“When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high…”

After I finished writing my previous blog post, I went to bed. I took off my socks, took off the foot dressing... and discovered another opening in the skin. Oh joy, oh bliss, oh crepes suzette. I'm going to make an emergency appointment with my podiatrist. Although none of this has been serious yet, the situation is…

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I needed a feel-good moment

About four months ago, a small cut on my foot turned into a skin ulcer; I’ve already described the circumstances. Since then, I haven’t been able to do much in the way of effective exercise.

Last week, my podiatrist told me: Give it one more week to all the wound to develop another layer or two of skin, and you can start your long walks again. This was great news! I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present. (This is a lie, but Joyce is booked.)

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Advantages and disadvantages

I'm reorganizing my apartment. I bought three new book cases, donating those books I no longer need, and moving the remaining books to different shelves.  This has its advantages. For one thing, all my Wicca-, pagan-, and magic-related books are in one place my students can access easily, in case they have to reference something. It also…

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The Force Unleashed 2 – Archived review

It arrived in the mail on Friday, and I played it on Saturday. It took about 10 hours, two of which were spent on annoying series of platform jumps. In other words, the game is short, about a third the length of The Force Unleashed. The game framework has been improved somewhat; the switch between game menus…

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