You may recall that I am embracing my newly diagnosed adult onset dyslexia. As such, I am thoroughly enjoying my first days in my 25th year. However a puzzling question was posed to me the other day - one I did not have a ready answer to. The question was, "If you are a dyslexic [...]
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DO SOMETHING!
I am angry and getting more angry by the minute. The source of my anger is the research I have been doing on veteran suicides. I cannot find an end to the horror. I am ashamed that I have only come recently to appreciate the scourge this epidemic is on the character of our country. [...]
Somewhere between Wilbur and Barbie…
A few months ago I saw a commercial for Olay Total Effects 7-in-one Advanced Anti-Aging Body Wash. It caught my attention immediately because it promised to accomplish a lot of things and the multi-tasker in me loves simple solutions to complex problems (such as a body wash that washes away aging). I went right out and purchased [...]
Buzz off!
I have at least two dozen mosquito bites presently. 10 of those are on my ankles and feet. That is low even for mosquitoes - literally and figuratively. I hate mosquito bites on bony areas of my body. Why don't the little snots aim for something fatty higher up? Hello mosquitoes - how could you miss the [...]
High Noon
When one is out and about traveling for close to a month during June in North Dakota, one knows that one will return home in July to a few things. The first is warm weather; the second is much larger shrubs and flowers; and the third is a varied collection of very happy and healthy weeds. [...]
Sensemaking…
While I was in Canada I received an email through our NDSU faculty list that delivered the sad news that Dr. David Berryhill had passed away over the previous weekend. I must say, I was shocked. The email offered few details and the only additional information that was readily available was a very basic death announcement in [...]
Ah, yes…25 at long last!
Well, it is that time again. Time to look forward to yet another year in the new forty. I started this blog on my initial foray into the new forty and today at day seven hundred and thirty of the new forty I open the door to my third year in the new forty at [...]
THE NEW FORTY 