Destroy MS with spectacular violence!
For those who don’t like reading serious science stuff, today I’m offering a fun and violent solution to the problem of multiple…
Read moreMonth: December 2011
Never piss off a writer
As a novelist I’m fond of reminding people: Never piss off a writer. A writer can immortalise an enemy by killingly them…
Read moreMS is a metabolic disorder: the paper is finally out!
Dr Angelique Corthals’ brilliant new understanding of MS, “Multiple Sclerosis is Not a Disease of the Immune System” is finally out! Full…
Read moreCars crash from the sky
A funny thing happened on the way to lunch at Julia’s today… That Wallingford intersection will never be the same. I’m now…
Read moreI blew up our Christmas tree
Making the Christmas tree is fun. Dismantling it such a hassle. So this year I blew it up instead: FX from the…
Read moreJaw-dropping news: Nixon was gay
From the Daily Mail: He carpet-bombed Cambodia, spewed out anti-Semitic slurs and crude misogynistic jokes in the White House and smeared his…
Read moreWhat Hild saw
photo: BBC (couldn’t find a credit for the photographer) This photo was taken late last week in West Yorkshire–which in Hild‘s day…
Read moreTo boldly glow…
Peoria, IL via GeekTyrant.com If we did lights, this is what I’d put on top of our house. And it would flash…
Read moreWhich MS organisation most deserves a donation?
A couple of readers have asked my opinion regarding the best place to give money. Specifically, money to help encourage research and…
Read moreA question and answers about diet, MS, and Terry Wahls MD
From: Diana Mackin What do you think of Terry Wahls, MD? I asked Angelique to answer this. She said, “QED. When you…
Read moreA terrible and beautiful vision
For all the support and signal boosting of the last two days: thank you. Thousands of people have now read my précis…
Read moreHuge news: multiple sclerosis is a metabolic disorder
For those coming to this post from Facebook, please see my most recent thoughts In the latest issue of the Quarterly Review of…
Read moreA meta note
Yesterday I wrote about the big news about multiple sclerosis coming tomorrow from the Quarterly Review of Biology. I explained why it…
Read moreComing soon: important news about MS
QRB‘s Forthcoming page (click to enlarge) On Wednesday, December 21st, the Quarterly Review of Biology will publish “Multiple Sclerosis Is Not a…
Read moreTree, with hangover
No, the tree doesn’t have a hangover, the photographer does. Having said that, the tree was utterly dry this morning–it had sucked…
Read moreFacebook Timeline
Facebook is bringing Timeline online next week. I decided to get ahead of the curve and do mine now. I haven’t spent…
Read moreQR codes made of chocolate
This is a genius idea: QR codes made of chocolate. No, I’m not joking. Chocolate is serious business. From Chocolate Graphics: Looking…
Read moreGo slay a dragon
Slay a dragon, fight off sharks, put out fires–all at drawastickman. It’s enormous fun. You can share your pictures afterwards. Or not….
Read moreReader comment, and how to contact me
From: G I’ve been reading your blog for a while, and your latest post (on seeing a video of yourself in your…
Read moreWriter’s manifesto
When I write, dear reader, I don’t want to build a careful tale for you to discuss with a smile in a…
Read morePublishers: pay writers more, it’s good for you
Mike Shatzkin has written another thought-provoking post about the publishing industry. (If the business interests you, subscribe to his feed; his perspective…
Read moreStannis is coming…
This trailer for Season Two of Game of Thrones isn’t nearly as shivery-good as the first one for Season One. “The cold…
Read moreAnniversary
Today is the 22nd anniversary of the day I moved to the US permanently to live with Kelley. I intend to spend…
Read moreOminous to glittering to eerie glow
Here’s how yesterday morning began: dull, grey, and ominous, with a carpet of frost–thick as cat fur–on every surface: And here’s how…
Read more29 years ago today: me on video
Dead Kennedys, The Damned, The Undertones, Cocteau Twins, Killing Joke, Stiff Little Fingers, and my band, Janes Plane. What do we all…
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