The other day, Facebook informed me that I had seven friends who “liked” Sarah Palin. Naturally, I first checked to see who they were (no surprises there) and then I posted this: Marlene Merritt is slightly alarmed to see FB say that seven of my friends “like” Sarah Palin. Does this mean they “like” her [...]
I don’t know about you, but I LOATHE hearing recordings of myself, most pictures of myself (thank God for Photoshop) and, most of all, videos of myself. We’re always our own worst critic, aren’t we? Our voices don’t sound like they do in our heads, we think we should have said it differently, or God [...]
So last week, some lunatic decided to make us all just a little more paranoid by trying to blow up a plane landing in Detroit. Just like the Shoe Bomber back in 2001, what we’re left with is the experience of more and more indignities, inconveniences and outright annoyances imposed on travelers so that we’ll [...]
OK, here is a smattering of some of the best articles I’ve ever read. They cover everything from coaching to itching, from football to Fargo. I read a lot, and these brought something different to my life, concepts and thoughts that have stayed with me for years after reading them. 1. Top of this list [...]
So, was YOUR mind blown last week with the new recommendations about mammograms? In case you didn’t hear it, last week came the new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Screening Task Force, for mammograms. And the annual mammogram which had been de rigeur for women annually over the age of 40, was recommended to be [...]
It seems as if lots of people want to hear from me! Or, they need filler for their literary endearvor…but whatever it is, I’ll take it! First I get this article published in Acupuncture Today, Nutrition – The Forgotten Pillar of Chinese Medicine Then, I get interviewed for a book based on this blog Formely [...]
I probably shouldn’t write posts like this after a couple of glasses of wine, but I saw an article/obituary in the NY Times this morning about Isadore E. Millstone who I had never heard of before, but after reading that article, was really moved by who he was, especially for the city of St. Louis. [...]