Today was sort of the unofficial first day of the semester. Why unofficial? Well, it was the first...
“What punishments of God are not gifts?”
A few days ago on Twitter, I encountered this remarkable clip of Anderson Cooper interviewing Stephen Colbert, and...
Round 2 – Chemo 0, Aaron 1
Tonight, I will take the last of five doses of my chemotherapy in this second round. I hope...
Maine, Part 2 -Shleppinghurst
A man buys a quarry and turns it into a Japanese garden… Some people read a Bangor Daily...
Maine, Part 1 – Chairmaking
The Backstory Sometime shortly after I was diagnosed with glioblastoma, I also found out that a spot had...
Round 2: It’s back on…
…but I’m not sure how I feel about that. Today, my platelet level was 106 K/uL, officially clearing...
Waiting in the Healing Garden
As I mentioned before, I’m in a bit of a holding pattern as I wait for my platelets...
Round 2: Temporarily Postponed
Platelets be like, “whoa, whoa, whoa…” And, honestly, this is perfectly fine with me. Today I was supposed...

Bicycle Framebuilding: Jig Design
Update (08/06/2109): Engineering Drawings! Wow – someone has actually read this post and requested drawings! This seems only...