Some people wear their emotions on their sleeves. You would have to be blind to not see the emotions these people are feeling. It doesn’t matter if they are happy, sad, angry, or any emotion on the spectrum, you’ll know what it is. I’m not one of those people. In fact, I do not emote…

There is this philosophical view that there cannot be light without darkness, or darkness without light. Maybe it’s true, but when we measure our life in dark moments and light moments, we do not need to experience darkness to know it exists. We hear about horrible tragedies on the news, social media, and through friends…

There was a saying when I was a kid: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me!” Wait, that’s not quite how it went. Ah! “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.” Granted, words did hurt. It was a bit of a nursery rhyme…

We all have a certain amount of bullshit that we put up with on a daily basis. This world is full of stupid, arrogant, and otherwise useless people that seem to have nothing better to do than try and ruin our day. What happens, though, when these people live with you. How much of that…

Every single person on the planet goes through multiple life-changing events throughout their lives. They are born. They die. Those are two of the most extreme life-changing events, but there are many others in between. The lost of parents, children, siblings, spouses, etc. are some of the most painful slaps in the face the universe…

How many rollercoasters can a person ride in a day? A week? A year? Sure, if you’re talking about amusement parks, it depends on the constitution of their stomach. What about emotional rollercoasters? How many of those can a person handle? Are they quick rollercoasters that are done in short order, or do these rollercoasters…

How can someone that I’ve never met seem more concerned with my wellbeing than people who live with me every day? I use the word “seem” to give the people living with me the benefit of the doubt. (To be fair, my boys were at their mother’s the week of my surgery.) After surgery, I…

Some people look at addiction as a disease, an affliction, or a choice. In a matter of speaking, it’s all three. There is a choice to use, but there is also a genetic predisposition to become an addict. I was addicted to playing a certain online game back in the late 90s. It was a…

Well, I survived the surgery (so far). Sitting still, I do not really feel any pain. It aches like having the hernia, but slightly more. When I move, that’s when it hurts. going from a lying down position to a sitting position is the most brutal. If the doc talked to me, I don’t remember…

I just got a call from the preadmissions people for the surgery in two days. That was 40 minutes of answering questions, most of which I couldn’t figure how it was relevant to a hernia surgery. Who gives a fuck if I broke my finger for a hernia surgery? Then, some of the instructions were…