On the Indescribable Nature of Pain

by | Jul 10, 2013 | Stuff!

Pain is a peculiar thing, at the same time universal and utterly individual. If I say I am hungry, most people have a general sense of what I mean. If I say I am tired, they can probably not only sympathize, but empathize. But if I tell you my back hurts, or I have a...

New Business Cards!

by | Jun 29, 2013 | Stuff!

In a few weeks, with a little luck, I will be rolling out a new website. This blog will still be right where it is, but at the moment when you go to laurakcurtis.com it just redirects you to the blog–that won’t happen anymore. Instead, there will be a...

If This Doesn’t Touch You, You Have No Soul

by | May 21, 2013 | Stuff!

There. I said it. No, I am not religious, though I was raised in a variety of faiths, but I have always thought this was one of the most beautiful songs in the world. If you recall it vaguely but not completely, here is the poem, written by Henry van Dyke in 1907 to...

Gritting Your Teeth (A Post of Complaint)

by | Apr 3, 2013 | Stuff!

I can think of a lot of pleasurable things I would like to spend $1600 on, from techno toys to airline tickets. One thing I didn’t want to spend that money on was a root canal. But these are things you can only put off for so long, and apparently I reached the...