Doc’s testing my blues. Currently I’m sitting in the lobby w/ an IV while this radioactive junk runs wild inside me. Then in about 30 minutes they’re gonna take many, many pics before putting me on a treadmill.

I get to leave for awhile but then I have to come back this afternoon for another round. House never makes his patients do this, but oh well.

This unconscionably loud Lipitor-sponsored clock on the wall to my left is an overbearing commercial reminder that I am staring into the schism between my life and otherwise for the first time. If the worst-case scenario occurs then I’ve left a life unfinished and will be dependent on the kindness of others to edit it up. If it’s the other possibilities become the outcone then I’ll have wished I would have stared into the schism some time ago. I thought I knew how to separate the sh** from the sh**. Apparently, as with most aspects of my life, I didn’t take the thought deep enough.

As Sam Cooke used to sing, “the clock on the wall says it’s time to go.

Time to open the schism and take a look inside

(not bad for left-handed text-tying on an iPhone)

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There are few segments of audio retail more bastardized than Christian contemporary music. It’s like contemporary audio retail, but simpler, strung out and five years late. Blues from fishbowl memories.

And I mean, “strung out,” in the worst of ways.

And, at least, to me.

But take for example, Picture of Jesus, by Ben Harper

This is a song done by a man who’s done more drugs that most who’ll read this, probably more depressed than I’ve ever been and probably broke a few of the commandments since I started this post. But if you want to reach the depths of deepest, stillest waters, take a listen to the song:

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4 years ago, I dove deep into The Blues in order to write a book of blues, or two. And about on a third. But life has been changing rapidly.  And a trip to the doctor’s indicated I got the blues.

  • Stretched too thin.
  • Not takin’ good enough care of myself
  • Not exercising enough
  • Adjusting to life’s drastic changes

And a battery of tests coming… [keep on readin'…]

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In a stroke of brilliance, the city of Philadelphia, PA is considering making bloggers play $300 a year for a business privilege license in order to blog with an ad on their site. The art form once called “journaling,” is now being conceived as a potential to make money.

And I thought only the sports fans were maniacal. [keep on readin'…]

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Biggest BIN2010 Lesson Learned: Watching the Examples of Leaders and Friends

August 22, 2010 Book of Blues

The last few days at Blog Indiana’s BIN2010 were an absolute whirlwind. Liveblogging, catching up with friends, helping out wherever possible. I even pulled out the old Valet skills and handed out parking tickets the first day. I still don’t think there’s a “niece who was volunteering.” jk Of all the great lessons I learned [...]

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