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You’ve probably heard about the 28-year-old Siberian lab tech, Darya Shipilova, by now, eh? On September 25th a test tube filled with live s...

Thanks to the anti-vax brainworm bozo, I need to go get a measles vaccine. He’s done the absolute bare minimum to address the surge in measl...

So, Ten and I were at MGH yesterday for one of my periodic check-ins with Doc Plotkin’s nurse practitioner. I was stunned to see VERY few pe...

 I’ve been in a rut. What’s your rut look like, I hear (okay, imagine ) you asking. It’s all balance and strength exercising, reading and m...

I would think that most people would know by now that COVID is far from done with us. Nope, it ain’t and nope , most people don't seem ...

I’m now at the point where, if it’s 40 or more degrees when I leave the house for my first walk of the day, well damn—it’s warm out. Next st...

Some days, the simple acts of waking, performing my morning ablutions and getting dressed really need to count as rehab exercising. Truly. ~...

Now that the clocks have gone back an hour I can once again take my dawn walks along the seawall with Jen. During the workweek we have to go...

While I slept relatively wonderfully last night (I'm older—sleeping straight through the night is a distant memory), I still had a he...

What a beautiful weekend! I actually got out for a nice walk yesterday. As luck would have it, I didn't lose all that much strength and ...

Now that I’m scourge-free, (tested negative yesterday) I’m headed back to outpatient PT. Today’s appointment promises to be disheartening at...

I’m now in my seventh day of COVID symptoms. Shit’s getting better but I’m not back up to walking a half mile or more a day yet. I’ll need t...

On this day, six years ago, The Amazing Bob, Oni and I went into MGH for a checkup/followup appointment withTAB's oncology nurse practit...

Our good Cake Tomorrow will be Cake’s two week anniversary as a formal resident of Valhalla (we’re all ultra formal here, don’t ya know—you...

Today's story is by my fearless, tart-tongued friend Steve , an artist living in St. Augustine, Florida. He was diagnosed with Retiniti...