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Prognosis confirmed 14 days after biopsy, and I've certainly learned a plethora of pertinent information within that short span of time. Plus, I've already established my personal support team. Typically I don't waste time on anything. I just do it. And if I make a mistake, I don't hesitate, as I will fix it along the way. Life is too short to be inefficient.
I've been referred onto an Oncologist (cancer doctor)
I'm not afraid. More so, I'm curious. I've a lot of faith in modern medicine
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
June 07, 2023
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires descends on NYC
This photo of mine was was published by:
Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory website on June 8, 2023
Environmental Health News website on June 29, 2023
Got a great deal on Madame Butterfly during its Black Friday sale. It turned out to be a tragic story. But I liked the venue and performance.
Morning walk through Astoria. It felt good. Though I cannot go too far, as my feet and ankles are still afflicted with neuropathy (my feet are both numb and swollen; my ankles swollen). Strange shit. This a direct side effect from the Kemosabe Liquid Sunshine. My last cycle was on October 2nd. And the healing will just take time and I am just going to have to be patient. I've no other choice. Morning's are the best time for short walks. And I just have to stick with them, as I am confident that in time they will help.
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Shai-Hulud. There is no spoon.
This afternoon I had spoken these words aloud, oblivious to whether anyone was in earshot, just before I ascended this last set of staircases at the Ditmartian Land (Ditmars Blvd) subway station.
Shai-Hulud is from Frank Herbert's novel DUNE. And was the Fremen term for the sandworm of Arrakis, a fictional extraterrestrial creature.
The phrase "there is no spoon" from the movie The Matrix suggests that reality is an illusion and that limitations exist only if we believe in them. It emphasizes the idea that understanding and perception can change our experience of reality.
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My chemotherapy treatments, now concluded since early October, afflicted me with CIPN (Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy), which has left my feet and ankles swollen and numb. I have been working remotely, as well as convalescing. Walking has been extremely challenging for me, and I have been staying home. Though I had begun slowly doing stretching exercises. These next two weeks I am on vacation. For what that's worth. Last week the numbness in my feet changed and moved toward the front of my feet. So now my feet are half numb. I'll take it!
Today had been a milestone, as I was able to ascend the 4 staircases of the nearby elevated subway station, ride the train 4 stops, pick up some meds, get a flu shot and return the same way. Next, I went to the Supermarket, then picked up some deliveries from the Amazon locker in my lobby. After which I needed to walk upstairs to my 4th floor walk-up penthouse apartment. It was certainly all a lot, though it was so worth it, and I felt amazing. It tired me out, though I will rest and push myself again another day soon. Lotta 4's today
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In numerology, the number 4 is associated with traits like discipline, punctuality, and practicality. It is often referred to as the "struggling number" due to its connection with persistence and the tendency to face delays in achieving goals.
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'For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.'
PLATO 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
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Apparently Truckers often tie stuffed animals, such as teddy bears, to the front of their trucks for a variety of reasons, many of which are rooted in personal expression and tradition.
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Queens: Long Island City, Queens Blvd
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There's NO Parking on Sidewalks
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Some neighbor in Alamo, CA has a huge backyard filled with statues of animals like this. This particular sheep caught my attention as it looked comical, not that I would want to own one like this for my sleeping aid.
I may still be convalescing from the CIPN (Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy), though that should in no way imply I'm miserable, as several friends have mentioned how I must be. I'm not, actually, in any sense of that word. It is healing if not very, very slowly. A snails pace might probably be faster. LOL. It is what it is and I will get past this.
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A Widow for One Year
~ by John Irving
I've read this novel several times, it's that good, though this is my first experience listening to it via Audible
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Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten.
Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.
The second window into Ruth's life opens in the fall of 1990, when Ruth is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career. She distrusts her judgment in men, for good reason.
A Widow for One Year closes in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. She's about to fall in love for the first time.
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John Irving is such a great novelist and I consider it a privilege to read his work
Bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irving
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This afternoon I made it mid-span of the Honeywell Street bridge when the heavens opened up and a wall of water came pouring down and didn't let up until I arrived back home, a mile later. It was wonderful
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Once a month for brunch I have a spinach omelet. But I hardly ever have hash browns. And my bread intake is very limited these days.
If you have a NYC Transit reflective vest, you can seemingly park anywhere for free in all of NYC. Seems to also work for construction workers' vests/placards
Who's to say these people even work for NYC Transit, or in construction for that matter. Apparently it works, as I walk to/fro my place of employment every day and see this all the time
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The Nexus 4 camera has this interesting built-in function where you could take a series of overlapped shots of your surroundings from top to bottom and left to right so that the phone would create 360 degree image automatically. For this image, I just stood at one spot and took a series of shots of my surrounding. I did not cover the top and bottom entirely only to a certain degree where the sun was included. With a 2D viewer, this is what it looks like. It 's pretty cool and my wife' s iPhone does not have this feature built-in.
