http://www.nevus.org/marks-blog-from-where-i-sit_id53.php Subscribe to the blog. "From Where I Sit: Ramblings by a very lucky guy" is the weblog of Mark Beckwith, executive director of Nevus Outreach, Inc. http://www.nevus.org/shoveling-coal_blog59.php Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:29:00 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/shoveling-coal_blog59.php Well now we are in the thick of it. Today we rode 63 miles. I am feeling pre ... http://www.nevus.org/twelve-days-to-go_blog58.php Tue, 28 May 2013 8:51:27 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/twelve-days-to-go_blog58.php Well, the Oklahoma Freewheel event is not approaching any slower!  Today ... http://www.nevus.org/time-to-get-serious_blog57.php Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:43 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/time-to-get-serious_blog57.php Today is the first day in a long time I don’t have imminent travel plans ... http://www.nevus.org/game-changing-discovery-of-gene-mutation_blog56.php Thu, 9 May 2013 17:32:14 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/game-changing-discovery-of-gene-mutation_blog56.php In 1998 I met Karen Ball.  Karen is the mom of Kaelin, born with a birthm ... http://www.nevus.org/connecting-the-dots_blog54.php Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:03:08 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/connecting-the-dots_blog54.php I have on previous occasions remarked about how connecting the dots seems to ... http://www.nevus.org/the-global-nevus-initiative-case-study_blog52.php Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:02:38 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/the-global-nevus-initiative-case-study_blog52.php I use these words about half the time when people ask me what we're up to.&nbs ... http://www.nevus.org/hard-to-write_blog51.php Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:13:03 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/hard-to-write_blog51.php On the occasion of the deaths of a couple more young people from their various ... http://www.nevus.org/bring-on-the-challenges_blog50.php Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:01:20 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/bring-on-the-challenges_blog50.php As I was saying http://www.nevus.org/we-have-our-work-cut-out-for-us_blog48.php I attended the 7th International Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs ... http://www.nevus.org/lebonheur-childrens-hospital_blog46.php Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:23:08 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/lebonheur-childrens-hospital_blog46.php I took the walk-through video, but as is my wont, I need to do a lot with it b ... http://www.nevus.org/back-to-memphis-for-scheduled-checkup_blog45.php Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:04:38 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/back-to-memphis-for-scheduled-checkup_blog45.php Today we drove to Memphis for Megan’s somewhat overdue one-year checkup ... http://www.nevus.org/quiet-laughing-at-myself_blog40.php Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:05:07 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/quiet-laughing-at-myself_blog40.php So all the rage at the moment is this Internet popularity contest du jour , ... http://www.nevus.org/climbing-mt-kilimanjaro_blog39.php Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:58:34 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/climbing-mt-kilimanjaro_blog39.php We released an http://www.nevus.org/wheres-mark_blog38.php I have been working the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Annual Meeting since ... http://www.nevus.org/society-for-pediatric-dermatology_blog37.php Thu, 7 Jul 2011 8:35:23 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/society-for-pediatric-dermatology_blog37.php http://www.nevus.org/improving-lives-through-discovery_blog36.php For the second time in two weeks I found myself at the National Institutes of ... http://www.nevus.org/back-in-the-saddle_blog35.php Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:26:08 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/back-in-the-saddle_blog35.php Well, it’s good to be back after a few months off.  We have success ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-three_blog34.php Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:52:04 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-three_blog34.php So many people are asking so often how Megan is doing after her brain surgery ... http://www.nevus.org/we-are-not-noi_blog6.php Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:48:56 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/we-are-not-noi_blog6.php There are a lot of you reading this who refer to Nevus Outreach as NOI.  ... http://www.nevus.org/blog-business_blog32.php Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:50:18 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/blog-business_blog32.php Working together at a meeting in the web designers' office as we go over conti ... http://www.nevus.org/modern-technology_blog31.php Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:49:37 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/modern-technology_blog31.php You gotta love this.  I was on Facebook doing my thing (I have the best ... http://www.nevus.org/cant-hardly-stand-it_blog30.php Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:48:56 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/cant-hardly-stand-it_blog30.php Today we're getting ready to do the massive data-migration from our http://www.nevus.org/the-dust-settles_blog29.php Wow.  