The links to the PDF files of THE CHRONIC DIARIES had developed some problems on the server that was hosting them. A friend tried to let me know this, but it seemed to work on my computer and from some others. I tried it this morning and got the same error message. I believe I…
I have some enlightening non-observations about Ferguson. Well, an enlightening non-observation is every bit as helpful as some useless observations, at least in my way of thinking, and perhaps not nearly so dangerous. I wasn’t there when the unfortunate event occurred. I wasn’t there during the first round of protests. I wasn’t on the grand…
Thanksgiving has become my favorite holiday. I have said so before, and I hope to say so again. It has been ever since I had my first one right after my CLL diagnosis in 2008. It’s remarkable how a cancer diagnosis will change one’s mindset. So many things, once urgent, have taken a back seat…
Presidents have issued executive orders for a long time. That our current President has just issued a controversial one is not surprising. Lots of Executive Orders have been controversial. Perhaps the most controversial thing about executive orders is that Presidents take to them when Congress doesn’t do its job, for few Presidents will issue executive…
I have CLL. I write about CLL. But I have been given an opportunity to write about other things because my CLL is not on high on the front burner. I am no longer in MRD status, and back on watch and wait, all while seeing the encroaching signs of accelerating status. I will return…
“The President acts like a king,” said the Senate Leadership. “This President has exceeded his constitutional authority and supplanted Congress and the will of the people,” said the House leadership. “I will act in the best interests of the nation,” declared the President. “Treason,” shouted the Congress. “Treason,” shouted the President. This was in the…
“America!” said many Irish immigrants peering from the deck of their ship at their first glimpse of New York harbor, long before there was any Statue of Liberty. America represented hope to them. America represented liberty. America represented whatever their dreams could muster, for they had heard that America was a place where you could…
My earlier post today, Grubercare/Grubergate, was started at 4:00AM. I posted it and edited it as best as I could by 8:20AM. What seems like a few words took me a total of 4 hours and 20 minutes. It was time well spent, because every writer looks forward to a complete immersion into the writing…
Jonathan Gruber. “I don’t know who he is,” said Nancy Pelosi, recently. “You meant to say Hans Gruber,” someone said. “No. Jonathan Gruber, not Hans Gruber. Hans Gruber is the bad guy, John McClain’s nemesis, in the movie Diehard,” someone offered. “Well, they seem a lot alike to me,” was the reply, “Only Hans knew…
I keep telling myself that. I tell myself over and over. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics…. I chastise myself, delete two hours worth of political bullshit I struggled to write…
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