Episodes

Imagining a person dressed in head-to-toe Why Be Normal? gear- fanny pack, sweatpants, sweatshirt, hot tote bag, flip-flops and sunglasses. S6e18, “Why Be Normal?” In this episode, I’ve mostly recovered from Covid and I’m feeling all right. I got my taste back. Shoutouts to Brian who liked the thing on twitter Shoutouts to Sandman whos learning how to dj Shout outs to Joe who said i should record a record with my deep r&b voice but then i recovered from Covid I made green goddess dressing w...

I have that kind of voice that’s like “I’m recovering” Shoutouts to Rocky. She told me she read a peer reviewed study that two consecutive nights of peanut butter a and jelly sandwiches can cause covid My taste and smell is all messed up We missed open house at the ki9d’s school Kyle Damon Ranson’s project is years and the record is called rats yearsyearsyears.bandcamp.com I bought it on Friday, Wet Leg too https://twitter.com/johnhoppin/status/1523820137979080705 I’m tweeting myself back ...

i had a birthday dinner and didn’t wear a mask Shout outs to the ceramicist brian R. Jones who likes the longer episodes- he makes the stuff at brianrjones.com he hangs out in a ceramics studio. i attended Alfred University for a single semester and I got him and Steve there try to calm down and go slower I revisited the last night for dinner journal, it had been 13 months. Last night For dinner we had left over meatloaf and martini’s made with cheap gin but at least there was plenty of it 5...

It’s the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Birthday Special Episode, featuring Elon Musk, Chowhound & chicken sandwiches Thanks for tuning in to the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast “Birthday Special” My birthday is coming up so let’s have a Birthday Special episode that’s mostly about chicken sandwiches and twitter. Are you all strapped in? Great- let’s get to the rundown:! It’s going to be my birthday next week and I want to go to eat at a Korean restaurant that was sold last year.. Insta...

Room 5100 Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Season Six, Episode 14, “Return To The Radio” In this episode, I went to the first radio station staff meeting since coronavirus, something I’ve dearly missed since the start of the pandemic. I went to the KFJC station meeting- I made my Return To The Radio! But first.. Wetpantsdenim.com Lady asked to help me put my shoe on outside the big-box appliance store. I said no Algorithms reduce agency- they do it for you Tiger woods finished ...

Seeing hardcore punk-noise veterans Lightning Bolt play at New Parish in Oakland for my first show since the start of the pandemic. Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Season Six, Episode 13, “Lightning Bolt” In this episode I got out of my house and saw a Lightning Bolt show, which was a big success. I used a ride service, ate a pre-show dinner, and hustled to the club, where they gave me a seat right next to the band. Shoutouts: to the librarian who roped me into the compulsory ide...

Crowd work After that Oscars slap, what to expect when you go into a comedy club as a disabled person. PLUS, bad food, hit my head and The Dawn Of Everything. I always use the wrong finger on the security sign-in on my phone, like my fingerprints all match Usually, I don’t want to download any apps I had the worst Mexican food – we’ll read some bad reviews Fell on my butt and hit my head in the parking lot, it was scary Dawn of everything book club Oscars slap discussion

We had a Sunday itinerary- birthday party, BBQ and baseball practice. I am accessing my affinity group. Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me Podcast Season 6, Episode 11 “Affinity Group Hang,” There’s lots of things going on. I’m getting out there, even further out than I was already. West Elm couch backordered until August The liquor store is out of things too Shout outs to Kevin in Wisconsin I’ve only got anecdotal info on a stem cell treatment for a friend of a friend who had pretty seve...

New tests show T cell immunity PLUS New pee pill prescription, indoor cycling, and lonely birria Listen to T Cell Immunity, the newest episode of the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast. Saw my neurologist I have T cell immunity r/multiplesclerosis They prescribed me a drug for peeing oxybutinyn He wants to see me virtually in 6 months, in person 6 after that, then repeat Got new drink glasses at umami mart My new recumbent bicycle is set up in the garage and I’m riding it I made birria on ...

Wee Man Strikes A Chord PLUS, disabled punks, Agnes Martin, choriço, Botox and The Red House (1947) Wee Man has friends- considering Caty Weaver’s article “The Tao of Wee Man” from the New York Times Magazine, January 24, 2022 Shout outs to Sandman who recognized the planes and the characters of East San Jose Agnes Martin legal ID for KFJC- rules for legal identification I saw a couple of people at the supermarket. She had one leg- He did not appear to be disabled- They were punks- They both ...

Infusion, short roll, little league, Temporary Services, Sunday sauce We went to marina park and rode the chair around. cut too short- kids played on a zipline & swings I had a runny nose and tons of sneezing yesterday and looked up, “is a runny nose a symptom of coronavirus?” and it said yes it was The steroids they gave me at my infusion helped the pinched nerve in my neck Randy, the disabled practitioner. (It’s not my first time working with a disabled practitioner- see “New AFO Brace”) ...

I’m feeling unmoored Shout outs to Patrick who sent me a ted talk about chronic illness and using spoons as a metaphor to regulate energy- “Confronting the invisible” by Olivia Larner Her talk centers around the idea that most people don’t see invisible disabilities What matters is not how other people react to me, but how I present myself . I control what I can control. As ability changes, what you can control probably also changes The frustration of becoming older and having your opinion be...

