A Little Bit of Wisdom

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Archive for July, 2008

Lose Ounces of Flesh in Just One Day!

Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 @ 11:51 am in Photography, Silicon Valley | 4 Comments »

I was planning to edit my last post to add these photos, but decided they really merit a post of their own. You know those weight loss ads that always show someone with bad posture, ratty hair, and a very unhappy attitude who clearly could solve all that by simply losing a few pounds [...]

Cancer Free Since 2008!

Posted: Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 @ 3:06 am in Silicon Valley, Writing | 3 Comments »

If you plan to get some cancer, try to make it the basal cell kind. Not only is it slow-growing and extremely rare to metastasize, it was also a breeze to cure. They just carve it out! (Tiny knock on wood just in case it decides to come back. There’s a [...]

Take My Cancer Cells, Please

Posted: Monday, July 28th, 2008 @ 1:49 am in Mental Health, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Writing | 7 Comments »

Tomorrow I wake at the normal time, shower like every other day, and eat the bowl of Cheerios I enjoy almost every morning, but instead of shuttling or biking into Yahoo afterwards, Dave is going to drive me to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) dermatology department for my Mohs surgery.

That is, of [...]

A New Addition to the Household, My Sony A300

Posted: Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 @ 12:02 pm in Photography, Travel | 4 Comments »

I finally did it. I went out and got myself a brand-new DSLR. The research involved a bit of time online, but most helpful was the trip to San Jose Camera & Video and a conversation with a very knowledgeable and passionate salesperson. Here’s what I discovered:

“What is Normal?” and Other Rantings at 4am

Posted: Monday, July 14th, 2008 @ 12:00 am in Mental Health, Writing | 2 Comments »

I feel as though I grew up during a strange time in which things weren’t defined very clearly. There were certain ways of doing things in the past that were not often questioned due to the strictness of social pressure and then came free love, drugs, hippies, anti-war, anti-imperialist, anti-establishment protesters….and then I was [...]