0.5%

I no longer drink beer or wine, but occasionally I will have this non-alcoholic beverage.

There is some residual alcohol, listed as 0.5%. I predict this is the same percentage that the Federal Reserve Bank will cut the federal funds interest rate on Wednesday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/16/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

Update:

Fed slashes interest rates by a half point

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/18/fed-cuts-rates-september-2024-.html

Covid or Kremlin?

What I have doesn’t feel like a virus. It’s more like I’ve been poisoned by one of Putin’s agents. With my immune system suppressed by chemo, I’ve been wearing Powecom KN95 masks in public places, and I don’t have Covid.

What I have is radiation sickness, and it’s unlike any other illness I’ve ever had. I’ve been assured that, by the end of this coming week, I should be feeling significantly better. I’m hanging onto that hope.

Face Front!

The last time I weighed 165 lbs., I was training to run the Boston Marathon. That’s my weight now, after six weeks of cancer treatments.

One effect of the chemotherapy is that it cured my psoriasis, although I have been told the flaky patches will probably return. There is also the effect that chemo had on my facial hair.

Before chemo:

After chemo:

Update: Once again, I am now clean-shaven.