Ambivalent
Most people think that “Ambivalent” means that you don’t care. What it actually means is that you have very strong opinions pulling you in opposite directions. My plan right now is that my husband and...
View ArticlePlans and the absence thereof.
I haven’t been posting here. That is pretty obvious. I’ve been spending a lot of time reblogging stuff on Tumblr and sending out half-assed tweets, but I’ve mostly been laying low. There are a number...
View ArticleI think I just caught tuberculosis on the bus.
Okay, so it has always been my understanding that when you get on a crowded bus and you have to sit on an aisle seat next to a stranger, the polite thing to do is to move to a free seat when the bus...
View ArticleWhy Health Care in America is So Expensive
To start with, let me give you an idea of my credientials in this area. I worked for a PPO network in the state of Washington for about three years. Then I spent a year working for a midwestern health...
View ArticleAbout My Book
Okay, so I’ve referenced the book that I’m working on a few times here now, and now that I have nearly 20,000 words on the page I’m willing to go public with what I’m writing about. Actually, I’m...
View ArticleA Healthcare Story
(Trigger warning: suicide, mental illness) It was 3:30 in the morning in Glasgow, Scotland and it was 9:30 the previous night in Chicago. In Glasgow, a man we’ll call Ian posted his suicide note on his...
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