Man, I’m an overanxious freak every time I’m due for a doctor’s appointment. Turns out I have not, in fact, gained any weight since starting the pump. In fact, I’ve lost two pounds. And my a1c is 6.1, which she says is a pretty incredible a1c for somebody who just started on a pump (for […]
“Community approval isn’t the motive for a hero anyway. It’s the motive for a politician. A hero does the right thing because it’s the right thing.” – Frank Miller
Typo of the day vile – for – phial I seemed to be absolutely convinced of this spelling. I wrote it as “vile” four times. Lazy phrase of the day (used at least four times in forty pages) “His eyes looked too big.” Seriously?
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… is that during the last 1/4 to 1/5 of the book, I’m focusing mainly on tying up plot threads and loose ends. This takes all the fun out of writing, for me, which is why squeezing out the last 10K of this book holds about as much “fun” for me as the idea of
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Somebody needs to make a caffeine-free version of Coke Zero. Then my life would be complete.
I go in to see my endo on Tuesday. It also so happens that the last couple of days, I’ve noticed that the dreaded pump weight seems to have caught up with me. I’d actually thought I’d avoided this, as it appears to me that I’m using *less* insulin than I did before I switched
The robin in the opening credits of Twin Peaks? It’s apparently supposed to symbolize love. Also, watching Blue Velvet will help you win a lot more rounds of the Kevin Bacon game. Blue Velvet is a David Lynch murder mystery that came out in 1986. It’s set in a small 50s town, where Agent Cooper
“Stay away from people who belittle you ambitions. Small people always do that. It is the great that know that you too, can become great.”– Mark Twain