Bottom’s Up?
“Sock!” wails my oldest son. We spring into action. Finding the door to my youngest son’s room open, we proceed inside to validate our fears. Our Great Dane, Leia, lies still on her dog bed, bigger than most queen mattresses, looking guilty. “Where is the other one, why did you leave your door open?” our oldest, holding up a singular Bombas sock, queries his younger brother. It’s painfully clear what’s happened. Leia has, again, eaten a sock. This revelation inspires a crisp trip to the vet. ...
Bottom’s Up?
“Sock!” wails my oldest son. We spring into action. Finding the door to my youngest son’s room open, we proceed inside to validate our fears. Our Great Dane, Leia, lies still on her dog bed, bigger than most queen mattresses, looking guilty. “Where is the other one, why did you leave your door open?” our oldest, holding up a singular Bombas sock, queries his younger brother. It’s painfully clear what’s happened. Leia has, again, eaten a sock. This revelation inspires a crisp trip to the vet. ...
On Cancer
Tomorrow, August 4th, 2022, marks my final scheduled chemotherapy treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital. You see, back in April, I joined the roughly 1 in 2 people worldwide who will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life. My life since that diagnosis has revolved around PET scans, oncology appointments, and these lovely chemo infusions. As you might imagine, I’ve had plenty of time this summer to reflect on what it means to get a rare cancer as a 31-year-old. Here are a few musin...
On Cancer
Tomorrow, August 4th, 2022, marks my final scheduled chemotherapy treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital. You see, back in April, I joined the roughly 1 in 2 people worldwide who will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life. My life since that diagnosis has revolved around PET scans, oncology appointments, and these lovely chemo infusions. As you might imagine, I’ve had plenty of time this summer to reflect on what it means to get a rare cancer as a 31-year-old. Here are a few musin...
How We Can Fight Monkeypox Effectively
Globally, more than 26,000 cases to date have been diagnosed since May, more than a quarter of which have been reported from the U.S. Although no deaths from the virus have yet been reported in the U.S., Spain, India and Peru each recorded their first deaths during the past week. The increased spread of monkeypox, including in countries where it hasn’t spread widely before, reveals a lot about this neglected disease, including its inaccurate and inappropriate name. “Monkeypox” is a misnomer (...
How We Can Fight Monkeypox Effectively
Globally, more than 26,000 cases to date have been diagnosed since May, more than a quarter of which have been reported from the U.S. Although no deaths from the virus have yet been reported in the U.S., Spain, India and Peru each recorded their first deaths during the past week. The increased spread of monkeypox, including in countries where it hasn’t spread widely before, reveals a lot about this neglected disease, including its inaccurate and inappropriate name. “Monkeypox” is a misnomer (...
The wages of exile — American war resisters in Canada
I turned in my draft card and sent it back to my draft board in October of 1967. The anti-war movement was large and growing — our protests escalating and our militancy escalating — but nothing we did stopped our government’s genocidal aggression against the people of Vietnam. On this National Day of Resistance, many of us who were university students, protected from the draft by the privilege of a 2-S deferment, declared that we would no longer accept that exemption. We would gum up the syst...
The wages of exile — American war resisters in Canada
I turned in my draft card and sent it back to my draft board in October of 1967. The anti-war movement was large and growing — our protests escalating and our militancy escalating — but nothing we did stopped our government’s genocidal aggression against the people of Vietnam. On this National Day of Resistance, many of us who were university students, protected from the draft by the privilege of a 2-S deferment, declared that we would no longer accept that exemption. We would gum up the syst...
COVID-19 and the End of Plans
We didn’t have a family Christmas this year, I got COVID. I had gone down to New York City for a work dinner on a Wednesday night in December, pretty sure that’s what got me. More than two hours unmasked in a packed restaurant while Omicron raged. By Friday my throat felt a little strange. By Saturday afternoon the throat issue had been joined by a persistent headache and I decided to take a rapid test, which immediately displayed as positive. Standing in our bedroom on the afternoon of Decem...
COVID-19 and the End of Plans
We didn’t have a family Christmas this year, I got COVID. I had gone down to New York City for a work dinner on a Wednesday night in December, pretty sure that’s what got me. More than two hours unmasked in a packed restaurant while Omicron raged. By Friday my throat felt a little strange. By Saturday afternoon the throat issue had been joined by a persistent headache and I decided to take a rapid test, which immediately displayed as positive. Standing in our bedroom on the afternoon of Decem...
