Based upon the fact that my latest breathing scores were lower than the Giants’ winning percentage versus the Padres this year, the brain trust here at Team ALS Boy decided to bite the proverbial bullet and get me hooked up to a BiPAP machine. Just a little bit at first, so I could get used [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Strive for Five
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Treatments on August 16, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Leisure Rules
Posted in Treatments on August 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here is a picture of me yesterday afternoon sporting the new DynaSplints on my paws. I am only allowed to wear them for two hours the first day, three hours the next day and so on and so on until I reach between six to eight hours per session. They are rather heavy and [...]
Stretch HandStrong
Posted in Treatments on August 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
One of the first things you’ll notice about me — besides my inability to walk and talk or my propensity to drool excessively after yawning or the fact that I still think farts are funny — is that my hands always seem to be balled up in a fist. No, I’m not looking for the [...]
Gaffe
Posted in Ask the Audience, Bad Behavior, Memories on August 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
There we were, a few friends sitting together, shooting the breeze, and watching a movie on a premium cable channel when friend #2 silently excused himself. A good ten minutes passed before he emerged from the room down the hall immediately engaging in a hushed dialogue with my dad. The off-duty Italian-American Man Servant shook [...]
Feeling the Love
Posted in Thank You on August 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On behalf of my father, John Picetti, my wife, Fehmeen, my daughter, Emma, and myself, I would like to thank everybody who has been there for us this past week. We appreciate every e-mail, phone call, text message, blog comment, Facebook wall post, hospital and home visit, prayer, well wish, and good vibe that we [...]
For My Mom
Posted in In Memoriam on August 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Infinite thanks to Fehmeen for giving a voice to these words at the service this morning. I owe you more than I can ever hope to repay you. * * * * * Right around this time every year, my mom would come down to my classroom at La Entrada. While I would busy myself [...]
Gamer
Posted in Faith, Life on August 7, 2010 | 32 Comments »
I have been a slave to slang for as long as I can recall. A lot of it comes from movies, television, and music but the terms that have the most staying power for me typically come from our national pastime. Phrases like a cup of coffee, rounding third and heading home, and even a [...]
Raising Her Right
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Emma on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Just in case her voice was drowned out by the 40K-plus in attendance this past Saturday, Emma started her own unprompted four syllable chant Tuesday morning of Beat L.A. Beat L.A. Beat L.A. My heart skipped a beat.
Just Another Manic Monday
Posted in Family Fun, Life on August 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
In a hectic day that included a house full of painters, a Picetti shipping off for a hopefully not-so-extended hospital stay, and a hallway landmine incident, who da thunk that yours truly would have escaped the fray completely unscathed. It started at about nine when the painters showed up. The Italian-American Man-Servant was in full-on [...]
Eight Men Out
Posted in Life on August 2, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Did you know that Saturday was ALS Awareness Day at AT & T Park? No offense to organizations like the San Francisco Giants or the MDA or the ALSA but I didn’t know either and I was there on the field. A few months back we were contacted by someone from the MDA that my [...]
