Category: health

health parenthood people suck

I love you, Slate, but sometimes you publish some dumb ish

By theogeo | by theogeo

Like this screed about the “fringe” element of our society known as intactivists and how they have taken over the internet to the degree that you can’t find good pro-circ science online anymore without doing some digging. Are you kidding me? Lumping people who don’t see a need for compulsory infant circumcision in with people who are anti-vax? Dude. Just … no. And this: To intactivists, mutilation is mutilation; what does it matter if it’s…

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health Project 365 (2011)

Day 48/365: Dental Damns

By theogeo | by theogeo

My dentist’s office has the best waiting room ever. It’s … cozy. My checkup went pretty well, except for the scolding I got for my lack of flossing. God, I hate flossing. The hygienist said that my teeth were like Chiclets, meaning small but I also suspect full of sugar. [Project 365]

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health Project 365 (2011)

Day 24/365: Peach Tea

By theogeo | by theogeo

We’re having a little too much fun with compromised immune systems here at Chez Theogeo. Did I say “fun”? Oh, lolz. I surely did not mean fun, unless you consider head-rattling coughing, ear-splitting headaches, bone-grinding joint pain, squishy fluid-filled ears, and snotty snot snot fun. This has been an interesting bout of sickness for me; I can usually be relied upon to have one whizbang of a sinus infection every winter/spring, which will start in…

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health Project 365 (2011)

Day 23/365: Heal Me, Please

By theogeo | by theogeo

Couple of coughing, aching sad sacks in this house. The worst thing is all the dry coughing. I can handle coughing as long as I can tell I’m getting rid of the badness. The dry coughing, though, just gives you a headache and a sore throat and makes your chest muscles seize up. [Project 365]

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Bitchy McComplainsalot health project 365 (2009)

Day 219: Eyes

By theogeo | by theogeo

Routine checkup. Shocked to learn that after a year of stability (eyes not getting weaker), I jumped up significantly (from -7.50 both eyes to -7.75 in the right and -8.50 in the left). I don’t know what this means, other than my eye doctor was totally lying to 12-year-old me when he told me that my eyes would get worse until I turned 15 and then start getting better. No, no. Since then it’s been…

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creativity health musings project 365 (2009) the family work

Day 83: Escape

By theogeo | by theogeo

Programming Note: This week I’m challenging myself to shoot only with my fixed 50mm lens, since I rarely ever use it. Let’s see how long that lasts! March is racing past us at a clip I’m uncomfortable with, and 2009 so far has kicked my ass in ways both good and bad. Last year was complete and all-encompassing madness from March until June, and it seems like that’s going to be the case again this…

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