In December 2005 I was diagnosed with 4th stage squamous cell carcinoma, tongue base, after a young resident at U of Wisconsin medical center noticed two lumps on my neck when I was in for…
Posts published in “Essays”
When it comes to journalistic achievements in 2010, the elephant in the room is Wikileaks. I’ve seen many put-downs of the materials as containing “no smoking guns,” or as being essentially trivial diplomatic communications to…
Who needs loot from Santa with treasures like these? We live close enough to get to Glass Beach by bike. Having spent the remainder of the post-preschool afternoon playing with Santa's offerings, a bike ride…
Nicely in time for the end-of-year job ratings, President Obama has crawled from the political graveyard, where only a month ago wreaths were being heaped around his sepulcher. The Commentariat now gravely applauds his recent…
Take Hwy 1 north to Maple Street. Take a right and follow it to where the road becomes a T. See that huge building you're facing that looks like nothing you've ever seen in Fort…
(Overheard at an Air Force radar systems acquisition office, mid-1970s.) … * * * Hey, Sarge. You left the safe open again. Oh, get off my case. Nothing in there’s important. But op-sec. Don’t you…
“Kiss me,” she said. Fly and I both sat bolt upright and gazed perplexed into one another's eyes with the aid of the scant green light afforded by the digits on the dashboard. Since the…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Happy New Year! In a couple of days it’s the amateur party-goer’s Big Night Out of the Year: New Year’s Eve! That’s…
The Medical Board of California is trying to revoke the license of a pro-cannabis doctor -for using cannabis. A hearing held in Los Angeles this week is supposed to determine whether or not Allan Frankel,…