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…
May 7, 2014My oral defense is on Monday, and because I'm terrified of revisiting my comps answers, I'm (productively?) doing nothing and…
August 22, 2013Last year, a 20-year-old man named Michael Israel committed suicide after battling addiction to painkillers. His father, Senator Tim Kennedy,…