We know my dad’s cancer story will end in his death. Unless something else kills him first (infection, bad reaction to chemotherapy, injury due to fall, etc.), he will die by cancer. Though we know the ending, we still don’t … Continue reading →| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
Even during the first interview I did with my dad, it was clear friendship played an unusually small role in his life. Later interviews confirmed it. Never has he named a single close friend, and even when I press him … Continue reading →| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
Conor Browne says, “Widespread masking amongst the general public is not coming back. You know it and I know it.” The thing is, I don’t actually know that. Conor lives in Northern Ireland. Pretty much every comment I’ve seen from … Continue reading →| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
Someone you care about has a mysterious illness. No obvious cause. They are just under the weather, nothing too concerning, except… it’s nothing like a cold, or a flu, or covid, in fact you’ve never seen anyone be ‘under the … Continue reading →| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
My dad has a form of cancer so rare you are more likely to get struck by lightning that get his diagnosis. There isn’t much research specific to this cancer. When we asked his oncologist for a prognosis, the oncologist’s … Continue reading →| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
The other day, I reread “How Can I Be Attracted to People Who Are Bad for Me, If I’m Not Even “Attracted” to Them?!” by VioletEmerald. I am in awe of what a deep and insightful thinker she is all … Continue reading →| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
A few months ago, I noticed that it took me an unusually long time to recall a fact. Then, it happened again, and since then it has been a pattern. Is it aging? Well, maybe, but I didn’t think I … Continue reading →| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
The famous mosaic of Empress Theodora and her court at San Vitale / Photo by Paul Bissegger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons / I saw this in person while trying to stay cool during the 2003 hea…| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
I’m about two-thirds of the way through We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown. By now, it’s safe to say I’ve read no other novel like it. Given how much I’ve read over my lifetime, I don’t say…| The Notes Which Do Not Fit
The other day on the internet, I saw a comment that said something like this, “I believe it’s going to be AI or bust. Rither AI will save us or destroy us, anything but this long slow march to the …| The Notes Which Do Not Fit