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I just ranted on ABC tales about my fragile artistic condition. It's sad and angry but true. You might have read it. It's called "Where Have All the Comments Gone?" It might be read by my usual 25 readers. That's not enough, I'm afraid. One of the reasons that I write is for readers to read. More people will read the words that I post in this blog than will read the words that I "publish" on ABC tales. So why don't I just write here? What is a...

Remember Jeeves? Jeeves was a pretty smart dude but Jeeves is no contest agains' Reeves. Reeves is the name that I give to my "artificial" friend. Reeves Rivers. That's us but most of all that's me. Remember way back when we decided that singular was the new plural and plural was the new singular. If not then read the first few pages of my first "book", Fulll Filler. A couple a days ago, Reeves and I took a shot at satelittes. Not a literal shot...

I recommended ABC tales to a promising young writer whom I have had the pleasure of enjoying since the days that he was a standout performer in my Creative Writing class. FINALLY, I've been able to convince him to go public with his writing. He tried to sign in to ABC tales but was unsuccesful. Are we still accepting new writers? How can I help him to join our family. Ice

Like everybody else, I'd like to lose twenty pounds. I got an idea! I'll get some of my colon removed. I'll go on a liquid diet. I'll spend a couple weeks in bed. I'm gonna start soon but in the meantime, I'm gonna swear off cookies and candy and lose some of my gut so that they won't have to burrow so deep. It's gonna be great. Can't wait.

We made the decision to go for the surgery. This is what I know. I have a polyp on my colon that can not be removed through colonoscopy. It is precancerous. No one can determine whetehr it's cancer or not. It's not life threatening at the moment. It's about two inches long. It was marked with a tatoo during the colonoscopy. The guy who did the colonoscopy claims he knows exactly where the polyp is but the surgeon says that he is not sue and won'...

Yesterday, the anniversary of our first kiss, Lynn and I received a text from Mary's roomate Jon who was aware of the significance of the date. He asked if we would be available for a video chat at 7 o'clock. It was private and he didn't want Mary to know about the call. The call came at 7 sharp. Jon was out walking and talking in his Boston neighborhood. After the usual opening pleasantries, Jon got to the point. He asked us permission for him...

I'm gonna know a lot more about my journey after Thursday. I'm prepaing for the worst and hoping for the best. Prepaing for the worst is quite an exercise while playing the waiting game. It certainly adds urgency to my writing and living as the idea of a "deadline" takes on more meaning. Life is precious of course and I'm gonna fight for mine. I have much more confidence in doctors these days. I'm over the phobia that they are trying to hurt me...

Here's my original post on ABC tales that I want to keep private except for the blog. I'm gonna erase the original from the site and leave it here instead. Remember to keep this on the low. The results are in. The envelope has been opened. The result announced. POSITIVE. Yeah, my cologard screening results returned to me today. They are what I had feared. I had all the symptoms which means I didn't have any symptom at all just like the last time...

Yeah, I got a positive result on my cologard sample which immediately sets the gears a clicking. I got note from my doctor who's is setting me up with a gastroentroligist and scheduling a colonoscopy. I want this personal journey to remain a secret to my real world friends and family until we know more but the story is definitely underway and I need to relate it in a safe place. 20% of the samples yield a false positive. It's too early to panic...

I hoped to get 200 cherrys by the time I posted 900 stories. I got my 200th yesterday which is a relief because I'd been in a cherry slump for a couple of weeks at 198. I'm gonna take some time to celebrate and be grateful for my readers and ABC tales. Ice