The good thing is at the end of it all, the cookies didn’t get burned. They were crispy, but not burned.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. Sit back, my friend, and I will tell you the tale of the Door of Doom.
It began with the cookies, which I was baking as a “welcome home” gift [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Door of Doom
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Into the Wild Blue Yonder, With Stress
Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Before I dropped him off at the airport a couple of days ago, my dad summed up the essence of what it’s like to have a hearing loss and fly with this statement: “I hate flying.”
It’s not just the fact that the airlines pack you into a sardine can and shoot you miles up into [...]
Growing New Ears
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of my earliest memories of the doctor’s involves me being placed into a MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) tubes. I was supposed to drink the apple juice that would knock me out so I wouldn’t wiggle too much.
“I promise I’ll be very, very still,” I remember my 6-year old self solemnly saying. It would be [...]
