Counting calories sucks. It leaves me feeling hungry and conscious of food all the time. What I can do, though, is work a lot. When I get into my work, I don’t think so much about feeling hungry. Cutting back… Continue Reading
I like having a goatee. It gives my face a different look — a look that I think is actually a little bit slimming for my face; unfortunately carrying around too many pounds produces cheeks that are rounded and puffy… Continue Reading
Concerning the issue of why, exactly, one should oppose health care reform, let me take on the subject of “Death Panels” and why, although they are a red herring, they reveal something interesting about the issue of how we deal… Continue Reading
I’ve had this stye on my eye for nearly two months now, right next to my tear duct. It’s looked awful and even antibiotic ointment has failed to make it go away. But the worst thing about it is that… Continue Reading
I came across this story arising from near Portland, Oregon today and was moved to finally understand something I’ve read about and resisted in the past. [Fifteen-month-old] Ava Worthington died March 2, 2008, after her parents and other members of… Continue Reading
D.C. Metro crash — very bad news. At least nine people dead and fifty seriously injured. I’ve got many friends who live in D.C. and they all seem to be okay, for which I’m grateful. But that’s no consolation to… Continue Reading
I had the great misfortune earlier of seeing a photograph of myself from a few weeks ago taken at a near-profile. Egad. My girth looked greater than that of Henry VIII at the height of his gouty excesses. I looked… Continue Reading
Panic over the swine flu is starting to be tedious. I heard yesterday that a client who is a school bus driver saw about half the number of kids as normal going to school this week. Half? There’s that much… Continue Reading
Apparently, we’re supposed to feel sorry for Nadya Suleman, the mother of the octuplets. When the babies were born, I noted it as a remarkable feat of modern medicine and questioned the medical ethics involved in the process. Well, since… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic cancer yesterday. Whether you love her or you disagree with everything she writes and every vote she casts while on the bench, bear in mind that pancreatic cancer is one… Continue Reading