The COVID-19 crisis is a reminder for me to practice humility. This means to think of others more and think of myself less. I am vigilant about handwashing and realize I am privileged to be able to stay home except for doctor's appointments and trips to the grocery store to pick up food and meds ( Read more... )

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Two months ago, I took up Stoicism to gain greater self-mastery and self-control. This came in handy today. Our building's chiller pump broke last Sunday, leaving us without air conditioning. The AC will not be back on until Tuesday. This morning, we found our water had been shut off. I called the front desk and they said the water would be back on ( Read more... )

Today, I called all 100 senators in Congress to express my opinion of replacing Obamacare. I managed to leave a message with 98 of them. My mouth is really dry right now and I feel like I did my good citizenship deed for the day (or the week).

"Realizing that your new pair of lacy panties was made by exploited labor or that your tax dollars kill children in Palestine is not fun ( Read more... )

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I have read any number of relationship articles that ask that very question. Of course, I concluded that I would rather be kind than right. This reinforced my compulsive apologizing, because I concluded that it was impossible for me to insist I was right and still be kind. I got into the habit of automatically apologizing in any disagreement, often ( Read more... )

Eris, of course. She got bored by eight years of slow change and increased civil rights in the US, and decided to throw us the biggest curveball since the Depression to see what we would do.

No matter what happens, She will have a good time over the next four years!

Yesterday, my wife and I spent all day at the hospital. She was getting tests for her injured hip and for lupus. She was diagnosed in 2001. I was anxious the whole time and annoyed her because I was panicky and worried I was making her late for an MRI ( Read more... )