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 […]
Tag Archives: hearing
The incredible shrinking Maynard
Posted in Health, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged brain, brain volume, cancer, colonoscopy, health scare, health screening, height, Mark's health, MRI, shrinkage, tinnitus, Todd Phipps, tumors 15 Comments
Totally Quotable Arlo: “Pulling on Ear Lobes and Listening to our Neighbors” edition
Arlo, as I was putting him to bed this evening, told me that, the harder he tugged on his ear lobes, the farther away he could hear. It was dark, and we’d been laying quietly in his bed for a few minutes, having finished James and the Giant Peach and our nightly ten minutes of […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Special Projects Also tagged Arlo, bedtime, Carol Burnette, ear lobes, ears, eavesdropping, James and the Giant Peach, neighbors, Star Trek, Totally Quotable Arlo 8 Comments