fibroids: the resident alien

disparate but equal

how do heroin addicts do it?
After more than a year of chemotherapy, my precious veins are shot. one of the worst parts of chemo Those inch-long needles have done some serious damage to my once-healthy blood vessels, and the oncology nurses have informed me that they probably won’t recover. Great. Stupid cancer is leaving a trail of damage in its wake. Before I started treatment in 2008, though, I had juicy ve

how roland burris punked the democrats & saved the public option
This is a piece that I wrote for TheRoot.com. Considering the events of the last week, though, I thought it was important to re-post it here. When Illinois Sen. Roland Burris took office almost a year ago, he already appeared to be a lame-duck politician. After being appointed by the shady Gov. Rod Blagojevich in late December, Burris found himself shrouded in a haze of suspicion and controversy. With

best week ever: a pennant and a public option
It’s looking like a promising week. The Yankees are back and so is the public option. I hope. A bill that includes a government-run plan is before the Senate, but whether it survives the next round of debates remains to be seen. Maybe it has a better chance of getting passed with the newly added opt-out option for states. The fact that the

best week ever: a pennant and a public option
It’s looking like a promising week. The Yankees are back and so is the public option. I hope. A bill that includes a government-run plan is before the Senate, but whether it survives the next round of debates remains to be seen. Maybe it has a better chance of getting passed with the newly added opt-out option for states. The fact that the

chemo brain or garcia gene?
illustration by artist calida (www.artistcalida.com) My family is the real-life version of the Griswolds from National Lampoon’s. More space cadet than rocket scientist. The kind of people who are really good at getting in their own way. You’ve seen us before. At the rest stop wondering how we drove 40 miles in the wrong direction. At the movies bragging about how we’re smarter than everyone else with our store