The more I use the smartphone camera, the more I like it. I think it will eventually replace all the point and shoot cameras.
Reunion Tower viewed from the Frank Crowley Courts Building looking east.
Dallas, Texas. January 23, 2023.
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G.
5.4mm. f1.8 @ 1/2210 sec. ISO 40.
I had drive to downtown Dallas to serve jury duty this day. KN
The first incarnation of the lollipop was probably invented by our cave-dwelling ancestors, who collected honey from beehives with sticks. In order to not waste any of the sweet nectar they had collected, these cavepeople probably ended up licking the sticks, perhaps creating the earliest form of the lollipop.
Historians and archaeologists believe that many ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians, Arabians and the Chinese used to preserve fruits, nuts and other confections by covering them with honey. Sticks were inserted in these concoctions to make them easier to eat and keep your hands from getting all sticky. This practical invention is so simple that historians believe the lollipop could have been invented and reinvented numerous times throughout the course of human history.
Further info on The History of the Giant Lollipop
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Part of the album titled NYC Subway
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The Romantic is the upcoming fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars and his fifth overall, scheduled to be released by Atlantic Records on February 27, 2026. It is set to be his first album since the collaborative project An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021) with American singer and rapper Anderson. Paak as Silk Sonic, and his first solo release since 24K Magic (2016). The lead single, "I Just Might", was released on January 9, 2026, debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. A concert tour in support of the album, The Romantic Tour, is set to take place from April to October 2026, consisting of 71 shows across North America and Europe.
Further info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romantic_(album)
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Part of the album titled Queens: Astoria
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Crain's New York Business, March 7, 2024
Midtown-based Fisher Bros. has parted ways with a Long Island City site where it once hoped to build a 240-unit project.
The real estate firm has sold 42-50 24th St. to developer Chris Xu's United Construction & Development for $57.5 million, property records show. The deal will add to Xu's already substantial portfolio of Queens projects.
The Hakim Organization and Property Markets Group bought the site in 2015 for $69 million, and the real estate website New York YIMBY published renderings of a 74-story tower planned for the address in 2018. However, in 2019 Fisher Bros. prefiled plans for a 35-story project at the site that would span about 255,000 square feet with 240 residential units, 40,000 square feet of commercial space and a hotel.
Further info/details:
Metropolitan Life North Building
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Pretty, just don't touch it. The flowers are poisonous to people and the leaves, upon touch, can produce Contact Dermatitis, just like poison ivy.
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Growing to 10 meters (33 feet), it is a vigorous, deciduous woody vine, notable for its showy trumpet-shaped flowers. It inhabits woodlands and riverbanks, and is also a popular garden plant.
C. radicans is a vine that climbs on trees, other plants, or structures or trails along the ground. From the main vine, rigid or woody arching vines up to 2 meters (7 feet) long extend outward. The plant can form a dense groundcover or an aggressive liana covering plants or buildings. The leaves are opposite and odd-pinnately compound, meaning there is an odd number of leaflets, with one terminal leaflet.
C. radicans climbs through aerial rootlets and twining stems; these stems grow upwards of 12 m in length. Its bark is tan in color, and shreds easily.
Further info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campsis_radicans
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This beautiful view will soon be blocked by an elevator shaft. Pity. It's been one of my favorites over the years.
February 19, 2026
Lock and load. Able and cane in hand, off to work we went. Presently I'm forced to take the subway 3 stops & two separate trains at that. It's killing me, as prior to my treatments, I would walk the 24 minutes round trip, rain or shine, to my place of employment every single day. And I aim to do so again by mid-late Summer 2026.
Stairs are still a challenge for me. That said, I live in a 4th floor walk-up penthouse apartment, and seeing how it's now February, have been going into my office twice per week. My apartment is situated a mere short block from the subway station, which has 4 high staircases. A fact that I never thought I needed to know. Once I've taken the train two stops to Queens Boro Plaza, I need to climb 2 additional staircases. Feels as if I'm ascending the steps to Sacré-Cœur, again! Then I need to take the second train one stop and then walk down the equivalent of 5 staircases, then several blocks to my office. If anything, I'm building up endurance.
I am doing it, and I am not complaining. The sheer amount of commuters has been a bit overwhelming, at times. I've grown apart from that experience, having walked for so many years, and now having been forced back into it all was initially met with much trepidation. Though I must say how the cane wields a sort of power unto itself, like a talisman. And matched with my height. I'm 6 feet 4 inches tall, most people are cordial and give me space. It's all been an interesting experience. And I'm keeping the faith that this too shall pass and in time I'll be back to pounding the pavement
Onwards...
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Queens: Long Island City, Queens Blvd
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