Category Archives: Insights
What I miss about the Valley
My daughter went to the San Fernando Valley this week to visit a friend who is going to CSUN. I wouldn’t want to embarrass my daughter (but as any father knows, it isn’t hard to do), but I can’t help but feel sentimental about the place where I was born and raised. Here are a …
Me Minus Appendix (Conclusion)
Continued from Part 2 After coming home from the hospital, I still needed time to recover. This too was a step-by-step process. Each day, I was able to do a bit more. Catching up with work emails. Entering receipts. Driving to do errands. When my body told me to take a break, I stopped. As …
Me Minus Appendix (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1 After my surgery, I spent the next three and a half days in the hospital. It would be a greater ordeal than the operation itself.
Me Minus Appendix (Part 1)
I had a stomach pain that didn’t go away. A dull pressure in the center of my abdomen. A complete loss of appetite. At first, I wrote it off as something I ate. I took some antacids and rested for a few hours. After that, I started feeling better. I even started painting my son’s …
Like a pie in the face…
It’s hard not to follow the news these days without getting depressed. Journalism scandals. Politicians playing chicken with bankruptcy. Borders going the way of Licorice Pizza. It feels like getting hit in the face with a pie. Come to think of it, a pie would taste pretty good right now. Chocolate silk. So, what does …
