Dealing with cancer is not just a physical challenge. As if surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation weren’t difficult enough, there are scores of mental mind games your cancer plays with you as well. I’ve blogged about both the mental and physical effects my cancer has pummeled me with. I’ve discussed my survivor’s guilt (why did I […]
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Telling Cancer Supporters What You Need
September 13, 2009 
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This is the third post in the “Cancer Support” series, as I have decided to call these blogs. The first and second in the series are: Part 1: Living With Cancer – Understanding Sycophants Part 2: What do Fish and Cancer Have in Common? One of my readers asked me some very good questions last […]
Continue readingRant: Movies, Commercials, and Trailers
September 12, 2009 0 Comments
I went to see “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” last week with my fiance, Carey, and our daughter Ashlee. It was a spur of the moment thing. We were at a nearby jeweler getting her new wedding band serviced and, when we were done, I proposed a movie. The girls wanted to see “The […]
Continue readingWindows 7 and Optiarc DVDRWBD BC-5600S
September 11, 2009 2 Comments
Problem: On my Dell Studio 1737 the Optiarc DVDRWBD BC-5600S would not work after I installed Windows 7. The DVD drive would hang on both DVDs and CDs, sometimes for 15 minutes or more, before it released control back to the program and allowed me to exit the application. Solution Control Panel –> System and […]
Continue readingUninsurable (Fiction)
September 4, 2009 1 Comment
Flash Fiction Theme: “Alien Healthcare” Location: Earth after Aliens Coexist with Humans Required Phrase: “sassafras soup” Uninsurable by Ron Sparks “…but I’m dying,” my translator decoded the burps and hiccups that emerged wetly from the Jovian’s speaking orifice. Strictly speaking their race wasn’t from Jupiter, but that’s where they had been found, stranded, a hundred […]
Continue readingRant: Update on Gap Brands
September 1, 2009 1 Comment
(see Original Post) So I sent Gap Brands an email demanding that they delete my online account. Their response: Thank you for your inquiry about your gap.com online account. Unfortunately, we are unable to delete your online account. However, we recommend deleting your account information directly from our website to ensure your account is set […]
Continue readingRant: Gap Brand Forces Membership
September 1, 2009 1 Comment
Today’s blog is a rant on poor and intrusive website design. If you’re not into these types of issues, feel free to skip this blog. My niece’s birthday is tomorrow. She turns 25-years-old. Being the procrastinator that I am, I went out this morning to buy her a gift card. not knowing what to buy […]
Continue readingCancer and Bench-Pressing
August 28, 2009 0 Comments
Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Radiation therapy take a lot out of a person. You’ve probably all ready my blogs and have some inkling as to how much the treatments impacted me, but I thought another example might be needed. I blogged earlier tonight about how weak I still am compared to where I used to be. […]
Continue readingSurfing Tropical Storm Danny’s Swells
August 28, 2009 0 Comments
Tropical Storm Danny is turning out to be less dangerous than we feared. Living in Florida, we take hurricanes seriously, but not too seriously. We hear day after day the weathermen warning us about tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes that we quickly get over saturated. Usually they end up to be less severe than […]
Continue reading What do Fish and Cancer Have in Common?
August 24, 2009 3 Comments
I blogged last year about the different types of people I met in my battle with cancer. The blog was titled “Living with Cancer – Understanding Sycophants” and you can read it HERE. It details the types of people who come into your life thinking they are helping you but are actually emotionally harmful to […]
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The Binary Biker 