday June 4th. From Newser.com: It all started with some ill-considered advice from a Toronto policeman. To prevent rape, he told a group of law students, “Avoid dressing like sluts.” That gaffe sparked a...
Gina’s Graduation Cake
Yesterday my friend Gina (the one who gave me the great advice on the wedding I'm going to) had a graduation party. Gina, congratulations on joining the ranks of the masters degree holders (ahem). I enjoyed making her graduation cake. She likes different kinds of...
Don’t Lose Weight for a Wedding
How many people reading this have been the ex-girlfriend, attending the wedding of a former boyfriend? How often does it happen and how much time usually goes by between the end of the former relationship and the wedding? In this case, 18 years. Yes, we kept in touch...
End Polio Now
Yeah, it's a freakish picture and the program couldn't fit my whole name at the bottom, but I'm trying to make a statement. Rotary International recently launched its latest public relations campaign to bring attention to its 26-year fight against polio, a disease...
The International Museum of Surgical Science
So, I spent Mother's Day afternoon at the International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS). It was fascinating, but some of the grisliest stuff I've ever seen. They currently have an exhibit that is traveling around called Our Body. It's a display of preserved...