It was time to make a change in my diet. For starters, no more blueberry donuts at breakfast.  No more unhealthy snacking throughout the day. I realized I haven’t been myself lately. Sluggish. No pep. I had no energy.  No enthusiasm. I was listless.  Plain lazy. I didn’t want to walk.  I didn’t want to play.  Even going for a drive didn’t excite me like it once did. My skin was dull.  My hair drab. Everything was simply…”blah.” Period.   Time had come to go in a different direction. So I made the change.  A new diet.  MY new diet…formulated f ..read more

  What’s in your tool box? With multiple sclerosis, muscle spasms and leg tremors are a condition prerequisite…a not-so delightful appetizer before the main course, spasticity. Some people experience the involuntary movement in their arms.  But most (like me) have legs that quiver worse than a chihuahua. Such jumpiness happens at the most inopportune time as well.  Like when you’re trying to sit quietly.  Being still–at a wedding, an important meeting or a doctor’s appointment.  Yeah, nothing like a good, strong leg spasm during a prostate exam (I know!).   Shake ..read more

  Finally, something new! It has been too long since I’ve written any dribble for this humor site…and even longer since I’ve posted a “Brain Drain.” For those of you who are unfamiliar, “Brain Drain” is simply a post where I pull the plug on my cerebral cortex and empty out what has been a bug in my craw. Ready?  Let’s get started…   First, how about a few tv commercials I am fed up with.   eHarmony.  Pimple popper.  Get who gets you. A nasty blemish.   The spot opens with a dude looking in a mirror at a huge zit on his shoulder. Next his eHarmony match becko ..read more

  Dig in! Since the release of the movie “Unfrosted” (on Netflix), the world has been abuzz with chatter about Pop Tarts. For good reason too. Everyone knows about them.  Everyone has scalded the roof of their mouth on them.  And everyone has a favorite flav–mine being strawberry. But not all Pop Tart’s have been a hit.  Some never made the cut. That said, My Odd Sock has uncovered this list of rejected, unpopular, even hated Pop Tart flavors.  See for yourself… and lastly, Here are even more Pop Tarts that never made it to your grocer’s shelves… Pencil ..read more

  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