Category Archives: Personal

I had this shiksa GF Holly. She didn’t understand what I ate. She wanted to make dinner for me. I suggested she ask my mother for a recipe and provided my mom’s email address. My mom emailed Holly back a … Continue reading →

Dear Diary, It’s been five weeks since I was here. Wow, what a long discouraging CFS relapse. Down over two months. But I’m back. I was struggling, feeling down and hopeless and alone. I gave up almost all writing. I … Continue reading →

In Antonio Damasio’s book Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, he writes about people who suffer an injury to the ventromedial pre-frontal cortex (VMPFC) just behind the bridge of the nose. “Their emotionality dropped nearly to zero. They … Continue reading →

A few years ago, Chaim Amalek placed a singles ad for me on craigslist. The hottest date I had from it was with a Mexican lady, ten years younger than me, who appeared to be “the whole package” as she … Continue reading →

So I was whining about my sadness to my therapist tonight (this feeling was brought on by an amazing meal I had on Rosh Hashanah and how happy I am with my friend and that made me sad when I … Continue reading →