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New Torture Device
New torture device. This is to move my joint through increasing range of movement. Must be used a minimum of four hours a day! Have to keep it right at where it hurts - a lot - for best results. Whee!
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Father-Daughter Ball
Tonight, M & I went to our first Father-Daughter Ball. I suppose it's one of the few nice benefits to my orders being delayed.What an experience! First of all, due to the air-conditioning not...
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Congratulations, Dad!
While I'm working and taking care of patients, as I write this, my Dad and his fiancee should be wrapping up their wedding vows.Congratulations to both of you!
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A Lifetime Dream... Soon to Come True
I'm an hour early, which for those who know me well is an indicator itself of my excitement.I have always been fascinated with in-flight refueling. Had I been able to join the USAF, that was the job I...
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11 September
Over the past week, and especially so today, there has been a steady stream of written observations of "Where were you" and "How has 9/11 affected you" type columns. It almost has taken on the feel of...
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Published!
The Huffington Post published a column I wrote today. It's about the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. I am honored to be a part of this wonderful organization.It was... special to see this published, but...
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A Rare & Special Treat
Training day today... no work. So... I and the kids enjoyed a very nice treat. Instead of dropping them off at childcare way too early in the morning, we slept in! And had breakfast at home...And then...
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Life Is About Living...
"...the hardest thing is keeping on living."I feel alive... And want to LIVE.Life is precious and not guaranteed. No, not Life like whether you breathe or not (though true), but to LIVE. To feel the...
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Just used #SoundHound to find The Marvelous Toy by The Irish Rovers http://bit.ly/fOHgdX #nowplaying
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Carolina Band 2010 Veterans Day Show
I surprised myself a little bit. Yesterday, I was bragging about how Williams-Brice stadium really gets loud and hopping with the fans there to a friend. And today, a buddy put OSU's marching band up...
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Respect for the Office
I'm a realist. And an idealist. A strange combination, but it's true. I have long been frustrated... and bothered... by the depths to which our civil and political discourse has dropped in this...
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Thanksgiving
Being in the military and being a military family means that holidays are always approached somewhat differently. This Thanksgiving, I'm blessed to be home with family. However, I also have friends all...
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It's About Still Living...
This cartoon immediately struck a chord with me. For many people, news of diagnosis with cancer is received like a death sentence.For us, as you loyal readers know, it wasn't. We fought, and we...
View ArticleAnd the Clock Reaches Zero (Again)...
It's 31 December. Again.I've tried to ignore it, and not lend the spotlight to it this year, but the ol' countdown clock has been loud as ever. For those unfamiliar, the November and December time...
View ArticleReturn to The Cathedral
It's been too long since I've visited the Cathedral. Sure, it's actually only been about two months, yet it feels so much longer than that. I sit here in my pew, weary... My face turned upwards. I see...
View ArticleA Few Feet...
I have walked miles. Hundreds of them. But now, I am walking a few feet in their shoes.For the past six years, I have worn many labels. I am a cancer widow. I am a cancer research advocate. I am a...
View ArticleRIP, Allan Arbus
RIP to Allan Arbus. An Army veteran from the 1940s, he is best known for his role as Dr. Sydney Friedman from M*A*S*H. He died at the age of 95. May you slide on the ice, sir...
View ArticleIt's Not Easy...
Being an American is difficult. We are constantly challenged by others to demonstrate what we say we believe in, to 'walk the talk' as it were. If a brutal crime occurs, we have to let the criminal...
View ArticleWhy You Fight for Others' Rights
Over the past weekend, I wrote about how it was fundamentally critical to us, as Americans, to ensure that we enshrine our rights. We must make sure that these rights are there when they are difficult...
View ArticleThe Right Stuff
This has really struck a nerve with me. I first heard about it shortly after it happened back on the 29th. Even before the video, eye-witness descriptions pointed to a load shift. Then the video came...
View ArticleThe One Second Holiday
We’ve passed another New Year’s. As I reflect, as I’m wont to do each New Year’s, it occurs to me. New Year’s in association with its close relative New Year’s Eve, is essentially a one-second...
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