Go Ahead, Start Christmas Now

 As all fourteen of my regular readers know, I’ve always had this thing about putting up Christmas decorations, or in any way mentioning Christmas, before Thanksgiving. By “thing” I mean seeing anything Christmas related before […]

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A Look Into My Nose, or: Probing a Patient’s Proboscis Procedure

I have this ongoing fantasy that whenever I have to recover from an illness or injury it will give me plenty of time to write, or at least read. I’m always behind on both, so […]

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Cooking Safety Begins With Me Not Cooking

            It goes without saying that the best way to maintain safety in a kitchen is to keep me out.             But I said it anyway, and as it happens, the theme of this year’s […]

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A CAT Scan Is Nothing To Sneeze At

The source of my sinus infections has finally been isolated. It was in my sinuses. Maybe I should be more specific. Various allergy/sinus/head doctors poked and prodded me for years. A sleep study revealed I […]

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How Benjamin Franklin’s Kevlar Saved America

John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Second U.S. President, and all around unpleasant guy, had this to say about America’s Independence Day: “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shows, […]

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Even The Cure is no cure for Chicago traffic

Seven years ago, I swore I would never, EVER drive in Chicago again. Last Saturday, we drove to Chicago. Again. It was for the same reason as last time, to see The Cure in concert. […]

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