There are some things I really like about my job. Namely, I like the flexible schedule, the diverse focus of my work, and the fact that I get to go about town meeting lots of interesting people doing lots of interesting things. Its also a very high paying job, which is a big part of the reason I took it ( Read more... )

Her hair and smile are bright enough to light this city.

I must stay away, lest I am inclined to capture and zealously conceal her flame.

She must be free to light these darkened streets.

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The family is fast asleep and I'm sitting in the dark listening to The Postal Service, recalling how I felt when I first heard it.

I wonder, do we all feel this way to different music, or is it the combination of nostalgia and sound that does us in?

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Sarah saw a endocrinologist today and he said it looks like PBC. As we learn more, its apparent that this is a largely untreatable condition, which is likely to result in either a liver transplant or death.

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Sarah's diagnosis of Hoshimoto's Disease has been called into question by her gastroenterologist, who she saw yesterday. That doctor says that her immune system is NOT attacking her thyroid, but her liver directly. He suspects something more sinister than Hoshimoto's - something like primary bulliary cirrhosis (PBC).Well, not cirrhosis, at this ( Read more... )

Sarah has Hoshimoto's Disease. Hoshimoto's is an autoimmune condition in which the body attacks the thyroid. This can lead to all sort of troubles, including the extreme fatigue and itching and the elevated liver enzymes that she has been displaying. Treatment is pretty simple and straight forward, as it comes in the form of some pills to be taken ( Read more... )

In his seminal work on how good companies find great success, From Good to Great, Jim Collins writes about the value in setting grand, long term objectives - Big Hairy Audacious Goals. A former boss of mine, who I much admired, also believed strongly in the value of setting such goals, even if it was recognized that they were unlikely to ever be ( Read more... )

Sarah's liver saga continued this week - a new test revealed her liver enzymes to be 500 percent of what they should be. She went for an MRI to try and diagnose the problem today, and she's going to a GI specialist tomorrow. Then on Wednesday she is scheduled for an ultrasound. By the end of the week, we hope to have a better handle on things. ( Read more... )

Sarah has been afflicted with severe itchiness for the past year. At first, we wondered if there could be bugs in our house. We bought canisters of bug spray bombs and set them off in our house, but her itching continued - and she continued to be the only one affected. Then we wondered if it was a side effect of pregnancy. She was, after all, ( Read more... )

This week I've had a lot of close calls with people who are jerks ( Read more... )