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Life Goes On

February 21, 2019February 18, 2019 Alzheimer’s Disease, Atlanta Braves, BASEBALL, CULTURE, Family, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, Spring Training

First published March 5, 2015. Yeah, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra La-la how the life goes on Yeah, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on

How the Reagans Damned Alzheimer’s Sufferers

December 12, 2018December 11, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, MAIN PAGE, Ronald Reagan, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

First published on April 7, 2014. We all picture Ronald Reagan’s family as bravely soldering through his Alzheimer’s, fighting for a cure, standing strong

Another Alzheimer’s Rant

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, FAITH, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, Ronald Reagan, SCIENCE, Senior Citizens, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

Tuesday, former SCOTUS Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced she had been diagnosed with what they think is AD. She was withdrawing from public

Remembering

August 29, 2018August 28, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Family, PERSONAL

My parents would have been married sixty-seven years ago today. Seven years ago, we had a big party and a small family reunion to

The Idiot War on Sugar

August 1, 2018July 31, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, SCIENCE

One of the top conservative Twitter pundits is bragging about how he doesn’t do sugar. His followers are describing it as evil. Of course

The Last Real Father’s Day

June 18, 2018June 14, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

First published on June 19, 2011. From now on, everything is bittersweet. I have had the very good fortune and abject misfortune to know

Alfie Evans

April 30, 2018April 29, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Medical, SCIENCE

Little Alfie Evans died at 2:30 a.m. on 28 April 2018. On May 9, he would have been two years old. His death has

Home Health Conundrum

April 24, 2018April 19, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Family, MAIN PAGE, Medical, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

First published on July 30, 2014. A conundrum can be defined as an intricate and difficult problem. I know of no better word to

Liberals Have Completely Lost Me

April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Bill Gothard, Calvinism, Conservative, CONSERVATIVE, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, ECONOMY, FAITH, Faith, Gary North, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, HISTORY, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Libertarian Party, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL, R. J. Rushdoony, Randian Economic Disaster, Religious Cults, Republican Party, Republicans, The Pink Flamingo’s Father, Third Party Losers

I first published this on November 29, 2016. Pardon no new article. I’ve been spray painting much of the day and my fingers are

Yet Another Alzheimer’s Rant

March 21, 2018March 20, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Biology, Medical, SCIENCE

The storyline from the Alzheimer’s Foundation (of which I have absolutely no use) is someone will develop AD every 65 seconds. That is SO

What If It’s ‘Fake’ Science?

March 2, 2018March 1, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Biology, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, MAIN PAGE, Medical, POLITICAL, SCIENCE

First published on June 15, 2015. “…“The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue.

False Hope on the Alzheimer’s Frontline

March 1, 2018February 28, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

First published January 12, 2016 Anyone who has had to deal with a family member who has/had Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) knows the sad and

People With Alzheimer’s Deserve to Be Treated with Dignity

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, Libertarians, Makers, Paul Ryan, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, SCIENCE, Takers, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

NOTE: First published on April 6, 2014. I’ve had a long day. This reflects a conversation I had with a friend. I’m too tired

An Alzheimer’s Reader

February 9, 2018February 8, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, MAIN PAGE, Medical, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

I periodically try to rerun the articles I did over the years, dealing with my father and Alzheimer’s. Here is an updated list of

The Irrational War on Sugar

February 8, 2018February 6, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

First things first, Alzheimer’s Disease is not ‘rampant’. It is not an epidemic, and most people will not contract it. It effects NO MORE

Sugar Is NOT Toxic!

February 6, 2018February 4, 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease, Biology, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Medical, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, Senior Citizens

First published on November 7, 2014. I have a friend with whom I am arguing about sugar. Believe it or not, there are things

Lying Democrats and Health Care

June 7, 2017June 6, 2017 Alzheimer’s Disease, Barack Obama, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Medical, Obama Administration, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, Recession, REPUBLICAN, Republican Party, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

There are times when I truly dislike Democrats. Those times include when they are broad-faced lying and no one seems to care. I think

Life and Certificates

March 14, 2017March 13, 2017 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, Family, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

This afternoon I picked up the mail, opening the envelope containing my mother’s death certificate. She died on January 2. I’m not as upset

My Annual I Hate Football Rant

February 5, 2017February 4, 2018 Abuse, Alzheimer’s Disease, BASEBALL, CRIME, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Medical, Rush Limbaugh, SCIENCE

The results are now so conclusive, about football and brain injury, that no responsible parent should even consider allowing their child to play such

Another Tragedy of Alzheimer’s

August 20, 2016August 19, 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

On October 17, 2014 I lost my father. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease five years earlier. The problem, for me, is the

Glen Campbell’s Alzheimer’s Disease

February 22, 2016February 21, 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

Yesterday, someone tweeted an article about Glen Campbell now being in Stage Six of AD. His family put him in a kennel early into

Bernie’s Age

February 6, 2016February 5, 2016 2016, Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Family History, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, Sanders, SCIENCE, Senior Citizens

Bernie Sanders is an old man. No, it isn’t because he was born in 1941 and is only 74-years-old. It is because he acts

Culture and Alzheimer’s

December 23, 2015December 22, 2015 2016, Alzheimer’s Disease, Clinton, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

I’ve been involved in a fascinating give and take over an insane article about Alzheimer’s Disease. Amazing how our culture has NOT changed. We’re

Alzheimer’s, The Chaos Theory, and Evil People

October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 Abuse, Alzheimer’s Disease, CRIME, CULTURE, Elder Abuse, Family, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, Senior Citizens, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

The best way to describe the Chaos Theory is the butterfly effect. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon and we get a

Sunday Morning Opera: The Met, Mets, Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s Birthday & My Father

October 18, 2015October 17, 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease, Baritones, BASEBALL, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Family, History of the Game, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, The Pink Flamingo’s Father, Thomas Hampson

The problem with opera is that is is this big, huge sport of kings and queens, but it is also terribly intimate. You get

Abuse & Caregiving

October 6, 2015October 5, 2015 Abuse, Alzheimer’s Disease, CRIME, CULTURE, FAITH, MAIN PAGE, Medical, PERSONAL, SCIENCE

I’ve been thinking about this the past few days. There are so many different kinds of abuse. I think, when we’re experiencing good times,

Why Aren’t High Schools & Colleges Banning Football?

September 19, 2015September 18, 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, Medical, SCIENCE

The results are now so conclusive, about football and brain injury, that no responsible parent should even consider allowing their child to play such

Life in Perspective

September 12, 2015September 11, 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, FAITH, Family, Medical, PERSONAL, SCIENCE

I had a rant and rave ready for today, but forget that. My family is reeling from the revelation that my 27-year-old second cousin

Today Is My Father’s Birthday

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease, CULTURE, The Pink Flamingo’s Father

My father would be 91 today. He lost his battle with Alzheimer’s on October 18. Every year, on his birthday, he would have a

Obesity, Longevity, & Dementia

April 24, 2015April 22, 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease, Bigotry, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, SCIENCE

We’ve all heard the quip, die young and leave a beautiful corpse. I guess, when a person is obese, but not massive, this isn’t