Joe Beernink

Monthly Archives: March 2013

Back in 1996, I started writing a novella based on the song, 38 Years Old (Never Kissed a Girl) by the Canadian band, The Tragically Hip. I worked on it, off and on, for a few years, but didn’t finish the first draft until January 2009. The completed story follows the song fairly closely and is about 20000 words long, which is about 1/4 of the length of one of my traditional… Read More

February saw another drop in my movie watching, but I kind of made up for it by powering through all of Season 5 of Mad Men and all of Season 4 of Sons of Anarchy. Mad Men just keep me coming back. The characters in this show are absolutely addictive. Season 4 of SOA started (and ended) a little rough, but the middle had me watching 4 episodes a day (twice). But… Read More

It’s the first of the month, so it must be time for another update on my recovery from Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It’s pretty much all good news this month. My energy level is up, and my strength is returning. I’d say I’m somewhere in the 90% range in terms of my physical recovery. I still have moments where I feel a little weak—usually when I’m doing something more intense than I’ve done in… Read More