Wildly Exaggerated

As a person who has written upwards of five (5) blog posts, I feel duty-bound to share the secrets of my productivity and incredible success with those still struggling to reach such dizzying heights. I hope you will find my wisdom to be useful in your own efforts. 1. Research aaalllll the different kinds of notebooks 2. Buy some notebooks to try out 3. Research aaaaalllll the different kinds of pens 4. Buy some pens 5. Do a detailed analysis of your weekly schedule to see where you may be able to fit in some time to write! This time is SACRED; you cannot let anyone interrupt you. 5a. If you live with family or roommates, you may want to devise a fiendishly complex system by which you can indicate to them that YOU. ARE. WRITING. 5b. Purchase any materials you need to enact your fiendishly complex Writing Alert System (bespoke hole punchers, those eco-friendly staplers that don’t use staples, a sextant, etc.) 5c. Build your Writing Alert System 6. Have an idea. A great  idea! ...

If there was any silver lining to the recent pandemic, it’s that Americans became much better educated about viruses, and about our legal rights around medical privacy. Many of us were surprised to learn that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) actually made it illegal for anyone to know anything about anyone else’s body, under any circumstances*. In light of this new information, I thought it might be helpful to compile some examples of things that constitute HIPAA violations in our new right-wing ignoscenti republic! Enjoy. *unless/until the GOP feels this information should be broadcast far and wide so we may receive the judgment of our Christofascist neighbors 1. The pharmacist having any knowledge of what my meds are for 2. Middle school science projects where you smear your cheek swab in a Petri dish 3. The nurse emitting a low whistle when she weighs me 4. Asking tall people whether they play basketball 5. Dr. Pimple Popper 6. Buttons suggesting someo...