The Blockhead Chronicles
Musings of a recovering journalist
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The One in 909
The Number One rule of pulse oximetry: Keep an eye on your pulse oximetry, especially if you’re recovering from pneumonia.
For new readers: More than a year ago, at the beginning of 2025, I told myself that I would finally write my cancer...
The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts
When my father waxed nostalgic about the New York sports teams of his youth, he did not talk about the stars.
His 1940s and ‘50s New York Yankees were not the Yankees of DiMaggio and Mantle, but a team of Tom Sturdivants and Bob Cervs, jou...
You Leave Me Breathless
For new readers: More than a year ago, at the beginning of 2025, I told myself that I would finally write my cancer memoir. I had saved my posts and notes from the 15 months I went through treatment, and I was going to put it together into...
It Seemed So Easy
The card I scanned each time I checked in for radiation. That “x” sticker had been placed on my chest.
Host’s Note: There is a selectively blurred image of a catheter sticking out of my abdomen in the second part of this post. Consider thi...
My Father Was a Root Beer Man
Crown caps at the ready, the six bottles of root beer I purchased await imbibing. Sorry for the mess on the table. You should see the kitchen counter.
My father was a root beer man.
When I was very young, if my father had a say on the sof...
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Recovering journalist. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." - Samuel Johnson
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