Getting outdoors, not rinsing the dishes, antibody test results, and staying simple in the kitchen Whether or not to rinse the dishes NY Times Disabled hikers article about Disabled Hikers’ guides & the GRIT chair. Contacted them and asked if it would work for one arm Went to get tested for antibody response and I got the results back and it seems like I don’t have very many antibodies. I sent it to my MS doctor and asked her what it meant I marinated chicken legs with sumac and za’atar from...

One-handed cooks and one-armed chefs to the kitchen: we’re looking at accessible cutlery, from knork to splayd someone or something downloaded all the episodes using wget Accessible cutlery- Knorks, Splayd Britt H. Young wrote “A one handed cook’s favorite tools” Wirecutter Blog Post @one_armed_chef on Instagram I’m browsing the Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails which is interesting me in Creme de cacao & creme de menthe and more bad ideas JOHN HOPPIN: Shep, washep, wushep, Oh yeah....

Two years after my MVD surgery, checking in with how I’m feeling. Also: tattoo ideas, gettin’ paleolithic, different chorizos. Get The Whole Story: Please check the Microvascular Decompression tag page to hear all the updates about my MVD surgery. last borscht thing: Matt came over and had lunch and he said “it was the best borscht I’ve ever had.” Nami was there not like he’s Lithuanian or anything. I think Lithuanians eat it cold Steve was talking about white borscht Shout outs to Nathan M...

Epstein-Barr virus may be the leading cause of multiple sclerosis. I have a lot of leftover borscht. The Epstein-Barr virus may be the leading cause of multiple sclerosis Thank you for tuning in to the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast I do not think that having soup causes MS I have a lot of leftover borscht and it’s not a bad thing I feel bad for my wife who I threw in the gulag and forced to labor dicing up meat and vegetables I had borscht for lunch today and I’m going to have borscht ...

Omicron Isn’t Milder For Everyone Reading op-eds, cooking borscht and wading through unpredictability There’s a good article in the Times today about how immunosuppressed people like me remain at risk for covid even after vaccination, booster etc. It’s scary and presents big problems for me that aren’t going away. I’m midway through making Hot Ukrainian Borscht. I think People like watching sports because It’s something that has never happened before. Everything is happening for the 1st tim...

Happy New Year, 2022. The guy cutting lumber at Home Depot with his sunglasses upside-down said, “Don’t cry, smile. Because we are still alive. Sleep good, be happy.” I wear the same shoes all the time because they fit into my AFO (ankle-foot-orthotic) brace. In this episode, I let off some steam about it. I wear the same ####ing shoes all the time I used to live in New York City and ride the subway looking at everyone’s shoes I’m a shoe diva-sneakerhead-Christian Louboutin-Nike Dunk I’m no...

Happy New Year, 2022. The guy cutting lumber at Home Depot with his sunglasses upside-down said, “Don’t cry, smile. Because we are still alive. Sleep good, be happy.” I wear the same shoes all the time because they fit into my AFO (ankle-foot-orthotic) brace. In this episode, I let off some steam about it. I wear the same ####ing shoes all the time I used to live in New York City and ride the subway looking at everyone’s shoes I’m a shoe diva-sneakerhead-Christian Louboutin-Nike Dunk I’m no...

Happy New Year, 2022. The guy cutting lumber at Home Depot with his sunglasses upside-down said, “Don’t cry, smile. Because we are still alive. Sleep good, be happy.” I wear the same shoes all the time because they fit into my AFO (ankle-foot-orthotic) brace. In this episode, I let off some steam about it. I wear the same ####ing shoes all the time I used to live in New York City and ride the subway looking at everyone’s shoes I’m a shoe diva-sneakerhead-Christian Louboutin-Nike Dunk I’m no...

I went back to the gym and only some people wore masks. Guess who? PLUS, Dad Bod Rap Pod, “People With Disabilities” movie review. The time has come for the entertainment industry to audition and cast actors with disabilities to play leading roles portraying disability… American society no longer finds it acceptable for white actors to play black, Asian or Hispanic characters. It is equally unacceptable and offensive for able-bodied actors to be cast… in the roles of characters with disabiliti...

I went back to the gym and only some people wore masks. Guess who? PLUS, Dad Bod Rap Pod, “People With Disabilities” movie review. The time has come for the entertainment industry to audition and cast actors with disabilities to play leading roles portraying disability… American society no longer finds it acceptable for white actors to play black, Asian or Hispanic characters. It is equally unacceptable and offensive for able-bodied actors to be cast… in the roles of characters with disabiliti...

I went back to the gym and only some people wore masks. Guess who? PLUS, Dad Bod Rap Pod, “People With Disabilities” movie review. The time has come for the entertainment industry to audition and cast actors with disabilities to play leading roles portraying disability… American society no longer finds it acceptable for white actors to play black, Asian or Hispanic characters. It is equally unacceptable and offensive for able-bodied actors to be cast… in the roles of characters with disabiliti...

Thanksgiving was a success. Movie review: “I’m No Longer Here.” The gym is mask-optional. People are likers; they want to like things. Thanksgiving was a success. Movie review: “I’m No Longer Here.” The gym is mask-optional. People are likers; they want to like things.