I Didn’t Sign Up For This

When I agreed to get older, this is something I didn’t sign on for. I had no idea getting older meant that hair in my ears would be growing faster than the hair on my chin. Then when I try to shave it, I end up cutting my ear. I wonder how much permanent removal [...]

Smoking

If I were diagnosed today with a terminal illness the first thing I’d do is buy a pack of cigarettes. I gave them up in 1989 and I still miss them today. In fact, the next time I see the doc I’m going to ask him at what age would cigarettes pose an insignificant on [...]

Compulsive Eating

I’m eating compulsively lately. I don’t know if it’s the new meds, I added Lithium a few months ago. But it’s really getting bad. It’s like smoking used to be, I’m powerless to control it. But maybe hope is in sight, I have a schedule starting next week that will get me back to the [...]

Justice to Stop Pursuit of Medical Marijuana Use – NYTimes.com

Justice to Stop Pursuit of Medical Marijuana Use – NYTimes.com. I had to read the headline a few times before it sunk in – the Obama administration is not prosecuting federal medical marijuana offenses where it doesn’t break applicable state laws. I think that’s great. I wish it would have gone further, but you take [...]

Sleep

I hate to sleep. There’s probably several reasons for it, including: I don’t want to waste the time. There are other things I’d rather do. It’s stressful when I don’t fall asleep. I often require medication to sleep, and sometimes that medication makes me do some very strange things. I don’t want to tackle the [...]