the rest of me

There was an old Nike ad years ago: I'm not a runner... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnUX4mURBI ...yet. I resumed running on about 3 January. About a year after the fall and a stroke. And on the tail end of the infection issue... and a collapsed lung. I was completely sedentary for the year. Recovering. Existing, really. So, I… Continue reading I Know, I’m Surprised, Too →

I've complained before about noise. Ambient noise, white noise, just noise. It seems somewhat common from what I've read to be sensitive--sometimes very sensitive--to noise with the TBI. But it's honestly freaking tiring. Here I am, nearly two years on--today, doing a bit of simplistic home-improvement, and generating a bit of noise in the process--and… Continue reading Grrr… →

So, the most recent Apple update was installed on my desktop. So far so good... And I had to enter my iCloud password... fine... And again... And again... And again... Hmm... Apple, we really really need to get this sorted out or at least provide some sort of indicator about what's having trouble. And, no,… Continue reading Which Ones? →

Because you and I, both, need some reminders: https://thefoggyshore.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/10-things-i-wish-my-doctor-had-told-me-about-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-mtbi/amp/ Probably ought to omit the word “mild” from the article's subject though. Also, add a #11: the person you knew, is gone. Cope. Be in the now. Don’t dwell on who or how you were. Embrace who you are.

I'd always wondered why the previous occupant had used atypical/nonstandard repairs to some trivial drains. I mean, these things are only hand-tight. To their credit, it didn't leak at all. At all. Right, so, let's start to disassemble and make it right... Nine FEET of electrical tape later... Wait, there's more electrical tape? Honestly, that… Continue reading Drained… →