Me

  • Let’s Win This Thing, Steelers.

  • How I Got My Personal Health Records

    10/15/2011 Signed up for Microsoft Health Vault, which is “a trusted place for people to organize, store, and share health information online”. Once I signed up, they offered a huge list of other services that have information that I could place inside my Health Vault account. I clicked on every single one of these services…

  • On Patriotism

    I was one of the thousands of people who made it into the Grant Park celebration on Election Night. It was amazing, of course. One of the best days of my life, flat-out. One of the most touching moments for me, a moment when I thought the top of my head might float away as butterflies…

  • Me on WBEZ

    I had a great time talking with Richard Steele yesterday morning on the 848 show on WBEZ here in Chicago. Here's the segment I was on. Also available for download. Thanks, WBEZ!

  • Sobbing Southbound

    Sometimes, and more, recently, I cry on the train while reading the New York Times and heading into the office. Like the other day when I read Maureen Dowd recounting a conversation with Colin Powell in “Moved by a Crescent”: But what sent him over the edge and made him realize he had to speak…