OK, maybe it’s just me, but this is one of the most hilarious things I’ve seen in weeks: http://xkcd.com/593/ The writers of xkcd.com are unusually brilliant and exceptionally geeky – which means, of course, that I absolutely adore their work. I just saw this and had to share. I may not be as funny to [...]
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Quick Hit: How Many of My Interests Can Show Up In One Comic Strip?
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Day Fifteen
This has been a day of ups and downs. I spent most of the morning extremely frustrated – in case you couldn’t tell by the Quick Hit: Word of the Day entry from earlier – by various care providers around town. Let me walk you through my morning. So my alarm went off at 8:15 [...]
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An Important Anniversary
While this blog focuses on cancer and my personal experiences, I do feel that from time to time it is important to look beyond those things. For example, today is the twentieth anniversary of a major event in the worldwide struggle for freedom. I choose to remember on this day that there are those whose [...]
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Poetry Thursday – Haiku, Can You?
I feel my illness Dying with a silent scream. Inside there is joy. Waves of compassion Carry my heart to safety. Thank you, my dear friends. Haikus are easy. But they don’t always make sense. Refrigerator.1 The easy path isn’t. Uncried tears give no solace. My life is my own. I will still be here [...]
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Quick Hit: Word of the Day
OK, so the Word of the Day today is incompetence. According to Thesaurus.com, synonyms include, but are not limited to, inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, inexperience, awkwardness, clumsiness, debarment, disenablement, disentitlement, elimination, exclusion, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetency, ineligibility, ineptitude, lack, unfitness, and unproficiency. To answer the obvious question, my morning’s been swell. How about yours? Don’t worry, details [...]
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