It’s a favorite Christmas movie of mine. You may recall that the bad guy, Hans Gruber, winds up hanging from a ledge near the end […]
Read MoreOaths and Vows
There’s a lot of overlap, but there are also subtle differences. Oaths are taken before a deity and in the presence of one’s community. For […]
Read MoreConvalescent Dinner Porn
Dinner this evening was a slab of pan-fried Scotian Halibut (from Nova Scotia, of course) served with lemon butter and a smear of spicy aioli […]
Read MoreThis Week in COVID
An increase in cases and hospitalizations this week is getting attention in some parts of the country. This is particularly so in parts of the […]
Read MoreHomecoming Dinner Porn
Susan came home from her visit to Omaha. I prepared a dinner for her while she unpacked and decompressed from a very long road trip. […]
Read MoreListening to the Experts
I remember listening to news programs when I was an adolescent. They featured reports about moon shots, planetary missions, and other NASA matters. The people […]
Read MoreThinking of Olga
My mother was born in 1921, and her younger sister, Olga, was probably born in 1923. A few years later, Olga, a toddler, contracted Typhoid […]
Read MoreThis Week in COVID
Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 179 COVID update. New developments this week include rising COVID hospitalization particularly in New York state. Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels have […]
Read MoreLetters to the Editor
My maternal grandfather, Jesus Lozano, taught high school Algebra in Monterrey, Mexico most of his adult life. By the time that I met him, he […]
Read MoreIt Isn’t Personal
My relationship with Zombies is fraught with ambivalence. I detest those mindless, brain-eating, former humans, but my distaste for them isn’t personal. They, in turn, […]
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