If you're new to my cancer saga, here are parts one and two. Part three is coming along in a couple of sittings like these two. It's the part where after I get diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer, get it removed, and carry on with a bit of cloud hanging over my head, the cloud … Continue reading And now, a bit of certainty
Here's more mid-30s introspection about life and goals. These are things I've been thinking about as the people around me and I get older. What game am I playing? How do I know if I'm winning or at least doing above average? And why, for goodness sake, does this even matter? Like most people with … Continue reading The game I’m playing
It was 3:55 in the afternoon when I got the call. The area code was local to where I live and I rarely got robodials or spam calls with that prefix so I picked up, even though I had a work call in 5 minutes. It was a receptionist from my endocrinologist's office. My heart … Continue reading Here I go again
Reflecting back on Scripted, I think it stopped feeling like my own company pretty early on. I had the luster of a co-founder title but I really was an employee like everyone else. There were some extra freedoms, perhaps, but not real freedom. Not like I have it now. Part of it was not being … Continue reading Being the other co-founder
To note the passage of time it’s easiest to point to a thing, like a grandfather clock or a door frame marked with heights and ages. Time moves. Things stay the same. Even though people are things, we move with time too. I look at a picture of myself from ten years ago and think, … Continue reading Ode to this set of Cuisinart
Many years ago, I stopped putting weird liquid soap in my hair every time I showered. The decision point happened amidst a profound and literal "shower thought." I picked up a bottle of shampoo, looked at it, and thought, “Why am I doing this, again?” And then I stopped doing it. That was a long … Continue reading I don’t use shampoo
It’s a little cabin on a little lake in Pinecrest, California. The rode ends on the south shore, so the only way in is by boat or by foot. That small inconvenience is actually what makes it so special. The eight-minute trip across the lake is like the space shuttle lifting you off from terra … Continue reading My happy place
