Well, the day has come. I'm going back to my regular job. I've been off work since early June while recovering from ulnar nerve surgery. I basically got carpal tunnel, but in my elbow. It's been a . . . painful recover, but I've learned a lot about myself in these past six weeks. I've learned that I can keep myself busy without a job and without full use of my left arm. At first, I was scared I would only be able to sit on the couch and watch TV for over a month, that I would

Whew! It's been a while, but I needed the rest. Basically, I've been recovering from surgery on my left arm for the past few weeks, and will continue recovering until mid-July. I can't sit at a desk for very long. I'm limiting myself to about a half hour a day as of today. This means I can spend a half hour writing blog posts, tweets, and getting about ten minutes of writing done a day. It's been a rough couple of months, but there have been some highlights. Like i went to an

I've talked a lot about time management recently. I feel like I never have enough time to do everything I want to do. Maybe this is the reason I write about time travel. However, there are a few things I always make time to do besides my normal 9-to-5 and write. One of these things is take care of my physical health. A while ago I worked at Gamestop. While this isn't the most physically demanding job, it kept me walking around eight hours a day, five to six days a week. In Ja

For the past few years, I've been dealing with insomnia. I just simply cannot fall asleep and stay asleep at night. While I could probably nap during the day, say after work, I don't. Whenever I nap, I don't fall asleep until after two or three am, which I just can't handle when I have work every day at 8 am. I'm not saying this to whine, I'm saying this to remind everyone that some people have problems you just can't see. I hide my exhaustion with a crap ton of under-eye mak