Occam's Razor

Insightful essays on subjects trivial and profound

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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 […]

    Mark

    December 10, 2022
    Life 2022
    brain tumors, DIsability, existence
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    December 4, 2022
    Politics 2022
    Health Care, Hospitals, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    November 22, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Holland America Cruiselines, Travel
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    November 17, 2022
    Life 2022
    Automattic, Blogging, Feedly, wordpress.com
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    November 10, 2022
    Politics 2022
    Abortion rights, Donald Trump, Election 2022, Trumpism
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    November 5, 2022
    Life 2022
    Hospitals
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    October 29, 2022
    Politics 2022
    Donald Trump, Election 2022, Mehmet Oz
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    October 20, 2022
    Politics 2022
    Reparations, Slavery
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    October 13, 2022
    Life 2022
    Abscesses, Aging, Health
  • 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 […]

    Mark

    October 7, 2022
    Politics 2022
    Anthony Fauci, Courage, Heroes, Medicine
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