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A Decade on the Internet
Last Friday, January 20, marked the tenth anniversary of blogging for me. It all began on Live Journal and progressed to the on-line magazine you now read. I began blogging after reading a number of others. Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds, was and is the premier blogger for the material I enjoyed reading. But the writings of a Long Island mom with close ties to the New York City Fire Department struck a chord in my heart and provoked my brain. Michele Catalano was writing about the things I wanted to write about, and she was good. Really good. The aftermath of the murders committed on September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed, turned me into a blogger. Michele, my “blogmother”, gave me the courage to write. Her pain and anger, and … Read entire article »
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This Year’s Christmas Letter
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends and family. 2011 was a year full of middle age, many of the aches and pains of an active youth without the need to actually play to earn them. Still, the lovely wife and I are grateful for our health and our lives with our kitties. The lovely wife’s physicians continue to be pleased with her health. The heart specialist and the diabetic eye doc both blessed her for another year. Her primary car MD is also very pleased with all her numbers. My freelance writing career is slowly improving. With the connection to Yahoo!, I’m seeing a few pieces earn some money. The military connection has brought me an additional writing opportunity that pays well but it’s only an … Read entire article »
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Our Christmas Letter for 2010
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends and family. 2010 was a very uneventful year. Not complaining, though it makes an annual newsletter tough to write. The lovely wife’s health remains stable. Blood sugar, eye sight, heart all under control with no further deterioration. She keeps busy around the house and we try to get out once a week. The local Chinese buffet is our “date”. She has the decorations all out and the presents all wrapped. That must mean it’s time for her to make Christmas candy and bake Christmas cookies. Chuck has continued his budding writing career. Every month a little more income, though still more pin money than salary. One of his outlets was bought by Yahoo so his work is being seen on that … Read entire article »
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Other sources of the written word
Here are several other sites where we’ve written content. Most of it is unique to that site and all of it helps keep food on the table. For articles on military related topics as well as other subjects, please look at my work on Associated Content. For articles on medical topics, please look at my work on Examiner.com. For articles on business, office management, not for profit management and other topics, please look at my work on Helium. … Read entire article »
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The itching is killing me
Paid a visit to Dr. Cutie this morning. Noticed late last week that some scratches from yard work seems to be inflamed, as well as a nasty bug bite. Over the weekend they got large, blotchy, red and the itching was nearly unbearable. Got an appointment for this morning. Click on the image for a larger view. I have a smaller outbreak on my wrist but this is the big one. The largest of the splotches used to be two tiny, 1-2 mm, scratches that almost looked like a snake bit. The closest blotch to that might have been a bug bits. God knows where the others came from. I noticed the injuries on my wrist first. Again, two scratches, and a definite bug bite. I slapped the biting insect away while half … Read entire article »
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Working out is working out
I began an exercise routine in mid-March. The stress in my life was far outweighing the activity I was getting. My cholesterol was a little funky and I was limited in the activities I wanted and had to do. I couldn’t bend and stoop and stuff, all necessary when you have cats and a disabled wife. Renee Cansdale McAfee suggested the YMCA and so I joined. I try to work out three times a week. I’ve been good and only missed one or two times. My goals are simple, work on my cardio and then on my flexibility. I go over right after I get up and feed the cats. I try to put in fifteen minutes and am beginning to stretch it to 20. It’s mostly treadmill, and I’m cruising along … Read entire article »
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Another test of my personality
Cattell’s 16 Factor Test Results Warmth |||||||||||||||||| 58% Intellect ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Emotional Stability |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74% Aggressiveness ||||||||||||||| 50% Liveliness |||||| 18% Dutifulness ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Social Assertiveness |||||| 18% Sensitivity ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Paranoia |||||||||||| 38% Abstractness ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Introversion ||||||||| 26% Anxiety |||||||||||| 34% Openmindedness |||||||||||| 34% Independence ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Perfectionism ||||||||| 30% Tension ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Take Cattell 16 Factor Test (similar to 16pf)personality tests by similarminds.com … Read entire article »
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Four Years of a Medical Mystery
In late November 2005, I was hospitalized for an infected appendix. While the imaging was said to be certain, the surgeon decided not to operate. I caught c-dif in the hospital and eventually went home to the next four years. Off an on I have had pain the the right lower quadrant (lrq) of my abdomen. Tests and scans revealed a number of things, some mutually exclusive, but no solution. The GI doc continued to suggest a colonoscopy. I continued to suggest he go first. Friday, November 27, after I got home from a second feast at my sister’s, I began to fell the same old symptoms. Bloating and lrq pain. By now, the medical consensus was Crohn’s Disease so I just figured I got into some gluten at her house and … Read entire article »
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Appendix Removed
about 1700 yesterday. More tomorrow. Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for Adventures in MedicineAdventures in MedicineShoulder UpdateMy MRI ExperienceMy MRI and MeMRI Pics – Right ShoulderPhysical Therapy for My ShoulderRight Shoulder – PT Session 2Upcoming SurgerySlow PostingSurgical UpdateI Got DressedNerve BlockTopless One Armed BloggerPain Day not Hump DayTake This PollToday Our Health Insurance Runs OutMedical Updates for Both of UsClinical TrialWhat Is Going On?Medical Update for This DayToday’s Big EventMy Latest Medical UpdateAppendix RemovedFour Years of a Medical MysteryWorking out is working outThe itching is killing me … Read entire article »
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