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Why it’s not good to set up memorial crosses for people you don’t know

Posted on June 18, 2016 by dichroic

What I said on Facebook, about the guy who made 49 crosses and brought them to Orlando, to represent the people killed the last week: “If someone put up a cross for me when I died, I’d come back and … Continue reading →

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There *is* something you can do

Posted on June 12, 2016 by dichroic

It’s a bit depressing to watch the reaction to this morning’s Orlando shootings. The right blames Obama. The left blames Trump. People screaming to ban refugees, ban guns, their solution will fix everything. It’s as if the most important thing … Continue reading →

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and on the medical front

Posted on June 10, 2016 by dichroic

In other news, I had an odd but ultimately useful followup visit with my gastroenterologist yesterday. First I waited 10-15 minutes in the waiting room, because they tell you to show up 15 minutes early even though all I had … Continue reading →

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social media quicksand

Posted on June 10, 2016 by dichroic

Yesterday, an old friend of mine (by which I mean we were good friends in maybe 4-9th grade, saw each other sometimes in high school and had no contact after that until Facebook came around) posted something on FB about … Continue reading →

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why buying milk made me sad

Posted on May 31, 2016 by dichroic

I just bought a gallon of milk. I don’t drink milk. I buy it sometimes for cooking, but I don’t know if I’ve ever bought so much as a gallon. So why did I do it today? Because a woman … Continue reading →

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on immersion in October Daye

Posted on May 25, 2016 by dichroic

I’ve been rereading the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Their plots are very twisty, an I’d realized I was missing a lot of the connections when I read the books as they came out, a year or so apart … Continue reading →

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colonoscopy: achievement unlocked

Posted on May 24, 2016 by dichroic

Writing up an account of what the whole colonoscopy thing was like for me (avoiding graphic detail!) in case it’s useful info for anyone who needs to have one. Overall verdict: Not as bad as expected. Liquid diet: actually, I … Continue reading →

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gut punch

Posted on May 16, 2016 by dichroic

Other things I can’t say outside this blog: My friend who lost her baby? Literally the day before the baby got sick, the mother posted on Facebook about how said she was that her own grandmother would never get to … Continue reading →

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sad

Posted on May 13, 2016 by dichroic

What a depressing day. An online friend of mine has just lost her child, and it’s giving me feelings of, “No, the universe isn’t supposed to work that way!!!” The three-month-old baby was fine Sunday, in the hospital with viral … Continue reading →

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ugh

Posted on May 12, 2016 by dichroic

I’m scheduled to get a mammogram AND see a gastroenterologist today. Indignities at both ends! ETA: Mammograms kind of hurt. I am just not very squishy! Also, on the no-so-ugh front, I got a new haircut the other day. I … Continue reading →

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