June 5, 2015Yesterday I struck my magnet while opening my fridge door and felt it shift like an intruder in my flesh.…
April 2, 2015After writing that last post on biohacking, I've been thinking more about the body as a (media) system, or a…
March 7, 2015When I find myself drowning my instinct is not to surface, but to swim deeper. I tend to operate at…
October 4, 2014A while back an ex-acquaintance of mine joked that my way of being with chronic pain is like being an…
September 1, 2014This is my current abyss. Given that the (subject to market value, of course) costs of medication on my new…
August 16, 2014Within hours of receiving the breaking news alert that Robin Williams had died of suicide, I commented to my sister…
July 19, 2014My to-do list is a mile long, so... obviously I'm updating my blog. I've posted about publishing a couple of…
May 31, 2014Yes. I did forget. In fact, I may still be in the midst of remembering. And yes: I "passed with…
June 17, 2012In my life as it was prior to my diagnosis, in the course of my usual exploration of the Internet,…- June 5, 2012This was my overarching impression of my first year as a Ph.D. student: too much reading, too much coursework, too…