In early 2007, Emily and I were thrilled to discover that she was pregnant. It was particularly unexpected, because although we had been trying for a few months, the odds of it happening naturally were slim due to my chemo in 2003. Sadly our little "Peppercorn" didn’t make it past the eighth week in the
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has been in remission for five years! I did have a bit of a scare a month ago and ended up back at the oncologist on June 16 – five years to the day that I originally started chemo. But it was a false alarm and I am still healthy as a horse. I would’ve
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We’ve got walls and everything! About a month to a month and a half left until we can move in.
After a frantic month of putting our home on the market, selling it, packing, and moving out – all in the midst of Thanksgiving/Christmas, Emily and I are now homeless. We’re currently living in my mom’s basement (insert joke here) and having to make a much longer drive to work, but I’ve gotten used to
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One of the items I put on my Amazon Wish List (go ahead – click the link and buy me something…. I’ll wait) this year was Sesame Street: Old School, a DVD compilation of shows from 1970s-era Sesame Street. Back when The Count was actually scary, Mister Snuffleupagus was still invisible to everyone except Bird,
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Joie de vivre. We all know people whose engagement with life can only be described as joyful. Fittingly, nature rewards these happy-go-lucky types: Being optimistic in middle age increases life span by at least 7.5 years—even after accounting for age, gender, socioeconomic status, and physical health, according to a large Yale University survey. What’s behind
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If you’re tired of paying for cable TV networks you don’t watch and find offensive, visit HowCableShouldBe.com – It lets you vote for the networks you watch and are willing to pay for. It tells you how much you could save if we were allowed to choose. It also lets you send your vote to
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As my 35th birthday approaches, an old friend is celebrating 30 years… the Atari 2600! Retro Thing is doing an “Atari Week” feature, with several pieces about the first device that defined “video game” for the majority of us thirty-somethings. The Atari 2600′s impact upon the gaming world was immense. No less than eight variations
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The popular search engine Google announced plans Friday to launch a new site, TheGoogle.com, to appeal to older adults not able to navigate the original website’s single text field and two clearly marked buttons. “The Google will have all the same information currently found on regular Google, but with the added features of not stealing
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