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LGBT Willy Nelson: “Just when you think it’s all over it has only begun” (1) And so the continuing fight for equality for our lesbian, gay,...

My good friend and college roommate got married to the girl of his dreams while we were still undergraduates. (I was at the wedding and got...

Life goes on The alarm went off at 6:15 as usual. Coffee pot gurgled. Shower ran. Hair dryer. Then a few minutes pre-briefing about the day...

Last week or so I wrote an essay on lies. I had detected one from a family member and among other things wanted to say that “white lies” ar...

In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, ...

Looking forward or looking back? It occurred to me just now that with all the looking back I do in these essays (this will be the 190th sin...

Time for the annual skin cancer warning. Research is piling up on the long term effects of tanning beds (1) and sun bathing. No contest rea...

Well, here I am (I originally wrote “here we are”, but the “we” part might be confusing so I’ll go back to “I” for now.): three score and te...

News Flash! The much anticipated “Woody 7.0” was released this morning at 12:01 am. While not a totally new platform, many bugs have been c...

OK, we all know lies are bad. They tend to be self-perpetuating. That is once a lie is told often more are needed to cover the first. When I...