Having men involved in my life was critical for developing my character, my values and molding my behavior. My father was one of those men for the first 5 years of my life – until my parents divorced and he disappeared. When my father was around: I was never afraid because he would protect our…
Protection From Fantasy
I was kicked out of the pool this week because it thundered. Me, and at least 25 others who had just jumped in to do laps had our afternoon swims cancelled by a thunderclap. This kind of makes sense. If you are swimming in an outdoor pool and there is a threat of lightning, you…
I Might Not Vote Anymore
Only occasionally has a candidate I voted for won an election. This spans Primary Elections, Federal Elections, State Elections and Local Elections. Most of the time, my preferred candidate is an independent or a third-party or someone who doesn’t fall in line with the Dems or GOP. They often don’t make it past the primaries…
Plow Forward
How to get through anything Analyze the issue. Take action. Tell yourself that eventually, whatever happens, this will be over. My 2nd hernia has spurred me to take the following actions: See the doctor and schedule surgery. Update my “in case I die” instructions for my heirs. Ask my friend and neighbor for a ride…
An Unremarkable Man
Well, I was right. I have another hernia. The surgeon confirmed it yesterday. My surgery is scheduled for later this month. I was glad I saw the same surgeon I had before. The level of competence displayed by him, his RN and his finance specialist are top notch. I am duly impressed. After the visit…
We Are Not Alone
I’ve mentioned my upcoming hernia operation to a few friends. My mother and an old friend both offered to drive in from out of state to stay with me as I recover. That’s very sweet of them to offer but I declined. The last thing I want is company when I will be miserable, cranky,…
Pointing The Finger
We like to assign blame for misfortune. When my wife had lung surgery, radiation and chemo and then died from lung cancer anyway, I was angry at the surgeon for doing unnecessary surgery, the hospital for delaying the procedures by weeks allowing her cancer to spread, and the oncologist for stringing us along for months…
Mask On Mask Off
On July 30, 2021, all Covid restrictions imposed by executive order for North Carolina ended. Three days later on August 2nd, in response to the Delta variant causing a surge of coronavirus cases, Wake County and the City of Raleigh reinstated mask wearing requirements for government facilities and other public venues. Here we go again.
WTF AntiVaxers?
As much as I disdain and distrust big Pharma, big government and big corporations, I would like to smack the people who refuse to get a Covid-19 Vaccine. Of course, I don’t believe all of the statistics reported on Covid, the vaccines and the data trends. We know that the best efforts to gather exact…
The Meaning and Purpose Of Life
“I was put on this earth to do something special.” I used to think that my role was cure cancer, solve world hunger, transplant eyes so the blind could see , save lives doing brain surgery or t the very least, run a huge successfully tech company that made many people wealthy. When…