By Mark | December 8, 2019
[above: We were staying right on a trolley line, and the buzzing of the overhead power lines was incessant. I doubt that it’ll make a record, as we had better songs this time out, but this fact gave rise to our loudest endeavor of the session, a number called Stray Voltage.] The weekend of November […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio | Also tagged alcohol, alcoholism, All My Life, Andrew Huang, Andy Calder, Anne Shapiro, Atlanta, Baby Wolf, Bacchanal, Balls Deep in the Gumbo, baseball, binge drinking, biscuits, bullying, cancer, cemeteries, cigar box guitar, Cochon, colon cancer, Crazy Rich Asians, crumhorn, dashing older men, Donald Trump, Eddie Rispone, film production, First of October, FOX News, Frico Chicho, grits, gumbo, Harry Shum Jr., health scare, hoes for sale, Jacques Imo's, James Brown, Jazz, John Bel Edwards, Live Oak Cafe, Louisiana, lung cancer, Mark's bad back, Melba’s, Mike Bell, Miss Linda “The Ya-Ka-Mein Lady” Green, Monkey Power Trio, Museum of Death, necks, New Orleans, Nigel Witherbottom, polyps, PSA, Rebirth Brass Band, Remus, Rob Scallon, Rome, Romulus, saliva, shrimp and crab meat dressing, Stray Voltage, talk box, Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival, Tulane, Universal Studios, Vasco Spermo, WTUL, YouTubers |
By Mark | January 22, 2019
Every few years, the company I work for encourages all of us employees to get health screenings. And, on occasion, I comply, even though I know it’s motivated more by a desire to reign in health care costs than it is by any real concern about my personal well-being. Well, this year, after going through […]
Posted in Health, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged brain, brain volume, cancer, health scare, health screening, hearing, height, Mark's health, MRI, shrinkage, tinnitus, Todd Phipps, tumors |
By Mark | January 2, 2019
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I like the idea of being reflective, and giving serious thought as to how one might be able to do better in the year ahead, but, as a rule, I think they’re counterproductive, as they’re rarely kept, and just leave people feeling like shit. Perhaps more […]
Posted in Food, Health, Mark's Life | Also tagged aging, alcohol, anxiety, back pain, beer, beets, BMI, calories, cancer, cold turkey, dietary reset, diets, elimination diet, fat, fat shaming, flour, GERD, gluten, Health, kale, losing weight, New Year's resolution, OCD, processed foods, smoothies, sugar, sweets, vegan, weight issues, wheat, Whole 30, wine |
