Yeah, that’s right.  Your MS M.O. Your “modus operandi.”  Your plan. What are you doing to fight back against your hiccup of multiple sclerosis? But let’s not limit it to just MS. Whether it be arthritis, diabetes, heart disease or any of a malady of ailments–you can’t just stand there & do nothing. You gotta work it. You gotta beat it to submission. It doesn’t quit….so neither can you.   Never surrender!   By giving in—even for a day—it gains ground. Therefore you mustn’t surrender. You stay with the ship (your body) and fight back! Are you taking medications ..read more

  As the Major League Baseball season begins, so has another controversy. The brew-ha-ha began when Nike, the official uniforn & footwear supplier to the MLB, unveiled a new uniform design.  This new line was performance-based; thinner, lighter-weight, allowing better air circulation.  And the change was much needed as players have been routinely grabbing and adjusting themselves as if wearing tighty-whities full of fire ants. The new uni’s.   Unfortunately, players disliked the new threads for a variety of reasons, one of which was that the pants were “see-thru.” Yeah ..read more

  Let’s play! Life is about choices. And where you are in life absolutely dictates the choices you make.  That’s certainly true when you throw multiple sclerosis into the mix.  What you may have chosen early on could differ greatly from what you prefer at this time. To find out where you are, My Odd Sock has created this informal (and mostly stupid) questionaire I call “Would You Rather.” Go ahead and make your picks!   Would You Rather-      Read a hard-back book…..or, a Kindle.   Would You Rather-      Be hot…..or, be cold.     ..read more

  Is it worth it? Yeah that’s right. It’s a Joke Dumpster Blog Post. A misfit collection of jokes & thoughts–some I have–and some I haven’t got around to posting elsewhere. Call it an early spring cleaning of my writing  journal. Enjoy!…   SENSEI SHOPPING Police in Washington state say a man wielding a samurai sword & threatening to hurt people was arrested after he entered a Walmart. Said store manager “Welcome to Tuesday.” *     *     *     *     * TICKET PLEASE After recent lows, share’s of AMC Theatre stock ..read more

  Are you “F & O?” It gets to ya.  Building, building, building.  More & more. Till you are at your wits end. F & O.  Frustrated and Overwhelmed. I’m there.  Often. And, as I age, that once comfortable ledge has become more & more narrow.   The strangest things get me F & O’d.  Opening a bag of chips.  A box of cereal.  A pill container.  Toilet Bowl cleanser.  A freakin bottle of water.  Driving in traffic.  Sitting in traffic.  Walking on snow & ice.  Large crowds of people.  Noise.  ..read more

  Whoa, we just celebrated the New Year but is this really 2024? Or did we somehow enter a time warp vortex and are back in the 1990’s…when ‘Seinfeld’ was the most watched TV show…the Yugo was the most joked about automobile…and Hooters was a popular, eye-popping restaurant? Today, ‘Seinfeld’ still hangs around in reruns.  Yugo’s have all but rusted out.  And Hooters shamed itself to obscurity. We have all moved on, right? Build it big!   But alas there is an upstart restaurant chain trying to relive the cleavage popularity of days gone by. It’s called “Twin Peaks” and they ..read more

  The list of lists. I am sure you have seen this list of often heard gaffs…things not to say to someone with Multiple Sclerosis. You have probably heard a few yourself first-hand. These swallowable snippets are oft-uttered by someone trying to relate.  To make conversation.  And fail miserably. Hey it happens.  We’re humans.  We just don’t know when to keep our yap shut.  Paste a smile on our puss and smile appropriately.   But wait there’s more!     In my years with the dreaded ick, I’ve thought the above list was rather short. So I penned a few o ..read more

  Letting off some steam. All right, just stop it. We have put up with this shit for some time now-so it has come time to cease. You’ve had your little fun…got it out of your system.  But it is best to quit with the games.  Hang it up.  And bury it. I’m talking about things that currently annoy me.  Grating my nerves.  Edging me closer to an insanity plea. So in no particular order…Stop it.  Please…   Driving with a huge smile on TV commercials.   Who smiles while driving? I’m too busy cursing & flipping the bird. Glitter on greeting cards ..read more

  A dim look at the past.   As 2023 winds down, it’s time for those mind-numbing retrospects of the past year we all try to forget. As high-brow as My Odd Sock may be, even I can’t resist a quick peek back at the campy pictures/photographs I have subjected you to seeing over the past twelve months. My deepest apologies. In no particular order–here are a few of my favs… From August- Caution: Dog Chasing Tail AheadFrom April- Curling iron & hair straightener were both on vanity. We will see what prevailed when she gets home.From August- My cooking sucks. Even the oven mit mocks me ..read more

  SIt on my lap & tell me ALL about it. I suck at this. Sixty years of holiday experience and I still suck at this. Gift giving is what I am talking about. I am thee absolute worst gift giver EVER.     If I was one of the three wise men, only I could come up with a more inferior gift idea than myrrh, an embalming oil & symbol of death. Presenting my gift, baby Jesus would have said “Gee thanks, Doug” then rolled over to spew in his cradle. You see, I have no imagination what to give someone.  None.  Which is why my gifts always suck. Quite often my gifts never ..read more