Category Archives: Health

I don’t have a chronic illness. But I sure am at the doctor a lot. Never with a good story though.

Symmetry

Categories: Health, Random

I like symmetrical things, but some times it’s the non-symmetrical-ness of something that makes it interesting. Keep reading

The written word

Categories: Health, Life, News

Is there still a place in our lives for handwriting? The BBC thinks handwriting is dying. I still find life and personality in the handwritten document. At least when my thumb works, that is. Keep reading

More on my thumb

Categories: Health

An update on my thumb. Yes it’s still injured. Keep reading

Sleep

Categories: Exercise, Family, Gospel, Health

You would have to go back to October 1999 – March 2001 to find a period of time when I consistently got eight hours of sleep. That was my mission, it was the rule. (My dad said that would be … Keep reading

An Ode to Thumbs

Categories: Health, Random

I’ll never know how so many live Their lives just fine without The wonder of opposable thumbs. More than just a simple result Of years of hard evolution Truly a modern opposable miracle. For tying shoes or doing buttons, For … Keep reading

2009 Injury Report (and a few random things)

Categories: Exercise, Health, News, Random

It’s official. I have been injured in 2009 (Already? & E ao que sofre dores), and while it is a stupid injury, I did it good. After three weeks of my thumb hurting, and in some senses it almost seemed … Keep reading

Already?

Categories: Health

In November I made a comprehensive list of all my major injuries since 1996 (E ao que sofre dores). Unfortunately, I think I can already update it for 2009 and we aren’t even two weeks into the year yet. I … Keep reading