That Is The Question, by Rich Paschall Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take flight against the clouds of doubt, And by opposing end them. (with apologies to William… Read More ›
Health
DEAD WRONG – Rich Paschall
The Anti-Vaxxers, by Rich Paschall By now you have probably seen plenty of stories of anti-vaxxers who got the coronavirus and are now dead. Maybe you saw family members tearfully crying on the late-night news. They wished they had been… Read More ›
BODGES? WE DON’T NEED NO BODGES! – SERIOUSLY
From the battleground, an update, by Rich Paschall Yes, there is more to the story! Update: Now, a mere few months later, the Badging Office realized a lot of people with badges are on furlough or working from home. In other… Read More ›
WOMEN ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO LIFE
Fandango’s Provocative Question #135: Abortion again There is absolutely no way I can even talk about this as if it doesn’t personally concern me, even though I’m at least 30 years past my time for worrying about pregnancy. I still remember… Read More ›
LESSONS FROM THE LOCKDOWN
5 Things Tuesday on Wednesday — 5 Life lessons you’ve learned during the lockdown. I learned that we weren’t all that outgoing before the lockdown, so I suspect being locked down was less difficult for us than for others who… Read More ›
ANOTHER NEARLY COVID SUMMER
Worcester county, where we live, is thinly populated and rather rural. Small town, not much in the way of big public gatherings now or ever. Yet our COVID population shot up from almost zero to 258% of the previous number… Read More ›
THE TALE OF THE LAST BABY ASPIRIN – BY TOM CURLEY
This is a children’s story, a children’s story for older people. Once upon a time, there was a bottle of baby aspirin. It contained a few hundred baby aspirins. They didn’t know they were in an aspirin bottle. They didn’t… Read More ›
PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #126: VACCINES FOR YOU, ME, AND EVERYONE
Fandango’s Provocative Question #126 Are you fully vaccinated against COVID-19 yet? And if not, why the fuck not? Yes, we are. All three of us. Owen and Garry got Pfizer and I got Moderna. We got them as early as we could, which was a… Read More ›
FIXED!
About 10 years ago, maybe a little longer — possibly 12 years? — Garry had Tommy John surgery on his right shoulder. It’s a hell of a surgery. Five months in a tight sling followed by months of PT. All… Read More ›
CHERRY TONGUE AND FIVE EARS OF CORN
The time has come round again. Our local corn is ripe. You can tell because the price of corn drops abruptly. We used to get ten ears for a dollar, but inflation has arrived, so now they are selling it… Read More ›
AT THE END, THERE’S AN END
I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while. Garry and I are in an age group where our friends, colleagues, and family who are our age all have some kind of physical problem. It may be minor. Just… Read More ›
THE PROBLEM WITH DOCTORS
Am I well? Am I healthy? Is that the same as “not dead yet”? Because I’m beginning to think that is the way our so-called medical system works. The problem with doctors is, as far as they are concerned, if… Read More ›
