by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, March 9, 2019 | personal
Last year I decided to write an autobiography. I started, as you might expect, at the beginning–with my childhood. I got to high school about 10,000 words in, and then I stopped. The problem? I began to run into unflattering things about myself and I wondered how...
by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | personal
This afternoon I started to feel pretty good about this not smoking thing. I mean, not just in a theoretical sense. Not just because it was good for me or that I was saving lots of money–but because I felt for the first time like I was winning. I felt like smoking a...
by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | tech
I’m not big on “alternative” web browsers. Back when I was the administrator of Marquette’s eLearning platform I actually had a student call in to support to complain that the application didn’t work correctly with his IceWeasel browser....
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, March 4, 2019 | personal
You’d think that by week three of not smoking I’d be feeling pretty great. But the truth is, I feel like shit. I have sinus congestion. My allergies appear to be worse. I cough quite a bit, still. I’m always on edge. And I have dizzy spells. These are particularly bad...
by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, March 2, 2019 | personal
I quit smoking. Aside from a five year period in my mid-30s, I’ve smoked for pretty much the last three decades. But I have quit again. This is day 15, and everything has gone pretty well so far–except a week ago Saturday. I don’t know what happened. I had...
