How did I get this chunk of lamb liver and what can I do with it? It all comes from working in a place with many multiply-talented young people. My young colleague Michelle arrived in AA with a PhD on top of her medical degree and early success in the lab, parlaying it all into her positionContinue reading “Ovis aries hepar! curried!!”
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cowabunga!
I walk with quite a limp these days, and use a cane. My favorite retort to those who notice and ask, is “surfing injury”. Not a consequence of those many miles pounded in as I was pulled into the running craze, although I did curtail that activity because of achy knees. My formerly pit pat retirement left meContinue reading “cowabunga!”
show-off update
3 years and several months ago, I posted a guide to all the seals you might see at the bottom of an e-mail from me, which then looked like as follows (1) I titled it “show-off” as there seemed to be an element of boasting about all the institutions with which I’d been associated. But, ifContinue reading “show-off update”
Mads
When I left behind my hippie-wannabe pseudo-intellectual ways as I left Ann Arbor for the first time, I also left behind my taste for foreign movies (called “international” these days). It was the mid-70s and Hollywood was still in its heyday, with Star Wars, Bonnie and Clyde, Flashdance, Carrie, Alien, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Exorcist, FrenchContinue reading “Mads”
High, Semi-dry, January
I never managed to make sweet, willowy, athletic Denise my girlfriend. We went our separate ways after graduation, she snaring Kevin – a U-M educated lawyer and all-around good guy – while I lucked into Kathy. My reacquaintance with old ‘burg friends included Kevin and Denise, now a dear friend once again. It was from Denise that IContinue reading “High, Semi-dry, January”
NAC me up Joe
“I feel bad for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” — Frank Sinatra “I’m not saying everyone should drink, it just worked for me” – Jackie Gleason “Alcohol doesn’t solve any problems, neither does milk”. unknown origin, but it had its ownContinue reading “NAC me up Joe”
In the year 2525 (less 1/2 a millennium)
Hope youse had a Merry Christmas! Remember, this is just the beginning, if you play your cards right (1). Boxing Day has its own traditions, like me writing this Christmas letter. Congratulations to you boomers out there who caught that reference in the title to Zager & Evans’ ’69 hit (2). Listening to those apocalyptic 60s songs –Continue reading “In the year 2525 (less 1/2 a millennium)”
moo-derer
The news comes fast and furious these days. Two items from the week before this one really caught my attention and happen to be related. The first was Bill Gates’ announcement that “climate change” wasn’t going to kill us and some funds targeted for its mitigation might be spent on more pressing problems (1). Of course, he’s caughtContinue reading “moo-derer”
All Souls
My dear Catholic friend Angie reminded me this morning that in her Church, today is All Souls’ Day, conclusion of the spiritual triumvirate they’ve made out of this cross-quarter day (halfway between autumn equinox and winter solstice) Samhain: All Hallows Eve (which we heathens know as Halloween), All Saints’ Day, and All Souls Day. The firstContinue reading “All Souls”
mancave upgrade!
Timing is everything. At my first stab at this blog, I thought I had the greatest lead-in: “Should an older man on the eve of his 39th wedding anniversary be spending time waxing over his mancave?” There’s no relation between the two dates, only that some improvements in my mancave have finally settled in. Our anniversary and that footballContinue reading “mancave upgrade!”
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