I shaved my head seven months ago: And then I shaved my beard into a goatee, and of course most of the time I still…
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I cut the middle finger of my left hand while sawing some tree branches. It didn’t hurt at all, but it bled a lot. Fortunately…
I’m feeling better — still a little under the weather, but getting better. The recovery may take much longer than the decline into sickness, but…
I feel like crap. Went to bed Saturday with a sniffle. Woke up Sunday with a sore throat. I thought it was allergies at first,…
This morning I jogged along my old route, from Jeff Davis around Bayou St. John, up to the art museum and back — about 2.5…
Xy went to a job screening today. It seems there are hundreds of teachers competing for 60 jobs in the newly chartered schools in the…
Xy’s been feeling poorly ever since I left Bloomington. She went to Promptcare and they found blood in her urine. Perhaps a urinary tract infection?…
I’m gearing up for another trip down to New Orleans, to take care of the stuff I didn’t finish last time. I’d hoped to drive…
I had a little cold on my first Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but after that I didn’t get sick for years. This was a…
It’s hot in New Orleans. The sun is just blazing. It’s 91ºF, according to weather.com. 56% relative humidity. Heat index of 100ºF. But the amazing…
I’ve been wearing contact lenses for almost four months now. Mainly they’ve made me realize how much my glasses suck. But the contacts are far…
Woke up yesterday morning feeling much better. I don’t know how to put my finger on it exactly, because many of my symptoms persist, but…
My sinuses are clogged. I’m kind of dizzy and disoriented. I’m blowing a lot of snot. And the cold seems to be wanting to take…
Went home early yesterday, and took today off, because I’m just not feeling that great. Xy had a cold for three or four days earlier…
On a hunch, I try putting my “right” lens in my left eye. Hmm. Things seem clearer. So I put the “left” lens in my…
Today is my fourth day of wearing my new contact lenses. I picked them up Friday afternoon, wore them for five hours on Saturday, seven…
I scored 100.5º F on the thermometer Friday night. That seems to have been the worst of it. Xy made some awesome chicken soup, and…
Since Holy Thursday and Good Friday are staff holidays at the University, I decided to take Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as vacation days and make…
I went to see an eye doctor this afternoon. I wasn’t having any particular problems, but it’s been four of five years since my last…