New year ushered in: check. End-of-year http://www.nevus.org/in-another-life_blog28.php 1:00am on Christmas Eve.  Hmm.  Two important things to relate - one ... http://www.nevus.org/great-news_blog27.php Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:45:17 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/great-news_blog27.php All my blogging friends told me "the first rule of blogging is that you actual ... http://www.nevus.org/back-to-the-grindstone_blog26.php Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:44:32 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/back-to-the-grindstone_blog26.php So we get home and immediately Megan gets hired to be in a movie that stars B ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-8_blog25.php Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:31:31 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-8_blog25.php Today was mostly uneventful.  Megan complained of a splitting headache, ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-7_blog24.php Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:30:38 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-7_blog24.php The Neurosurgery fellow came through this morning, at more like 6:30am, to ch ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-6_blog23.php Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:29:45 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-6_blog23.php Friday morning and all is well.  Yesterday, Megan slept a lot and got up ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-5_blog22.php Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:28:32 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-5_blog22.php Good morning.  I'll start by saying everything is fine, and I will publi ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-4_blog21.php Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:27:16 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-4_blog21.php Okay, so I forgot to publish that little note with the "Sunset-Over-The-Carib ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-3_blog20.php Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:31 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-3_blog20.php D'oh - I'm a blogdope!  Wrote this last ni ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-2_blog19.php Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:25:06 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-2_blog19.php The trip to the surgeon's office for pre-surgery consultation was a long one. ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---special-edition-part-1a_blog18.php Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:22:47 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---special-edition-part-1a_blog18.php This is maddening.  Megan was born with a congenital heart defect (a http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-1_blog17.php Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:18:54 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-number-two---part-1_blog17.php Sunday after church we piled into the minivan and headed to Memphis. &nbs ... http://www.nevus.org/non-verbal-cues_blog16.php Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:05:42 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/non-verbal-cues_blog16.php Non-verbal Cues At the invitation of a professional art photographer, Megan ... http://www.nevus.org/permission-to-speak-candidly_blog15.php Sat, 16 Oct 2010 9:57:54 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/permission-to-speak-candidly_blog15.php I confess, I am spoiling my daughter rotten with even less restraint than usu ... http://www.nevus.org/impediment-or-opportunity_blog14.php Tue, 28 Sep 2010 9:56:55 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/impediment-or-opportunity_blog14.php Some people reading this already know I have the best job in the world, just ... http://www.nevus.org/keeping-it-in-perspective_blog13.php Thu, 23 Sep 2010 9:55:49 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/keeping-it-in-perspective_blog13.php This is the most exhausted I've been in recent memory. It seemed like I was g ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-part-ii_blog12.php Fri, 17 Sep 2010 9:55:06 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-part-ii_blog12.php We have answers now to the rest of the questions. Based on the results of the ... http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-part-i_blog11.php Wed, 15 Sep 2010 9:53:39 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/memphis-trip-part-i_blog11.php This is going to be too long.   (I'll figure this blog thing out, re ... http://www.nevus.org/back-into-the-unknown_blog10.php Sun, 12 Sep 2010 9:50:50 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/back-into-the-unknown_blog10.php Today my daughter Megan and I headed to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital for a ... http://www.nevus.org/love-yahoo_blog9.php Thu, 9 Sep 2010 9:46:04 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/love-yahoo_blog9.php [love] Tuesday I ranted about how, for the second time, Yahoo!Groups had som ... http://www.nevus.org/love-hate-yahoo_blog8.php Tue, 7 Sep 2010 9:12:48 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/love-hate-yahoo_blog8.php [rant] Today I want to vent about Yahoo! because Yahoo! drives me NUTS. Ya ... http://www.nevus.org/off-and-running_blog5.php Fri, 3 Sep 2010 0:00:00 -0600 http://www.nevus.org/off-and-running_blog5.php After much hullabaloo, I decided to go against the advice of one person whom ...