Joe Beernink

Six months ago, when I was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, I quickly discovered I would be spending a lot of time in front of the television. There just isn’t much else...

The list grows shorter again this month, but that’s a little bit misleading since I watched nearly 230 TedTalks. I’d go into more detail about that, but that’s a whole other...

I’ve never been one to worry about my diet. Controlling my weight has never been a problem. In fact, I’ve often been dramatically underweight. When I started college, I was a...

The good news about recovering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome is, well, recovering. The bad news is that my NetFlix queue is now growing again instead of shrinking. For some people, that would...

I’ve really slowed down on my movie watching the last few weeks. Working 6 or 7 hours a day just doesn’t leave many two-hour blocks of time to watch movies, especially...

While I have been working more the last last few weeks, I have still been watching quite a bit of TV and a lot of NetFlix while I recover from Guillain-Barre...

It’s no exaggeration to say I’ve watched a lot of television since being diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome at the beginning of February. I’ve been clearing the backlog on my DVR of...

As I said in my last blog post, I’ve been reading a lot lately, at almost a dangerous pace.  So much so fast that it seems I could have a reading...

I’ll start with books today, because the OCD in me says I must cover it. I haven’t been reading a lot for fun lately, mainly because I am working on a...

I’ll start off with a very funny exchange between my wife and Reece, as mommy was changing a very poopy diaper last Friday. “That’s a big poop, Reecie.” “No mommy, it’s...