Today, I am working from home and settling in for the long haul. As the rest of the world goes into a “sudden” hygiene frenzy, my wife and I are settling into what has become normal for us for the past fourteen years. In 2006 we were already minor germaphobes, but when I started to…
Category: Lifestyle
Day 40 Of My Mantra Meditation “Challenge” Complete.
I am practicing meditation for a few years now but mostly guided meditations and not everyday. A lot of the time I would fall asleep during it. Today I finished a “test” (I prefer test over challenge) of doing a mantra meditation for forty days straight and I have not missed a day. I will…
The Sunday Revisit Of “Is There Such A Thing As Being Too Positive?”
Originally Posted March 7, 2012 Looking at the statistics on my blog, and a few emails I received, it seems the posts with the highest number of hits are those few ones where I am not positive. What exactly are people looking for? Are people look for stories and posts of despair that prove…
Snapshots Of My Life: It’s Just Freaking Wine
“Green apples” said my best friend sitting next to me. “I get a hint of banana” added another friend sitting to our front It was my turn to illicit a response, and I sat there, forty plus eyes trained anxiously on me, waiting to hear my words of wisdom. After all, I was, so far,…
Life’s Observations: Hospitals
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Motivational Monday: Simple Truths
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And The Family Drama Continues
What is it about families that it seems no one can ever really get along? All families except my wife’s. Everybody in her family gets along so unbelievably, As a matter of fact, I stayed her family, not mine went I went back. When I went back to my birth land last week i tried my…
Looks Like A Good Day To Fly
I am sitting at the departure gate of JetBlue at JFK waiting to board my flight back to the motherland. The last time I was back in my birth land was is 2012 for 48 hours for my mother’s-in-law funeral and I didn’t really see anything. I was in and I was out. The last…
The Sunday Morning Revisit Of “No, I Don’t Watch Cooking Shows”
The Sunday Morning Revisits are posts that I wrote a few years back that I think deserve another look. Here is one originally posted Nov 12, 2011 entitled “NO, I DON’T WATCH COOKING SHOWS“ When people find out I am a chef, the first thing they ask is if I have a specialty, to…
The Saturday Morning Revisit Of “There Are Just Somethings I Won’t Give Up To This Disease”
The Saturday Morning Revisits are posts that I wrote a few years back that I think deserve another look. Here is one originally posted November 13, 2011 entitled “There Are Just Somethings I Won’t Give Up To This Disease” Stay away from acidic foods. Stay away from sugars. Stay away from simple carbs. Stay away…
An Even Easier Way To Sort Your Medications! Have It Done For You!
I used to take fifteen different medications over four different periods during the day at one point in my journey with Sarcoidosis and its a pain to try to remember what to take and when, especially when the medication you are taking messes with your memory. I originally bought a monthly pill sorter which works…
I Don’t Care About Your Sexual Orientation And Neither Should Anyone Else
It still fascinates me to this day that we still live in world where people still feel the need to justify their love with the rest of the world. Why is it that I am not expected to walk up to the world and announce that I am straight? Why do I need to tell…
Do You Need A Dose Of The Perfect Medicine?
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There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Support
One of the biggest complaints of people with chronic illness and chronic pain is that they don't get enough support from family and friends. I have always been an independent person, and never really needed support. My wife is a huge support to me and I don't need it from anyone else. A lot of…
The Weekend Worthy Revisit: It’s Just Air
Originally posted October 10, 2011 What is it about vanity? No matter how any of us can profess we are not vain, we are at some intrinsic level. Some where deep inside even the humblest of people lies the vain gene. I don’t think of myself as a vain man, but to some extent, I…
Life As An Anomaly 