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Today Is The Day

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Today is the day that my father died, five years ago.

Today is the day that I had my heart attack, six years ago.

Today is the day that my wife left me, eight years ago.

Today is the day that my best friend [more...]

Tech Is Enabling Stupidity

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

A few months ago, a little girl, with her parents’ permission and blessing, tried to break the world’s record for being the youngest person to sail around the world by herself.

When she got into trouble out on the ocean, she used [more...]

The Chaos Of Constant Connection

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

For many years, I didn’t need, have or use a cell phone.

But I found it very handy to carry and use a pay-as-you-go cell phone while I was one of three caretakers taking care of my favorite uncle 24/7, for several months before he died of cancer.

That same cell phone service was also indispensible during the [more...]

Shining A Light On Diabetes

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Regular readers of this Journal know that, at one time, I had to meticulously measure my blood glucose level and give myself insulin injections several times every day.

Though I had always been needle-phobic — throwing up and/or passing out every time I was ever given a shot or a blood test — I knew I didn’t want to have to go through that several times every day, so I chose to [more...]

Ghosts Of World War II

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Because color photography wasn’t widely used until the latter part of the last century, every photograph we ever see of World War II and older events is in black and white.

That makes it easy to erroneously imagine that people back then somehow lived their lives in black and white.

And that can cause us to feel “disconnected” from [more...]