SHITTY WIFI + FREE WORDPRESS PLAN = REWRITTEN: The Making of a Stencil Mural

This week’s blog post documents the mural my husband David (muellerlowlife.com) and I recently created. For the record, I hate our really shitty terrible Charter WiFi and also WordPress and also maybe my old PC. I don’t which of them is to blame for this rather ridiculous day of rewriting this blog so I’ll just […]

“Want a beer?” and Other Life-Saving Techniques

“Want a beer?” is what I’d hear if I walked into a Wisconsin friend’s house because it’s what is first said when terrible (and good) things are actively happening. I’m so demoralized and not surprised by all the news reports about American violence of late I’m going to talk about drinking alcohol. However, I’m not […]

Wisconsin’s Need to Party

When I was younger, I felt pretty world-worn when I posted on Facebook: “Life usually does not follow our plans but we still need to keep making them. I guess. And then adapt or go grab a beer.” But, by saying that, I either called it or typed in error. Because, here in Wisconsin, a […]

Ambulatory EEG Test #1 Result Day… I Am More Epileptic++ Than I Realized

Yesterday afternoon, my neurologist’s office called to tell me they downloaded the data from my first ambulatory EEG and, consequently, my neurologist wanted to see me ASAP. ASAP? Right away? Pronto? Okay. All right. Here we go. Okay. My heart dropped to the bottom of my guts. It’s not great when a medical professional calls […]