First week chemo
The chemo process lasted three days; two hospital visits and one in home visit to detach my pump. After that I have been on steroids until tomorrow. Next week it will be a slightly easier one with only one short visit to the hospital for antibodies. I am writing the cancer book as and when I get the energy up. The steroids seem to drain me a bit rather than giving me “rage.”
I got 12 more of these cycles to go through (for a total of 24 weeks). I got through the first one though fairly well.
No commentsLew Rockwell Wrote Ron Paul’s Newsletters
A couple of Reason writers have written a long piece on the actual history of those infamous newsletters. It tells the whole sordid history of Lew Rockwell’s links with Ron Paul and his “paleo-libertarianism”. It will not make for good reading for the Paulians, but it at least puts the entire furore into perspective. I am sure the Paulian zealots will not change their mind about supporting RP; but at least people have the facts there to find.
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Now Taki is defending Ron Paul from “beltway libertarians”. Taki, good buddy of paleoconservative Pat Robertson, might not be the best one to have one side to make this case.
No commentsHuckabee’s authoritarian instincts…continue
I personally wish that all of this was outlawed. I think that every candidates should speak for themselves, and that every thing that involves the candidate’s name or another candidate’s name should be authorized and approved by that candidate, otherwise it shouldn’t be spoken…. The point is that candidates can’t force these special interest 527.
Is this guy a Republican or a Chavez wannabe?
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Pondering the Google slap
The last few months have been rather tough for those people who have been trying to make some money via the popularity of their blogs. In some cases Google has managed to completely eliminate a bloggers ability to earn any substantial money to for the upkeep of their blog or even a few extra bucks.
In some cases, like this one, Google took a page rank and reduced it by 50% from 6 to 3. This decimated any ability to earn and caused a complete rethink in how the blog functions. Its fortunate that Google waited until after I got married to do this as I used some of the funds I earned via the blog to help pay for both my wedding and the honeymoon.
That said Google’s timing for me could not have been worse as I now have a rather large medical bill after having an operation to eliminate my colon cancer in November. Finding out you have cancer, getting a large chunk of your colon cut out and having your blog’s earning power skewered in one month is pretty rough.
I have spoken to many fellow bloggers during my recovery who have been hit as hard or near as hard by Google’s actions. We are rethinking our blog strategies and looking to other ways to maximise our assets online. It was not the most pleasant end of year for some.
Saying that bloggers are quite a hardy lot and are finding ways round these problems. It has taken a while but bloggers are getting back on their feet and looking to the future. With the help of sites like Izea and the various other advice sites/forums 2008 bloggers will survive stronger than ever.
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
