http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Nutty like a cashew. en Vox Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:47:37 +0100 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/functioning-computer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/functioning-computer.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/functioning-computer.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:47:37 +0100 Hello again, reader. My husband fixed the netbook! So now I can blog again. So, what's new? Cancer update: °Another surgery. Scan on the 17th November, meeting with surgeon on 24 November to set surgery date. °Another radioactive iodine treat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/functioning-computer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb0123f17811c5860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/hi-there.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/hi-there.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/hi-there.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:59:34 +0200 No functioning computer at home means no posting. Trying to do a quickie posting at work on my lunch break. Quick update: I had my second biopsy on 1 October after the second ultrasound showed more suspect lymph nodes. I will have the results on ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/hi-there.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb0123f169820b860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/bagel-dream.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/bagel-dream.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/bagel-dream.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:31:16 +0200 It is almost impossible to get anything called a bagel in Paris that actually tastes like and has the mouthfeel of a bagel. It is bagel-shaped bread usually and one makes this painful realisation upon the first bite. The heart sinks and, somehow, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/bagel-dream.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb0110180357fd860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lesson-re-learned.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lesson-re-learned.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lesson-re-learned.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:37:48 +0200 My last post was a perfect example of how most suffering is caused by wanting things to be different than they are. I rescind nothing. It hurts like hell that some people won't take the time to check in (including through Facebook or Twitter) or e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lesson-re-learned.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb011017fe8f08860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/nobody-loves-you-when-youre-down-and-out.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/nobody-loves-you-when-youre-down-and-out.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/nobody-loves-you-when-youre-down-and-out.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:23:48 +0200 Another cancer post, since that's all my life seems to be about at the moment. You know what sucks the most about a long-term cancer treatment other than the physical stress and pain and the constant psychological strain? It's how some people clo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/nobody-loves-you-when-youre-down-and-out.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb011017fe6d30860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/new-day-dawning.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/new-day-dawning.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/new-day-dawning.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:15:36 +0200 Since nothing I do is appreciated at my job, I have decided to stop going in early. Yes, I only went in early to leave early, but at the same time, the office was getting a jump start. More work was being done earlier (which is important where I w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/new-day-dawning.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb011016bd1427860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lapse.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lapse.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lapse.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:01:03 +0200 As you may or may not have noticed, I haven't been blogging at all. There are probably several reasons for this. The first one is most likely tied to my job. Seven hours a day, five days a week (or more with all the overtime I have been doing), I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/lapse.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb0110167bed0b860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/mourning.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/mourning.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/mourning.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:32:00 +0200 He's been gone almost two weeks. We stayed with him right through to the end and, right to the end, he smiled at us. Full of love. Two days before, his body almost gave out on its own. It was time. There was only so much more he could take. To kee... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/mourning.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb01101664c600860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/watercolor-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/watercolor-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/watercolor-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:19:57 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251d82998fdb01101612a1a2860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251d82998fdb01101612a1a2860b-50si" alt="Sprinkles" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Kicking off my Everyday Matters adventure with Watercolor Sunday: SPRINKLES! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/watercolor-sunday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb01101831f427860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/sweet-stinkbutt.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Tchatchke) http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/sweet-stinkbutt.html?_c=feed-rss http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/sweet-stinkbutt.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:38:22 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251d82998fdb011016560272860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251d82998fdb011016560272860c-50si" alt="More food NOW!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> He's getting old. And stinkier by the second. He cannot control his bladder at all anymore. He is losing power in his front paws. But he's still with us because I cannot bear the thought of putting him down. If he were out of it or obviously mis... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tchatchke.vox.com/library/post/sweet-stinkbutt.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d82998fdb01101690e1c6860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>