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 […]
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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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Parky Moves to a New Home
Parky the Raccoon, official mascot of the World Parkinson Coalition (for which I am an official blogger), was adopted today by yours truly, and moved this evening to his new
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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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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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Ann Romney & Boston – A Nice Reflection
I previously posted about Ann Romney‘s website, 50MillionFaces.org, where people who have been touched by Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, ALS, brain tumors, or Alzheimer’s can upload a picture and a short paragraph about
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Doing the Right Thing
Today I visited the classroom of one of our 1st Grade teachers. Let’s call her Mrs. Dovetail. She was busy organizing her students into small groups, each group working on
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Coming Out at Work
The Michael J. Fox Foundation once again came out with a great document…this time about coming out at work with your PD diagnosis. To download, click here: Sharing Your PD
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Update: Greg Grindley’s Brain Surgery
About two weeks ago, I blogged about the upcoming, live-on-TV brain surgery that fellow Parkie Greg Grindley was about to undergo on the National Geographic channel. Mental Floss, the publication that
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What’s Wrong With This Picture?
If you need to carry around in your purse or backpack the pills you must take over the course of a day, beware of products like this. I bought this
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