Well, duh!
The New York Times has a tiny article reporting on a 25-year study that looked at the relationship between mental acuity and watching television. As you might imagine, at the […]
The Sun in Poetry
The Lighted Window He said: “In the winter dusk When the pavements were gleaming with rain, I walked thru a dingy street Hurried, harassed, Thinking of all my problems that
Trumping Trump
Donald Trump is ahead in the polls these days (that’s “ahead” as one word, but with his trademark fright wig, it’d also work as two: “a head”), so I thought I’d
Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
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The Marshall Islands Are Disappearing
Today’s New York Times reports that the rising sea levels due to global warming are soon going to submerge the Marshall Islands. I lived on the Marshall Islands for four
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“The New Yorker” Nails My Life Again!
I just got home from work, opened the new New Yorker, and sat down with the magazine and a glass of Merlot. I started flipping through the pages when this
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Duopa – The Next Stage?
I’ve blogged quite a few times about the pros and cons of being on Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa). Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! My prose about the pros is that when
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The Sun in Poetry (and Quilts)
Heavy Threads When the dawn unfolds like a bolt of ribbon Thrown through my window, I know that hours of light Are about to thrust themselves into me Like omnivorous
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Rock On, Rock Steady!
Although I’m down on professional sports which lead to head injuries that later lead to Parkinson’s disease (e.g., boxing and football), I’m up on Rock Steady, a boxing program for people
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Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
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