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July 26, 2020

Getting things done

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It was one hundred degrees today and I feel like a new person. The ear hissing is still digging into my skull every twenty seconds but I don...
July 19, 2020

The chronic malcontent butchers the scientific method

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Howdy, blogbots. How are you holding up in this bizarre war of masked versus unmasked? Have you figured out which team you are on or what ex...
July 11, 2020

Almost time to roll credits

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Near the end of most romantic comedies, a moment arrives that lets you know a change has occurred. The hero has been driving all night. The ...
July 07, 2020

The Chronic Malcontent waits for summer

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Two weeks after spending an afternoon in the ER, the maternal parental unit came out of quarantine and joined her fellow inmates in the dini...
June 27, 2020

Living on the edge with a notebook on my head

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I'm sitting at the computer with a notebook balanced flat on my head to remind me to sit still. It's another ploy to defeat the vert...
June 19, 2020

I cut my mother's hair in the emergency room

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On Wednesday morning the light inside my refrigerator burned out with a pop at 6:30 am when I opened the door. Not a good sign, I thought. I...
June 14, 2020

What to do about vertigo and ear crackling

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If you clicked on this link in the desperate hope of finding a solution to the ear crackling torture that is keeping you awake at night, you...
June 07, 2020

Exit-seeking, stage right

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These days it seems as if the only words I find are platitudes: When it rains it pours. Well, it's either feast or famine. Well, you kno...
May 26, 2020

Covering one mask with another

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Every now and then I get a Facebook friend request from someone who knows someone I know. I check out their profile, and if they seem intere...
May 10, 2020

Looking for the new normal

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Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Sing it with me. Come on, Blobgots, I mean Blogbots, you know you want to, let me hear...
April 23, 2020

Manifesting introversion

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The world has gone mad. Blogger has zeroed out all my view counts. It's official. I have ceased to exist. I always suspected I wasn'...
April 12, 2020

What's fair to the cat

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It's a great time to be a microbe. Seven billion humans on the planet means lots of moist juicy lungs to explore, conveniently crowded i...
March 24, 2020

Alone. Alone, alone, alone

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Foraging for food has taken on a new tension in this surreal new world order. Never my favorite chore, now going to the grocery store means ...
March 18, 2020

Don't cry, it's just the end of civilization, not the end of the world

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Today was a lovely spring Wednesday in Mt. Tabor Park. With all this extra time on our hands, and all this lovely sunshine after last week...
March 15, 2020

The Chronic Malcontent does her part to flatten the curve

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Last week I did a stupid thing. I went to the hospital lab to get my blood drawn for a cholesterol test I've been postponing for months....