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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Last night I went to watch a jazz set at a restaurant. The singer is an old friend and I try to catch her a couple times a year. She gigs out all over town. Her voice is nice. She’s … Continue reading
PT yesterday evening was different. I loosened up quickly and after about ten minutes I realized there was almost no pain at all. It was an eery feeling, no doubt due to how long it’s been a constant presence in … Continue reading
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Every god is manmade and the one that died yesterday came from a vagina. How unimpressive, Mr. Kim. Of all the ways to mystically and mythically enter the world… The virgin birth miracle is weak. Any means of creation that … Continue reading
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Assume “The Position of Relief,” up on the elbows, leaning backwards, arching deeply, feeling the disc move away from the nerve root. Feel it move away from the nerve roooooot, awaaaaay. PT this afternoon was good but I felt a … Continue reading
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58 days since the injury. I wake up with less pain when I sleep on the floor than when I sleep on the bed or couch, but there are major drawbacks. For example, this morning I woke up with my … Continue reading
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A pretty decent write-up about Hitch. I’m sure there will be many in all the Sunday editions, but I’ll put it behind me with this one, plus one quote: “But if one needed any proof of Hitchens’ impact and far-reaching … Continue reading
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Christopher Hitchens died this morning. I learned about the stage four cancer diagnosis in June 2009, so it wasn’t unexpected. But it’s still tough. I so badly wanted another decade with him. He taught me how important it is for … Continue reading
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It has been 55 days since the injury, approximately 45 since PT began. The enemy of a healing L5-S1 disc is the nose. I sneezed on Tuesday and it set me back days. It wasn’t big or exaggerated and still it … Continue reading
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noise
(Update: Looks like the Soundcloud player was hanging up somewhere. Now fixed.) The first noise piece. Click the “noise” menu item above, or just click here.
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