ENT Upgrade

Today I added a third hospital to my surgical adventures. This time we were dealing with radiation side effects, and the last surgery I had at M.D. Anderson where they replaced my lower-left jawbone.

The radiation has generated a protrusion in my esophagus which is making swallowing more difficult …

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Sad Flag

My US Flag was sad this morning. I found it lying in the bushes where it fell when it jumped off of my outside wall mount.

I have a T-Shirt that says: "You can't fix stupid, not even with duct tape!"

I had to reassure my flag that all is …

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Veteran's Day, 2020

Back in June, 1969, I took an oath, twice! The first time while standing on the Virginia Tech drillfield in my Corps of Cadets uniform with several hundred fellow cadets who were being commissioned as offices in the military branches that day. General William Westmoreland, the Army Chief of Staff …

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TL;DR

Ever seen this? It seems in the new age of "instant gratification, folks do not want to read anything that is "too long".

To Long; Didn't Read!

Everyone seems to be in a hury these days. My students do not want to learn things by study, they want those topics …

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Being Six Again

Do you remember what things you thought about when you were six. Some of those things were crazy, but fun.

Inventing things

Kids always want things they do not have. They even want things that do not exist. That does not stop them from wanting those things anyway!

"Hey, Tommy …

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Dancing at the USO

We went dancing over Labor Day weekend. The event was a USO dance themed after those held during WWII. We had a "Big Band", and the event was held in Fredricksburg, Texas at the Hanger Hotel and Convention Center. Of course a hotel with a name like that has to …

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Snakes

Garter snake

Snakes! You know, those slithery long critters that make most folks cringe with fear when they see one. Well, this evening, after my night class, I came home and was immediately told by Cheryl that there was a snake in the garage, caught in a bug trap our bug control …

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Digging to China

All male kids try to dig to China. It should not be too hard, just take a shovel and start digging, sooner or later, you will end up in China. Or so the story goes.

Warning

Actually digging straight down will not actually get you to China at all, which …

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D-Day, 6th of June

Did you have a good night last night? Sleep well? What went through your mind this morning as you rolled out of bed?

73 years ago this morning 176,000 men were riding on ships of all kinds approaching the beaches of Normandy in France. Over 10,000 of those …

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Outrageous Science Experiments

Will a Tacoma pickup truck fit under an Austin school bus? The answer is coming up.

But First:

I have been driving a LONG time, and I have done pretty well at that. I don't speed, at least not as the level of most cars around me. Sometimes I have …

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