Category Archives: Health and wellness

Do you have time…? (Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2011: The Future)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Does time have you? Do you care? A friend and his references to the Fall 2011 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly THE FUTURE, as well as a night in the hospital recently, got me thinking about my mortality. As I’ve grown … Continue reading →

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NYT Slams Obama Administration!

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

If this isn’t a harbinger of doom for the anointed one’s 2012 re-election then nothing is. In two separate articles (one ‘reporting’, the other ‘editorial, though it’s often hard to tell the difference in this publication) the New York Times … Continue reading →

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“I’m WALKIN’ here!”

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

“I’m WALKIN’ here!” – Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) in the movie Midnight Cowboy, as he’s walking, with a limp by the way, through traffic in New York City. Well, “I’m walkin’ HERE!”. For the first time in 54 days my … Continue reading →

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Can Wal-Mart Make Us Healthier?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

Can Wal-Mart Make Us Healthier?   “How the company’s plan to cut salt, sugar and fat from its food might affect our diets.” Food for thought.  “Wal-Mart, which sells more groceries than any other company in the country, has announced a … Continue reading →

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‘Symbolic?’ repeal of Health Care bill

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Symbolic indeed.  Republicans FINALLY stuck to their principles for once.  What a novel idea. The New York Times portrays the recent House vote as symbolic: House Votes for Repeal of Health Law in Symbolic Act The Wall Street Journal portrays … Continue reading →

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I (DO NOT) have prostate cancer (ANYMORE)

Posted on October 6, 2009 by

Ref my previous posts, I have prostate cancer, post #1 and I have prostate cancer, post # 2, I no longer have prostate cancer. I had a DaVinci Robotic Radical Prostatectomy (removal of the cancerous prostate gland) last Tuesday 29 … Continue reading →

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What’s up with Weight?

Posted on July 2, 2009 by

My weight.  Hopefully it’s not UP but still DOWN.  This is an update to my previous blog\diary of my weight loss this year (same blog, different sites):ONCE THERE WAS A WEIGHTONCE THERE WAS A WEIGHTONCE THERE WAS A WEIGHT How … Continue reading →

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CANCER, DEADLY CANCER

Posted on May 14, 2009 by

Not anything I have, thank goodness, but we all know some people that have had cancer of some kind, and many of them died from it.  M’lady’s brother died of renal cell carcinoma (kidney) in March, after a miserable but … Continue reading →

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ONCE THERE WAS A WEIGHT

Posted on May 13, 2009 by

Diary of a loser …or how I lost 20 pounds in 8 weeks and a total of 30 pounds in 16 weeks to become one of the biggest losers I have ever been. (All puns intended.) I have dropped from … Continue reading →

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