The Buddhists say that among the core problems the human mind has during life, chief is an illogical, irrational, and insistent conviction that it is possible to have permanence as more than a fleeting delusion… usually self-selected. They say it much more nicely, because they ‘re trying to help others keep their egos asleep long […]
So, as we know from previous installments, I have a very large staghorn calculus in my left kidney. I have been attempting to have it looked after since 2017, when a doctor with Swedish Renton refused to culture and refused to listen to me telling her I had a history of kidney stones (20 since […]
the truth in nature that we most like to deny is the truth of nature that our own evils decry the secret best hidden while sitting in plain sight the secret worst heeded that creates today’s plight yet within almost every home or in neighborhoods each day once more the public secret is naturally on […]
My next appointment is on the 16th, mostly a follow up on the new RX and how it’s doing. Then, the annual mammogram, the follow-up with physiatry on the lumbar situation, and finally, on the 27th, my “new patient” appointment where options are discussed and treatment plan is undertaken for this rent-free bastard living in […]
I have spent much of my life being taken to task for not being neurotypical, often simultaneously with having my enhanced competencies exploited. Were I to list the things I have had stolen from me over the years by the tech industry, you would boggle. But no one will believe or care because I can’t […]
noun humor A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’s expectation. https://www.wordnik.com/words/non%20sequitur epitome of the non sequitur quality of life inspecter-or status quo protecter-or future state re-reckoner meaning is where you place it meaning is where you find it both create final state […]
Everyone says we need better role models. But who is sharing role models? Not that sharing them would change much… except to explicate that people ARE still willing to TRY to benefit one another AS they benefit themselves. That’s what life is supposed to be… if you improve the quality of life around you, where […]
I am preternaturally good at reducing any problem to its lowest, common denominator. In Math? Oh stars, no. Not in math. In everything EXCEPTING math. And it occurs to me (finally!) what “my problem” is: Humans do not want this in any form, shape, or way. We are stunningly unwilling to ‘do the work’ of […]