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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

Do I Look This Stupid?

February 6, 2019February 3, 2019 Ancient, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Meteorology, Roman, SCIENCE, Scotland, Tsunami, Victoriana, Vulcanology

First published on February 3, 2014 Think Progress has a headline that screams, UK’s January Flooding Surpasses all 247 Years of Data on the

Endometriosis

January 17, 2019January 16, 2019 CULTURE, SCIENCE

Unfortunately, I suspect endometriosis is something select, and unfortunate females are born with, probably thanks to our DNA. I am one of those lucky

Apollo 8

December 22, 2018December 21, 2018 20th Century US, Apollo Program, CULTURE, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, SPACE, Technology

I fell in love with ‘space’ when I was just a little kid. Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968. The next night, my

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

Hooked on History

November 19, 2018November 18, 2018 American, American Revolution, Ancient, Cochise County Cowboy War, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Henry VIII, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Medical, OK Corral, Roman, SCIENCE, Wild West, WYATT EARP

Being hooked on trying to prove the historical viability of Arthur is as obsessive as playing with Wyatt Earp. They’re both the same person.

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

First Nation’s DNA & Tribal Membership

October 16, 2018October 15, 2018 CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Elizabeth Warren, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Racism, SCIENCE

The first thing you need to know is that with the overwhelming evidence (not) someone like Elizabeth Warren has pointing to First Nation’s DNA,

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

June 18, 1815: The Day the World Changed

June 27, 2018June 25, 2018 American, Art, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Geology, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Music, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, Technology, Vulcanology

First published on June 18, 2015, the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo “…”In the course of the evening the duke asked my

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

More May Is Melanoma Month

May 31, 2018May 29, 2018 MAIN PAGE, Melanoma, PERSONAL

Did you know that Bob Marley died of melanoma? Brook Shields caught hers early. So did I. So did Troy Aikman. I enjoy the

Remember: May Is Melamona Month

May 29, 2018May 22, 2018 Biology, MAIN PAGE, Medical, Melanoma, SCIENCE

This is just a classic image of a nevis – mole – that is cancerous with melanoma. It looks so much like the one

Melanoma Need Not Be a Killer

May 21, 2018May 1, 2018 Melanoma, PERSONAL 1

Melanoma is one of the deadliest cancers out there. If caught early, it is one of the easiest to cure – or rather to

The Ignorant Racism of Liberals

May 15, 2018May 13, 2018 Bigotry, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Democratic Party, HISTORY, IMMIGRATION, Liberal Hate, POLITICAL, Racism, SCIENCE

There is a fascinating article that further exposes the abject racism of liberals. Evidently, as a voting block, they view Hispanic as a specific

Jimmy Carter’s Cancer

May 14, 2018May 1, 2018 CULTURE, Jimmy Carter, MAIN PAGE, Medical, Melanoma, PERSONAL, Racism, SCIENCE

First published on August 22, 2015. It should be noted that Jimmy Carter is still alive! For someone who has spent the past 20

Melanoma Can Be Cured

May 7, 2018May 1, 2018 MAIN PAGE, Melanoma, PERSONAL 4

First published in 2010. If you have a mole that looks like one of these, and you do not go to a board certified

May Is Melanoma Month!

May 2, 2018May 1, 2018 Melanoma, PERSONAL 2

This is the annual Pink Flamingo May is Melanoma Month post. The Pink Flamingo is an 18 year survivor of melanoma. Regular readers 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

The Joys of Socialism

January 6, 2018January 5, 2018 CULTURE, Medical, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, REPUBLICAN, SCIENCE

By now, most people who follow the news are well aware that the British health care system has basically crashed, allegedly due to a