I am reasonably pleased that after being at 242 pounds at the beginning of May I have finally dipped under 200 pounds. My goal is 190 pounds. (N.b. I am approximately 6’1.5″ tall, so if you go by the extremely invalid BMI measure, at 190 pounds I am no longer “overweight”.)The orange colored vertical band represents the dates… Read More »
Hi friends, The Susan G. Komen 3-Day is almost here, and I’m so close to reaching the fundraising minimum. I need to raise $2,300 by October 2nd to be able to walk, and thanks to your generosity I’m already at $1,786.97. That means I’ve got just $513 left to raise in the next few days. Every donation, no… Read More »
This fall I’ll be lacing up for my 25th Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk, taking place in San Diego, November 14–16, 2025. Over three days, I’ll cover 60 miles on foot alongside thousands of other participants, each step dedicated to raising funds and awareness in the fight against breast cancer. If you’ve never heard of the 3-Day: it… Read More »
My history of weight loss and gain tracks very closely with how bad my depression has gotten. When I am really suffering from depression, my weight soars — I do not watch what I eat and predictably I do not move around a lot. I got down to 190 in the winter of 2022 after my heart attack… Read More »
So here’s my plan. I take some of my hypothetical millions and open a store selling the kinds of things that difficult “I-want-to-talk-to-the-manager” types go for. Could be crafts, could be food, could be baked goods. However, I build the store with a certain extra feature: a room off to the side of the checkouts with a buzzer… Read More »
Today was of course a day of somber regret and desperation, as the Orange Dickhead became President again. I did not watch one single moment of the inauguration and I am not hanging on tenterhooks doomscrolling through his “first day” actions on X (née Twitter). Instead, I focused on house tidying and other such things while idly contemplating… Read More »
I am not going to be deleting my Facebook account, Instagram account, and Threads account just yet, but after the absolutely reprehensible things Meta and Zuckerberg did over the past few days, such as eliminating all transgender accomodations at Meta offices, discontinuing fact-checking, allowing users to refer to GLBTQ individuals as “mentally ill” and “freaks” and women as… Read More »
I have had a throbbing, occasional pain just above my right ankle, on the outside of the leg, for a couple of years now. Probably screwed it up somehow doing a Susan G. Komen 3-Day or training for one or something. The pain comes and goes and can be pretty intense at times. I finally saw a doctor… Read More »
I guess I’m not all bad if a kitty this nice is willing to hang out with me.
Since I’ve posted about cold and snow recently, I thought I had better show you the end result of the most recent winter storm that came through northern Vermont. We got about a foot, or perhaps a little more as the snow had had a little time to compress by the time I took the photo above. It’s… Read More »