Today’s job market is tough. A new career path could be your best move for the future. Why not train at America’s finest new institution for career training? Introducing the “Twinkle Dinkle Truck Driving School.” Click on the school’s title at the end of this sentence to hear a :60 mp3 commercial for the Twinkle Dinkle …
Here is an encore My Odd Sock that says alot! Through the website and the hoopla surrounding the launch of My Odd Sock, people are saying to me…”Wow, you have a great attitude about your MS!” And so I smile and say thank you for the compliment–all while biting the inside of my lip …
April is National Poetry Month and My Odd Sock would like to celebrate by dusting off a poem I wrote many years ago. Enjoy! “Where’s My Remote?” Written by My Odd Sock 4/11/1994 Now where’s that remote? It’s lost once again!… Lost in my couch, here in my den. …
I have Multiple Sclerosis. A disease officially diagnosed by a medical doctor in September of 1996 or 1997 (I can never remember which year!). One of my MS characteristics is “foot drop.” My foot drop was a self-diagnosis after “face-meeting-pavement” a few hundred times over the years. I’ve always found the term “foot drop” …
First and foremost, let me apologize. I do not want to use these pages to speak about politics. Because if you do, you automatically piss off fifty percent of the people. And because My Odd Sock only has six followers, that means I’ve ticked off three of them. (OK, you caught me in a lie. …
There has been…. Ford vs. Chevy Pepsi vs. Coke Ali vs. Frazier But today, we have….. The “Thrilla of Mobila” The Battle of Wheels and Steel! Rollator vs. Wheelchair (echo..”chair chair”) OK, maybe it’s not as hyped as Ali vs. Frazier, but MSer’s who need mobility aids to “keep on truckin” DO …
From the title, you might guess this My Odd Sock will either be about childbirth….or exercise. (Although the more I think about it, what would “reach” have to do with childbirth?…Unless you were reaching to strangle the guy who put you in this position!) So yes, if you guessed this was about exercise—you were correct. …
Wait, let me get this straight. You’re saying you are going to take this neurotoxin, this poison….produced by a bacteria!….A toxin, which in its natural form causes botulism. And you’re going to inject it into my muscles? And it’s going to ease my spasticity? That’s crazy! Crazy, but it’s true. It’s Botox Therapy, or BT. …
Have you ever done something impulsively, thinking it was correct for all the right reasons, only to get grief later on? I mean more than grief—I mean ridiculed—I mean vilified to the point where my two teenage sons said…”Dad, you must be gay.” Let me explain. I have been a long time subscriber …
Gracing the news recently was the story of American Airlines charging eight dollars for use of a blanket during flights. The story itself wasn’t shocking, I think all of us are aware of the incidental fees being charged by air carriers. Take for instance, checked baggage. Most airlines allow you one checked bag per person. …
