Yesterday (by time of this posting), I wrote a post that was way too long (1,800 words or so) and along the way, I mentioned the potential of the Brainiac Fund. I’d like to highlight a few in that brain pool: With great joy, I read yesterday that Bill Hamilton of Dealing With COPD announced […]
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My friend, Bill Hamilton, has a weekly post he does and each week, as part of his post, he chooses a word of the week to discuss. In this post, Bill tackled “forgiveness.” How important it was and how difficult it can be to forgive. A wonderful part of Bill’s blog is the interaction between […]
Rara Update: So, I had this vision, which was visualizing Rara receiving mail while awaiting her hearing on May 23. I’ve been advised not to send anything except a letter – handwritten, typed, colored with crayons, whatever, but no enclosures of anything except a letter. So, I was visualizing mine reaching Rara, and suddenly, superimposed […]
By this time, you have got to know I am in love with the Budweiser ads. I don’t even watch the Super Bowl and woke this morning with “Go Hawks!” – they are Washington’s team. Then quickly followed by “Go Broncos!” (just to be fair as only a bystander can be). As many wits have […]
As I wrote in the first of Notes to Self, these are to clear up any confusion or questions from the AWOL manual, “When to Lay the Weapons Down,” being published serially here. Much of the manual plays off of Rules for Being Human. Because this is a blog, I break individual chapters into parts, […]
After 12 years post September 11, 2001, what have we learned? The purpose of terrorism is to sow terror, to sow doubt, to undermine peoples’ faith in their governments. Why? To accomplish whatever long term goal the terrorist or group has in mind. It is a tool, not an end. It is a means to […]
Courtesy of Military Wall of Honor’s Facebook; and, Might want to read this one twice…. Courtesy of Lee Townsend’s Facebook; and “Something most people never get to see…a 4 day old greyhound puppy:” Courtesy of Steve Pryor’s Facebook; and And just to round it off… by the end you will be inspired or need to […]
Part V ended with the words, “…Breathe, HuntMode, Breathe.” Words are funny things. Some words are heard clearer than other words. For the first time to my knowledge, Dr. Smith referred to it as a lung disease. Now, of course, it is and he’s probably said it a dozen times, but I didn’t really take […]
Part IV ended with “…Longest walk of my life that day.” Friends have insisted I apply for Social Security Disability and I have resisted doing that. That’s for really sick people. Mine comes and goes. I can sit at my computer and type, as I am right this minute. And, yet. And yet. Out of […]
Part III ended with “..After I made it past 21, I always thought I’d live to be 80. Not 79 or 81. 80. I’m 58.” COPD. It’s an odd duck of a disease. It gradually, very gradually sneaks up on you. You notice you’re not walking as fast, but hey, everybody has days where the […]
Chasing Rabbit Holes 