Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


Change Happens Slowly

That’s what Obama said on WTF, when Marc Maron asked him about health care, single-payer, Barack said it would take decades to get to the destination, just like it did with gay marriage and legal pot, and I added those last two, but I never thought they’d happen in my lifetime, but they did. One […]

Merry Christmas

I’m eating fruitcake. I know, I know, it’s supposed to be inedible, you’re supposed to pass it on to some out of the loop friend as a gift, there are fruitcakes from the 1800s still circulating, but this one is pretty damn good, it came from Whole Foods with a gingerbread base and nothing involved […]

Health Update

I’ve got a lady doctor She cure the pain for free That’s from Graham Parker’s initial LP, “Howlin’ Wind.” It was produced by Nick Lowe, the man of the moment, whose bank account was saved by by a cover of his composition “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding” by Curtis Stigers on the […]

The Hospital

“You’re on the road to hospitalization.” That’s what my shrink said, and he never does, speak, that is. I was wondering how I was gonna make it another week to the Rituxan infusion. I’d already canceled my trip to Colorado. I was supposedly on the road to improvement, so why did my body feel so […]