Moving to SubstackNot charging for content, just like the tools better there. Join me? jbordeaux.substack.comJan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
Pandemic Better in 2022You could have pandemicked better. In March of 2022, the most fascinating video podcast you’ve never heard of will celebrate its second…Jan 10, 20221Jan 10, 20221
I’m sorry, Cheryls.Being excessively privileged during a pandemic requires always being aware of one’s privilege. We haven’t seen all of our grandchildren in…Apr 4, 2021Apr 4, 2021
I’m considered normal, and that’s just not ok.The statue is said to represent Aedh, son of Colcon, Chief of Oriel. Aedh was the first pilgrim to reach Clonmacnoise on what is now…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
I was a poll volunteer — we are failing citizens.Every time I vote in my Northern Virginia precinct, I walk by the weird people standing under a portable tent structure trying to hand me a…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
What are Your Imaginal Disks?“Can you do anything about the other students? They keep posting COVID-19 conversations in the discussion group, even when it’s off topic…May 31, 2020May 31, 2020
Lifetime Relationship, or: Lucky for me, I’ve contracted a cancer I can afford. For now.What if I offered you a cancer that could be surgically removed, but which also was likely to recur? You could be cancer-free after…Nov 6, 2019Nov 6, 2019
Google Knows I Have CancerWell, certainly. The first panicked days I was all over the Google machine, trying to learn as much as I could. I highly recommend this, as…May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.Many people my age end up championing an awareness of specific cancers; suffice to say the choice is usually thrust upon us. So, to…Apr 30, 2019Apr 30, 2019