(Pentax K-1000)
Maybe it’s a little early to say, but chemotherapy hasn’t affected his hair follicles thus far!
There are other side-effects, but hair loss hasn’t been one of them.
ADDITION: Friday, Sep 2
I spoke too soon — David’s hair started falling out today: Dave’s Logbook: Notes From the Irradiated

The Lost Package Saga

Background story started here, and continued here, here, continued over in David’s blog, and a follow-up over at Breigh’s blog. We’ve been either getting the runaround at the hospital or phoning EVERY DAY since David was released on August 19. I can’t even count how many people we’ve dealt with, but it’s [...]

Vandigicam FIGHT CLUB [photo by filmgoerjuan]
Brilliant!
This one’s doctored by Filmgoerjuan. See here for comparison to the original movie poster.

I’m VERKLEMPT — how could I not be after seeing this???

Last Saturday the people in Vandigicam threw a farewell party for Laura, the lady who started the group back in March. She’s seen Vandigicam grow and flourish, and in a day or so she’ll be returning to her home in Atlanta — earlier than planned. I really wished I could’ve been there to take part in the surprise bash, but it looks like they moved the mountain partway to Mohammed because Mohammed couldn’t get to the mountain.

I went to New York over the weekend and phoned them briefly when I was sitting on a Central Park bench Saturday evening. I think they knew how much I wanted to be there, and that there was no reason more compelling than why I could not.

Long live photography!

Did I mention I was verklempt? What a stellar bunch of people! *sniff*

There’s an eatery here in Scranton called Coney Island Texas Lunch (check out their site, it’s a hoot) where practically all they make are heart-disease-in-a-bun things called Texas Weiners. Code words for chili on hot dogs and deep-fried hamburgers marinated in chili. Note the puzzling references to places (Coney Island, Texas) not in Pennsylvania.

We were very protective of “our” bench during HSBC Celebration of Light. This was before the China’s fireworks, on Aug 3. Two days later, I was booking a flight to New York because they found a tumour in David’s left lung.
Life changed literally overnight for David and me.
Here’s a timeline:
Aug 5 (Fri) - after feeling [...]

Artwork credits:
Melissa - age 6Michael - age 4 (nearly 5)Madeleine - age 3 (nearly 4)
Previous exhibits.

Left: “Dir David I hop you wil get betr soon Luve Melissa”
Click on the individual photos to read the notes the kids wrote.

I let Hugh out this afternoon. No, let me re-phrase that: Hugh dashed by me when I went [...]

The past few days have been to-and-fro, so herein lies a summary.
First of all, Breigh is wondering where her package went, and so are we. Today marks the FIFTH day that David and I have tried to track it down. I was unsuccessful Saturday and Sunday, David inquired on Monday, I navigated the intestinal corridors [...]

my baby, Penny, by MonaPenny
Meet Penny, the most spoiled cat ever. But is that any wonder? Guess who spoils her?
We went to Mom’s house this evening, as is our custom on Sunday. David’s been having a rough time of it, so she whipped up the classic Jewish medicinal remedy of remedies: matzoh ball soup. It’s [...]

beggar in a tuxedo
Had to go buy mouse/rat poison at the grocery store today — I found mouse droppings in the cupboard. The regular mousetraps just seemed so… inhumane. Although, when you see what rodent poison does, that doesn’t seem like a preferable way to pass on, either. But it’s secondary to the thought of [...]