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Mr. Marcus of Home Depot doesn’t understand capitalism
It’s hard to avoid stories about Prince Harry and his takedown of the royal family. His book Spare, which is released this week, apparently pulls no punches and disses much of the royal family including his brother William who he alleges bullied him as a kid. Despite watching all seasons of the Netflix series The…
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Republicans are trapped in their own cage
I must be feeling better if I can blog about politics again. Republicans “won” control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November with 222 seats to 213 for Democrats, a nine seat gain. It was an unusually anemic midterm performance for the party out of power, particularly since a round of redistricting was completed…
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Getting your brain zapped and a new hope
This is my last post of 2022. Sorry for the self indulgence, but it’s not everyday that you discover you have a likely fatal disease and who knows? This information may be of use to others. I’ve let the thought that I will survive my brain cancer enter my mind. I am now on chemotherapy…
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Elon Musk is a horrible person
So I’m largely off Twitter. You may not have even known that I was on Twitter but it is (or perhaps was a thing) so for many years when I made a post I also posted a link to it to Twitter. Now of course the world’s richest human Elon Musk has purchased it, fired…
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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…