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John Bordeaux
John Bordeaux

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Jan 20

Moving to Substack

Not charging for content, just like the tools better there. Join me? jbordeaux.substack.com

Substack

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Substack

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Jan 10, 2022

Pandemic Better in 2022

You could have pandemicked better. In March of 2022, the most fascinating video podcast you’ve never heard of will celebrate its second birthday. The use of the word “fascinating” assumes you have been rocked back on your heels by the velocity of information — mostly unpleasant — coming at you…

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Pandemic Better in 2022
Pandemic Better in 2022

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Apr 4, 2021

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 over a year, some who live close by being the sole exception last Fall. Our social lives, like many, have been experienced almost entirely in two dimensions; with a…

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Jan 1, 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 considered the Pilgrim’s Path across ancient Ireland. He collapsed and died on arrival. A.D. 606 The following is from a talk I gave as part…

Allyship

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I’m considered normal, and that’s just not ok.
I’m considered normal, and that’s just not ok.
Allyship

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Nov 24, 2020

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 sample ballet. Why on earth do I need to be told how to vote? I got this. This year, I was one of those…

Voting

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I was a poll volunteer — we are failing citizens.
I was a poll volunteer — we are failing citizens.
Voting

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May 31, 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. Please, I was hoping school would be a respite from talking about the virus.” There is a hunger to move on, as summer beckons, to begin a post-pandemic…

Pandemic Legacy

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Pandemic Legacy

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Nov 6, 2019

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 surgery, technically, but hanging over your head, for the rest of your days, would be another tumor, ever possible. A cancer without remission. No escape. You…

Bladder Cancer

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Lifetime Relationship, or: Lucky for me, I’ve contracted a cancer I can afford. For now.
Lifetime Relationship, or: Lucky for me, I’ve contracted a cancer I can afford. For now.
Bladder Cancer

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Jun 30, 2019

A Brush with the Bushes

(Republished from extinct blog) November 2004 Ok, so I’ve always been a bit goofy around famous people. It hasn’t happened often, but when I’ve had a brush with people In The News (“…with Christopher Glenn,” am I the only one who remembers this?), it’s been downright embarrassing. Until last week…

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May 2, 2019

Google Knows I Have Cancer

Well, 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 I learned enough to know my first lab coat experience was inept. For the searches, I used “incognito” mode on my Mac and Firefox…

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Google Knows I Have Cancer
Google Knows I Have Cancer

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Apr 30, 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 awareness: It is the lifetime costliest cancer of them all, largely because it has the highest rate of recurrence. Regular exams are required for the rest…

Cancer

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May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.
Cancer

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