Category: Personal Stuff

Look Ma, No Polyps! Or: Wenty Tries To Tell About His Colonoscopy Without Grossing Everybody Out Did you know that February is National Colorectal Cancer Month? Well, it is. So my timing in getting a colonoscopy is excelllent. (Honestly, I had nothing to do with the timing. My nephrologist (kidney doctor) told me I should … Continue reading Look Ma, No Polyps! Or: Wenty Tries To Tell About His Colonoscopy Without Grossing Everybody Out

Dreams are weird. It’s like “NBC’s Monday Night At Wenty’s Brain”. I get to see a little movie concocted by my subconscious mind, and then maybe I get to wake up and remember it. I’ve written before about my long illness in 2023 that produced absolutely bonkers illusions, fever dreams, ICU PTSD, or whatever you … Continue reading Dream A Little Weird Dream, Or Two

Hey, remember when I wrote a book? It was all kinds of fun. I selected choice essays from my blog. I enlisted the genius of my friend Pat Adriance to do some nifty cartoons. I got in contact with a publisher who made my dream a reality. We had a book signing, we had the … Continue reading My year as an author

I’ve been crying a lot these last couple of days. I cried to my best friend. I cried to my brother. And this morning I spent three hours crying to myself. (I tried to cease my sniffling and sobbing long enough to tell people about the weather, and who sings “Simply Irresistable” and the like.) … Continue reading The Big D