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It was the cartoon versions of syphilis and gonnorhea that scarred my psyche...
Elizabeth Smart speaks out against pro-abstinence sex ed…
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The final diagnosis
My father’s posthumous medical journey comes to an end, with a final diagnosis of “chronic sensory motor polyneuropathy with both axonal and demyelinating features,” as detailed below. Thanks to the VA...
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A year ago this week
Hard to believe a year ago this week, my father was spending his final days in ICU at the VA Medical Center in Mountain Home, Tennessee. Dad, doesn’t seem that long ago that you left us. Here’s to you!
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I choose to ask myself…
…am I, are we all, a type of bigoted, racist Archie Bunker? Does our short-sightedness reflect something else? Thus, watching a film, The Human Stain, to discover if so and why.
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OMG! I don’t know what to say…
For some, a shock heard ’round the world. For others, what they’ve waited for. Either way, here’s an alternative history lesson — what if the Boy Scouts integrated homosexual boys back in 1962? Let’s...
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Joie de vivre interrupted
How do we award, reward, reinforce and otherwise encourage our behaviour? There is beauty and there is the beautiful. A scar across one’s face may lend one an air of distinction but we see in the...
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Music du jour, however timeless
The Patriot Game never ends… Lyrics to The Patriot Game : (Billy Behen) Come all you young rebels and list while we sing for the love of one’s country is a terrible thing. It banishes fear with the...
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If you think tracking your phone calls is scary, just wait!
How German blood purity research led to the U.S. government granting DNA collected from blood samples of arrested citizens…hmm…why wait to arrest U.S. citizens to get their DNA samples when they’re...
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Racing to win
A nod to good beer goggles glass design. A tip of my bowed head to a great racer.
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Octoways
Eight-legged friend in motion. Sad day today. I set out poison to kill some mice and killed a raccoon, instead. Death is death, though, isn’t it, regardless of intended victim? Celebrate the sale if...
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My life forever changed…
I was a typical teenager in high school, discovering life with fellow students, when a new teacher appeared, both my homeroom teacher and English composition/drama class teacher. She had the hots for...
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When…
When depression kicks in, I just cruise along, not wanting to look in people’s faces or talk to anyone. I feel I am not a person, no longer interesting or attractive to myself. Useless. Today and the...
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Ex
Our heartfelt thoughts go out to a friend who’s having legal difficulties with her ex-husband. May her ex find it in his thoughts to move on into new joys for his life, free of hers.
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Reference Library
How many discharges to rock a solar-powered hula dancer does a capacitor have before its intended useful life has been depleted? How many heartbeats do you have left? Let us imagine. Let us put...
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Labeled images (words) of the day
Loneliness occurs when you don’t know how to be alone?
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O-k-l-a-h-o-m-a
So how many people saw the opening sequence of “A Time To Kill” on television recently and knew something bad was a’gonna happen, especially in that back’ards state, that den of sin, that Wild Wild...
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A Moment of Silence Please
A nod to Marian McPartland — they don’t make ‘em like her anymore.
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