Medusa and me
A couple of people have asked for details of how the radiation treatments work, so I wrote this out for one of them, and figured I would copy it here in case...
I'm doing science and I'm still alive.
Well, not me. I’m not doing science. But I have been reading some science, and I’m realizing that one of the amazing things about the Current Unpleasantness...
December Book Club
Well, the long drive is good for podcasts and audiobooks! I'm still on the mystery kick. I finished the second Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Must Not Be...
Cancer stuff update, also rambling about life (CW, cancer stuff, obvs.)
Well, as I was sitting down to write this, I heard the news that Betty White had died. So as I compose these lines, I'm listening to Andrew Gold's "Thank You...
I'm a bad person and you deserve better but this is what you get.
Ensemble: Haul out the hellhoundsString up the sigils before a spirit gnaws on usI hear it stalkingI may be rushing things, but ward the walls, don't make a...
End of year roundup...
Hey, folks, New publications this year: "Thanksgiving," 24 November, from Tablet, Ani Wilcenski and David Samuels, ed. (short story) "A Blessing of...
*taps mike*
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedSwabs shoved up noses and rapid test scrounging Masking and face shields and HEPA...
Eight down, 24 to go (cancer stuff, horse stuff)
Well, that’s 25% of the radiotherapy done. It would have been a bit more, but today’s treatment was cancelled at the last minute because Medusa was in a snit...
Omicron and fascism
I’m spending a lot of time lately in the car, driving back and forth to radiation appointments. This means that I get ideas in the car (the best time to get...
The plague and the memory hole
We’re going to forget all about this, and that’s a terrible idea.
Still no jam today.
Medusa was out of sorts this morning. I still managed to get treated, but because everything was delayed, they didn't have time to do the tattoos. So I'm...
VGer is my lover.
Yesterday, I started radiotherapy. I could not decide whether to call this post "The Illustrated Boob," "They shot me with a proton gun," "The lion lies down...
The cat content you come here for
Gurney is a cat of vast dignity, curiosity, and intellect. Last night, for example, he happened to be inspecting the guitar amplifier when I tapped my...
CW: Cancer stuff update
Hey folks, Just wanted to check in and let you all know that things are finally moving again here. I got some good news on Monday, which is to say that my...
Book Club Post, November 2021
It’s come around again on the guitar, as Arlo Guthrie says: we’ve weathered the onset of the holidays, we’re battening down for the next Covid surge (sigh),...
New story! It's about mushrooms!
MUSHROOMS!
A Hole to the 80s
So yesterday was Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion Day, one of the holidays in my personal calendar, along with Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves The...
The Origin of Storms cover reveal!
Available for pre-order now, here!
A moment of silence, this Armistice Day
I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and...
CW: Cancer stuff, boy am I tired edition.
So I’m sitting on the couch and I’m sort of trying to write but it’s not going especially well. I did some administrivia and answered some relevant emails,...