This is my second follow up appointment to see the doctor. He gives me threats and ultimatums, and I try to walk a little more and cut down on the chicken wings. Today he heralds a new stage in my life. Medication.
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Witches of Fleet Street
Monday, October 6, 2008
I imagine new reasons to stay inside the Hermit Cave all the time. Today I get my hair cut, which is always an endeavor to get me to do. It’s really easy to call I–, but something inside stops me, or I find something to stop me. I used to think that the feeling was [...]
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
My co-worker D– was organizing a departmental social at a Turkish food and music extravaganza, and she sent out an email to all members of our department and members of our ancillary department (ie, people we like). When I saw her, she stopped me and said “Felix, YOU haven’t responded.”
Ear worms must be burned out
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
You understand that, right? When a song is in your ear, and it burrows deep inside then you can’t use a scalpel to extract it. You need fire. The best kind of fire is repetition: burn, listen, sing.
Laundry day
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
It’s not a metaphor for anything. Today I took laundry to the laundromat (the laundry-o-matic, except it’s anything but automatic) and tried to decide whether Tuesday night was a good night to be there.