Darby is the short name for Darbepoetin, the red blood cell stimulating medication. My dosage was upped to 300 mg.’s (from 200) and the plan is to give me the shot every two weeks. This will probably pep me up. I am feeling a bit fitter the last several days. But my endurance is still … Read more
My friend Colleen Murray and I go back a long ways. I met her in 1975 when we were both teaching at the Catholic grammar school in Croton. I taught there for two years – math and science to grades 5 thru 8. The second year I was there, she was named principal. I left … Read more
I must admit, I really look like hell. Tim commented the other day "Dad how come around your eyes it’s all dark? And you know your eyelashes are all gone." I said "No they’re not." And he said "They’re all gone on the bottom." So I checked in the mirror and he was right. Still … Read more
Here’s a link to one chart and a four paragraph blurb BuzzCharts: Jerry Bowyer on the Laffer Curve and the Tax Cuts of 2003 on NRO Financial showing how "supply side economics" works. Cut taxes, the private economy grows, and that spurs additional tax revenues. What could be simpler?
NY Times foreign correspondent John F. Burns has won two Pullitzer Prizes, and he is a great reporter and writer. (In 1986 the Chinese claimed he was a spy, and expelled him.) Here’s his column in the Times today:Freedom From Fear Lifts Sunnis in Iraqi Election – New York Times
This is a a riot. Kennedy writes an op ed in the NYT explaining why he’s against wind turbine farms at sea where they could be seen from Nantucket, Cape Cod, and Martha’s Vineyard. An Ill Wind Off Cape Cod – New York Times An environmentalist, just Not In My Back Yard.
We met with Dr. Zelenetz (the lymphoma guru) this morning. The tests I’d taken in the prior eight days – PET and CT scans, echocardiogram, lung function, bone marrow – are all good. So it looks like start date for the high dose chemo and stem cell transplant will be the first week af January. … Read more
Yup. Few things worse then low back pain, and the exercise machine I’ve been using to keep low back pain away for two years, let me down this AM. While using the machine, last repetition on the first set, I got that sudden rip all across my lower back. Stopped immediately, rested for a few … Read more
Here’s a pretty good NYT article summarizing the future for web-based technology and business services. Can This Man Reprogram Microsoft? – New York Times This article may only be free on the NYT website until Dec. 18th.
Today is Brigid’s birthday. She loves the fact that she was born on the same day as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. AND, that Tim’s birthday falls three days earlier – on the Feast of St. Juan Diego. For non-aficionados of Catholic feasts, Juan Diego was the Mexican peasant who Mary appeared to … Read more