How Me As my lips closed around the plastic circle and water tipped from the Poland Spring bottle into my mouth and down my throat, the thought intruded: What else am I drinking with this water? Plastic might be my enemy. I never asked myself “why me.” I obsessed about “how.” There’s no history of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘life choices’
How Me
Posted in How Me, tagged cancer and humor, denial, diversity junkie, life choices, ovarian cancer on September 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Prologue
Posted in Prologue, tagged cancer and comedy, cancer and humor, first time comic, life choices, ovarian cancer, same-sex marriage on July 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Prologue Clutching the mike is what new comics do. It gives the illusion of control. Not a bad thing to want, standing on a stage and performing stand-up comedy for the first time. After the opening joke explained away my bald head – “Never piss off your hair stylist” – the audience was in. I [...]
Uncle Tim’s Ring
Posted in Uncle Tim's Ring, tagged aunts and uncles, cancer and humor, life choices, nieces and nephews, not having children on February 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Uncle Tim’s Ring “Cathy, I wanted to talk with you. Can you come outside?” Tiny, sturdy Aunt Anne is halfway out the the rickety cottage’s banging screen door as she invites me to join her, away from the cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins, sisters, brothers and mothers who comprise our annual Old Orchard Beach reunion. [...]
New Game Plan
Posted in New Game Plan, tagged adaptive leadership, cancer and humor, change, Kennedy School MidCareer, life choices, ovarian cancer, steroids side effects, sympathy on January 28, 2011 | Comments Off
Third Game Plan Marty Linsky is unimpressed with my ambition to join Donald Trump on The Apprentice and his slightly raised eyebrows indicate only marginal amusement with my stand-up comedy endeavors. I had not planned to tell him about either during our informational interview, but now, over coffee in the Portland International Jetport, I seem [...]
Career Ennui
Posted in Career Ennui, tagged adaptive leadership, adult children of divorce, cancer and humor, change, life choices, ovarian cancer on January 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Career Ennui Inbox stalking is never an attractive avocation. Three days have passed since my brave little email swooshed into cyberspace, hopes clinging to it like an invisible attachment. On day three, the awaited reply dings in. “Yes, I’d be happy to meet with you.” Back and forth exchanges result in a date several weeks [...]
