Every year, for the past half a dozen years, I have roomed with my friend Mary for the annual International Association of Emergency Managers conference. The handful of days we spend at the conference each year are always a whirlwind of catching up and creating new memories. We talk, we laugh, we work, and we [...]
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Here’s your yellow card…
I had a new experience at the Fargo Airport on Saturday morning - I got an "expedited" card from TSA. In all my years of travel I have never received such a card before. An expedited card basically means that you do not have to take off your shoes or a light jacket when you [...]
Bleary-eyed and blathering…
I am off to Reno at an ungodly hour this morning. If you see me bleary-eyed and blathering at the airport don't attempt to hold an intelligent conversation with me - it would be an exercise in futility. I am not designed for intelligent thought before 9 AM. I am off to the annual International [...]
A belated birthday remembrance…
Yesterday was my mother's birthday, but I was so preoccupied with other things that I didn't even realize the date until the evening. Typically, I write about my mom every October 24th. It is my way of paying homage to my mom's memory and the gifts she gave me. It has been 11 years now [...]
I will not fight this battle – at least not today.
On Tuesday morning I received a call from Sanford about my mammogram images that were taken on Monday. There was a concern about something they saw on the images and they wanted me to come in for another mammogram and possibly an ultrasound as well. I was told that I could not go back to [...]
My anticipatory squint…
I have no appetite for blood and gore. As such, I avoid it. That includes avoiding it in movies, in photos on the internet, and on television. It used to be a lot easier to avoid this type of thing, but with the advent of television shows that aim for greater realism in blood and [...]
The “P” word…
I think people are sometimes a bit taken aback when I fling out the "P" word with impunity. What they don't know is this - the more I say it out loud to anyone who will listen the more I like to say it. I am not going to spend these years cowering in a [...]
THE NEW FORTY 