Today I Turn Twelve

Only two more days until my next paracentesis. At the rate I’m building up fluid, I won’t be surprised if Dr. Liver wants to move me to weekly tap-outs. It would certainly make me feel better if he did, but if I start losing that much time at work I might as well just go…

Still looking for a home.

I spend a fair amount of time outside the main building where I work, walking from point A to point B and then back again. My main route takes me up a steep concrete ramp about forty feet in length. The ramp isn’t cleared of snow when the rest of the plant is cleaned up…

Or at least, that’s what I thought. I did all the bills, checked, and I have plenty leftover from May’s budget to splurge on “EXTRAS” here at DD. The catch … I notice that I’ll be premium user number “69”. Don’t know why that should stick in my craw. But it isn’t as auspicious a…

“I said to Life, ‘I would hear death speak.’ And Life raised her voice a little higher and said, ‘You hear him now!’ ” -Kahlil Gibran Am I doing what I ought to be with the time left to me? Have I contacted everyone I’d want to be in touch with? Have I let people…

I co-administer a message board out in cyberspace. Recently, the group of us who meet regularly on the board have gotten caught up with our own affairs and the message board has become very slow. One of the Europeans was feeling particularly left out of things, because there was seldom anyone around when he visited…