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[travel|photos] New Zealand travelog recap - Picton, Wellington and birds 27 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
On the 5th, we finished our trip by driving from Blenheim to Picton, then taking the ferry across the Cook Strait to Wellington that evening. The next day we knocked around Wellington with our hosts d...
[cancer|food] Pathologies and attitudes 27 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
Last week I almost got into an argument with my Dad. That pretty much never happens. We get along well, and on the occasions where we disagree, we're quite civil in resolving those disagreements. But ...
[photos] Your Tuesday moment of zen 27 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
Your Tuesday moment of zen. Street, Ulaan Baatar, Outer Mongolia. Photo © 1992, 2013, Joseph E. Lake, Jr. This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerc...
[links] Link salad watches a Heterodyne show 27 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
I am interviewed by Jennifer Willis in the current issue of The Writer — Print only, so no link here. <18 obsolete words, which never should have gone out of style/a> — Hahahah! (Via Lisa Costello.) ...
[travel|photos] New Zealand travelog recap - Kaikoura to Blenheim, plus airplanes 26 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
On August 5th, we drove from Kaikoura, stopping at Ohau Point, then on to Blenheim, where we visited the Omaka Aviation Heritage Center. The countryside was very pretty. The day's driving Flickr set...
[personal|cancer] My bucket list 26 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
In light of my recent, widely read post titled "Special dying person wisdom" [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ], a friend asked about my bucket list. The funny thing is, I don't really have one. In the cour...
[photos] Your Monday moment of zen 26 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
Your Monday moment of zen. Painting, exterior of the Bogd Khan palace, Ulaan Baatar, Outer Mongolia. Photo © 1992, 2013, Joseph E. Lake, Jr. This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Crea...
[links] Link salad leaves the temple in a Fury 26 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
F Cancer — Flipping the Bird at Cancer is Just What the Doctor Ordered. In which I am extensively quoted. A Place To Talk About Death And Dying, Cake And Tea Served — (Thanks to scarlettina.) Stem c...
[travel|photos] New Zealand travelog recap - Kaikoura to the Ohau Point seal colony 25 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm
On August 5th, we drove from Kaikoura, NZ to Picton, NZ, from where we took the evening ferry across the Cook Strait to Wellington, NZ. Stops included an air museum, meals, and the Ohau Point Seal Col...
[cancer|personal] Failing those who love me, one breath at a time 25 Aug 2013 | 08:33 pm
Last night I had a total emotional meltdown. Poor Lisa Costello had to support me, literally and figuratively, through an hour or more more of sobbing, the shakes and a fair amount of ranting. Being a...
