Diary of a birthmark

August 5, 2001 7:05 AM

Diary of a birthmark Port wine stains: Marks of Satan, mild health concern, or unmistakable signatures of personal uniqueness? Michael Stoffman’s diary of treatments for a large facial birthmark are not unfascinating. (A couple of treatments even make him look like a Borg.) Stoffman mixes together self-help, education, personal pride, and diaristic blogging. What’s not to like?
posted by joeclark (4 comments total)

It would help if I got his name right: Michael Steffano.
posted by joeclark at 7:07 AM on August 5, 2001

Well, there's always this approach...
posted by dagnyscott at 7:13 AM on August 5, 2001

Thanks Dagnyscott for the Hawthorne, a remider that it is most unusual to find a husband trying to change or correct a wife and much more the case that it the other way around. As a feminist would say: see. a man tries to change a good babe and he screws things up. But let a woman.....
posted by Postroad at 7:39 AM on August 5, 2001

Crazy. I'm so happy I don't have a large facial birthmark.
posted by gleemax at 2:13 PM on August 5, 2001