Category Archives: post-Sandy blog

Wanted: One Brain

Posted on April 28, 2018 by admin

One of the reasons why I sucked as an actor is b/c I couldn’t promote myself. I just could not.  (But you have to be able to do THAT much, at the very least!) But on one of the first … Continue reading →

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“You Read Too Much”

Posted on March 14, 2018 by admin

Have you ever had a doctor tell you that? And yet, my own extensive experiences with doctors tells me that they don’t all know everything (or anything, in some specific cases!) and/or tell you what they do and don’t know.  … Continue reading →

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WTF – the corporate experience

Posted on March 10, 2018 by admin

See, I thought that it was me: this vague sense that things weren’t really as they seemed.  How hard One wanted stuff, no matter how hard One worked, didn’t really matter.  What really mattered was unknown.  It was, therefore, out … Continue reading →

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WHY I’VE QUIT WESTERN MEDICINE – AGAIN – Part 274

Posted on March 10, 2018 by admin

…but I want that piece of paper! (It’s my “visibility”!) I was misdiagnosed with Lupus, and took meds for it for 8 years. What’s to keep me from wondering about Fibromyalgia (FM)? Lupus, like FM coincidentally. is one of those … Continue reading →

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Aging

Posted on February 20, 2018 by admin

I’m not aging well.  (Do ANY of us really?)  What I mean is that I’m definitely NOT Aging gracefully!  Do I have to treat Aging as a “co-existing condition”?!  (tho it’s really no such thing – any more than being … Continue reading →

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What Do You Call This – PTSD

Posted on January 19, 2018 by admin

Not that I in any way can do this, but I had wanted to “bestow” the PTSD diagnosis to vets and military people. It’s thought of as a military-thing by most people anyway, right? (But I keep using it anyway, … Continue reading →

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Mediation – A Story About Not Caring Anymore

Posted on January 15, 2018 by admin

After I left Miramax, but back when I still cared, I got my Certificate in Mediation at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies in Brooklyn’s Small Claims Court. I loved it and was good at it. But … Continue reading →

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What Do You Call This – My Harvey Story

Posted on January 13, 2018 by admin

I actually worked at Miramax Films a million years ago.  I went there as someone else’s  assistant and then worked my way up to Vice President of Contract Administration.  But then health horribleness became a part of my life, and … Continue reading →

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Independent Lens/PBS “Unrest”

Posted on January 11, 2018 by admin

Can’t recommend it enough! (“Unrest”, a film by Jennifer Brea, shown on Independent Lens on PBS) Invisible illnesses are too often treated as psychiatric issues simply because no one knows what to test for! (And then THAT doubt causes other … Continue reading →

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IT’S BEEN TOO LONG…

Posted on January 6, 2018 by admin

It was on. We’ve been in Philly for a bit, but I realize now that I was trying too hard before, to try to talk myself into being, I don’t know, optimistic? Hopeful? Pleasant to be around? None of it … Continue reading →

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