I started the BATCC clinical trial on ruxolitinib on June 17, 2016. It was a two year trial designed test the effectiveness of ruxolitinib on alleviating the symptoms of CLL (fatigue, bone pain, joint pain, and others) by targeting cells that carried the JAK-7 enzyme, which produces inflammation. Inflammation is the source of many diseases…
Today is my the tenth anniversary of my CLL diagnosis. In ten years a lot has happened. I learned an awful lot about a disease about which I had previously known nothing. I researched, found, and still have world class care and treatment. I watched and waited. I then watched my lymphocyte doubling time soar…
Tupelo’s Link Centre hosted us in their program called Monthly Music Mix. I took my video camera but forgot to push the record button. Ooops! I did get an audio recording of our full show. You can hear it here: Luke Fisher and Jang-A-Lang alumnus Clint Jordan were also on the show. We had…
I am not a reviewer, nor a critic. I don’t like to criticize other’s work. It is often said about critics that they become critics because they cannot do. That leaves me right out of the critical realm, because I can and do. What I truly enjoy is the doings of others, especially when I…
I’ve known Stillhouse Junkie bassist Cody Tinnin for a long time, he and his whole extended family. Cody’s father, Glenn, and Uncle Bruce were high school friends and are still friends. My first official musical public performance experiences were as a duo with Bruce Tinnin, and later in bands together where we learned a lot…
I am a fan of Scott McQuaig. His singing and songwriting are impeccable. He recently released a new CD called A SONG AWAY ROM YOU. He was kind enough to send me a copy in April since the USMail apparently mishandled my invitation to his CD release party. I just listened to it today. I…
Let’s admit it. We all like it here. We like the Facebook world, where all our lives seem larger than they really are. We like the Twitterverse where we see how many followers we can amass. We like our Instagram followers. We like the endorphin release we get when we get lots of “likes” on…
I defend borders all the time. So do you, every time you lock your door, every time you go out into your fenced in back yard and later complain to your neighbor that his dog has done its business there, leaving it for you to clean up, but only after you have stepped in the…
That’s what I wanted: to write something profound. Profundity as a goal is elusive, though it can overtake us unawares from time to time, which is probably the best sort of profundity: the unplanned. We all have it from time to time, and we mostly lack it when we are setting out to be profound.…
Here’s some music recorded LIVE in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains in July 2013. The band is Me – Guitar and Vocals; Piper Sharp – Guitar and Vocals; Mayne Smith – Dobro; Blaine Sprouse – Fiddle; Markie Sanders – Bass; Bob Applebaum – Mandolin; Sara Winge – Harmony Vocals on “When the Angels Have Taken Me…
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