Growing up I didn’t care much for fairy tales. I didn’t see how those stories were really relevant to my day-to-day life in the South Bronx. Sure, I wanted to get out of the burned down neighborhood but I didn’t see that living in a remote […]
It pains me It confounds me It torments me One day, I won’t be here for you anymore One day, I will wave goodbye One day, You will live on without my arms around you Only pictures will remain And my joyous tears no more I don’t know […]
A pet peeve: I’m an outdoorsy person who hates the outdoors —- or rather the outdoors hates me Sometimes I think I am weird. Other times I know that I am weird. All of the time I know that everyone has quirks. There really is […]
Before there was binge watching, there was binge drinking and eating. Long after binge watching, there will still be binge drinking and eating if you are to still believe dystopian popular culture. Well, most definitely there will still be binge drinking in our science, technology driven future, as […]
I recently read an article (of semi-reputable repute) that noted one in ten Brits had moved out of their house because it could have been haunted. The wording caught me by surprise. Would people really leave their house because they thought their house might be haunted. Thought! I […]
I am so stressed out at the moment that I am about to go on a week-long binge. Actually it may be shorter than a week. Either way I am about to binge. I just figured out I have less than 4 weeks to plan a holiday […]
This past summer, we went to South Africa as the International AIDS Conference was taking place in Durban and I had a poster session. Two summers ago, we went to Melbourne where I had another presentation on some of my research. Two summers ago, my son […]
Here it goes. Nothing is going to stop me now. It’s been swelling up inside of me. It’s been boiling up inside of me. It’s been driving my nuts. I have to let it out. I have to ventilate. But let me set the context…. Last week I […]
A few months back I was celebrating my latest accomplishment. I had joined my son in observing lent and gave up desserts. My doctor noted that yes I am aging and maybe I should think of cutting back a little on the bad stuff. Specifically, all the sugars […]
This past year of 2016 has been rough, wacky and surreal. Sometimes all three at once. Actually, almost always all three at once. Its been so odd, that I feel there must be 100 more adjectives one can use to describe this year. Is 2016, the year […]
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