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The shadow of permanent disability
I’m trying to figure out if as a result of having a tumor removed from my brain recently whether I will have some sort of permanent disability. The short answer is that it is way too early to know. But certainly some of my assumptions on my recovery are proving incorrect. It’s easy for me […]
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My brain tumor and a lesson on what a great hospital system can mean
So I’ve been sick. Not just a little sick. I mean, tumor on the brain sick. It’s amounted to a crazy week for me, which started on Monday during a walk. I was having trouble walking in a straight line. I couldn’t compensate for my left leg so while climbing an embankment to get on […]
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Hard to dislike Holland America
It’s been almost a year since I’ve been on a cruise. I’m getting antsy. Holland America cruise lines must be reading my mind. Once a week or so I get a mailing from them offering discounts on a private sale for one or more of their cruises. Most recently they sent me their full cruise […]
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This blog is changing
On December 13, 2022 my blog turns twenty years young. Some things are going to change. First, I’ve migrating the blog to wordpress.com. Except for the first few years of its existence, I’ve managed it with WordPress. WordPress has proven capable of doing what I needed doing but with 20 years of content it’s becoming […]
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Election 2022 post mortem
I went into the voting booth on Tuesday wondering if this was going to be the last free and fair election that I would ever participate in. It was a reasonable question given that our Supreme Court is taking up a case this year to decide if states can overrule voters in assigning their electoral […]
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Our hospital system is great when it works
I recently spent two nights in the hospital. To say the least, these are rare events. My previous hospitalization was more than ten years earlier. I can expect more of these events as I age. Some like my neighbor Rod become something of a hospitalization champs. Even he can’t tell you how many times he’s […]
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Republicans will excuse any behavior by Trump
Sorry for a late post. I was at a family reunion which took place near Asheville, North Carolina. I enjoyed my extended family (all but the youngest brother made it) for five days at a rental house east of Asheville. We kept busy with chatting, eating and doing touristy stuff. It’s an area I hadn’t […]
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My plan for reparations
I’ve never been a slaveholder, so surely I don’t owe anything to those who were descendants of slaveholders. Or so I thought until the genealogists in my family (principally my sister in law Patty) went to work researching family history. As best we can tell, my family was first established in the United States by […]
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Pain in the butt
I’ve been told as you age random things start happening. That been true for me, quite literally. My butt has been hurting, a gradual thing developing over six months or so. Initially I mistook the pangs I felt for a hemorrhoid. But no, it wasn’t that, at least when my doctor checked. So I mostly […]
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Anthony Fauci is a modern American hero
As a former civil servant, I didn’t get much respect. Most civil servants don’t because rarely is the work that we do of note or of interest to those who don’t work closely with us. All civil servants though take an oath that we will support and defend the constitution of the United States. Occasionally […]
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