Mental Health
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My Absent Father
I wish I could wake up on Monday mornings — the first day of the work week — without my first thought being, “Fuck you, Jim Seneff.” Seneff is the CEO of the company that employed me as an independent… Continue reading
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The Livin’ Ain’t Easy
Ogden Nash wrote, “Nothing is glummer than a cold in the summer.” Well, I can think of one thing glummer: depression. I haven’t posted for over a month because I’ve been battling another cycle of depression, and writing about it… Continue reading
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The Knee Also Rises
“The sunrise view” — that’s the formal name of the featured image in this post which is an x-ray of my right knee flexed. It’s called the sunrise view because the patella (the kneecap) appears to be rising over the… Continue reading
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Ignite 4/5/19
THERAPIST: What’s upsetting you? WIFE: He’s always using common phrases incorrectly. HUSBAND: Cry me a table, honey. Continue reading
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You Should Be Worried, Paul
I had forgotten all the details of the seven-plus times I had been physically and verbally assaulted by men during my 30+ year professional career until the President of the United States claimed how his star power permitted him to… Continue reading
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Spit and Spitfire
Hell hath no fury like a woman outwitted by technology. You heard me — nothing saps a woman’s creativity more than inexplicable technical glitches for which there is no logical pattern. No rhyme. No reason. Do not pass go. Do… Continue reading
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Rx Vexation
Drug prescription mix-ups can be a hard pill to swallow. (And yes, so can bad puns). About a month ago, my psychiatrist called in a refill for my anti-depressants. Unfortunately, he called in the wrong amount and the wrong dosage.… Continue reading
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The Grace of Books
“Books saved my life,” writes Kevin Powers, a novelist and veteran of the war in Iraq in a recent New York Times column (6/16/18), though he is not sure how they did. “Utterly adrift” since participating “in the fiasco that was the… Continue reading
