With Humble Gratitude. I would like to extend an unbelievably huge and heartfelt thank you to Renee Batti and Michelle Le for their incredible article about me in The Almanac (a newspaper in Menlo Park). Renee, your story, and the way in which you chose to tell it, compelled me to not only read, but [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Rants and Raves Revisited Volume 1 Issue 7
Posted in Rants and Raves on March 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What Makes a Memory
Posted in Emma, Fehmeen, Memories on March 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
When they called our name to seat us, Fehmeen and Emma were shopping for a headband in the store next to the California Pizza Kitchen restaurant at the Hillsdale Mall. We had decided to head to the mall to pick up birthday outfits for me and The Bug before going home after our weekend getaway [...]
Breathing by the Numbers
Posted in Life, Symptoms on March 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
As odd as it may sound, I truly believe that I have been (relatively) fortunate with my ALS symptoms so far. Sure, walking and talking have become a whole lot more challenging and tenuous for me, and activities such as eating, shaving, showering, getting dressed, and stair climbing have become de facto group activities but [...]
Burning Questions
Posted in Ask the Audience on March 18, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Hello everyone and welcome to another Adventures of ALS Boy posting. I really appreciate your continued support and readership. Thank you for stopping by to check us out.
For today’s entry, I thought that I would bare my soul a bit and pose to you, my dear and loyal readers, a few questions that have [...]
A Gnome for the Home
Posted in Bad Behavior, Family Fun, Life on March 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
With our two roommates attending SF Giants Spring Training games in the Valley of the Sun, the three youngest Picetti’s had the crib to themselves for four days. What follows is a brief synopsis of the extended weekend that was.
Thursday, March 12
Fehmeen and I left school to pick up The Bug from Aunt Danelle’s and [...]
Oh, The Places I Go
Posted in Faith, Life on March 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
With all due respect to Theodore ‘Dr Seuss’ Geisel, thank you for the divine inspiration. And for the paraphrased title of this entry.
Oh, The Places I Go.
I go to a place of envy when I see people running. How I long to propel myself forward at such a swift pace, feeling as if the earth [...]
Get My Cape, Mr Danny Ray
Posted in Life on March 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When I reflect back on the past eighteen months of my life, I can’t help but notice how much things have changed for me. From a purely physical perspective, those changes are visually and readily apparent. My walking is an exercise in cautious calculation and my talking is a study of economy of word choice. [...]
Confessions of a Flat Screen Junkie
Posted in Living at the Movies on March 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I enjoy watching television. Really, I do. Besides reading a book, comic, or magazine, listening to music, browsing the internet, writing my three blogs, eating food by the truckload, playing with Emma, chilling with Fehmeen, going to the movies, sleeping in on weekends, people watching, wreaking havoc in my wheelchair, laughing twenty-four seven, conning people [...]
Living at the Movies
Posted in Living at the Movies on March 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Movies have been a huge part of my life for as long as I’ve been able to sit still and focus my attention on the screen for a couple of hours at a time. I will never forget Billy Mitchell’s eighth birthday party at the Coronet Theater when we saw Star Wars. Nor will I [...]
