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Goodbye, 2016. Hello, 2017
We’ve had quite a divaricate year, all in all, one with a split personality, one that feels differently to me depending on whether I think about what happened in my personal life or what happened in the nation and the world. Perhaps it is always that way, but 2016 certainly feels different. Personally I had…
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Wishing Us a Better 2017 Than Our Hellish 2016
We lost far too much and far too many this past year. We Mourn We mourn so many people who gave so much to all of us: (L. to R, top to bottom) John Glenn, Muhammed Ali, GeneWilder, David Bowie, Gwen Ifill, Leonard Cohen,Toots Thielemans Alan Rickman Alan Thicke David Bowie Gene Wilder Gordie Howe…
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Take Andy’s Rather Odd Questionnaire TODAY!
Proust had his questionnaire. Facebook is filled with them. I thought I would do my own, a wee bit odd though it might be. Unlike Facebook questionnaires, however, my questionnaire will not be used to identify your possible passwords! Give it a go! https://form.jotform.com/jsform/63464825389166
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My Responses to Bernard Pivot’s Questionnaire, with Apologies to James Lipton
At 66 I thought it might be time to do my own Bernard Pivot questionnaire, the one the incomparable James Lipton uses on “Inside the Actor’s Studio.” Here goes. What is your favorite word?Awesome What is your least favorite word?The N word What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?Honesty What turns you off?Lack of…
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Four Tips for Spotting Bogus News Stories
How many times have you seen a headline that seems ridiculous? And then how many times have you passed that story along on Facebook or Twitter? Don’t feel guilty. It can be difficult to tell the difference between fake and real. Here are four tips on quickly making that differentiation. Check the URL. The web…
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Sexuality More Static Than Previously Thought
Alfred Kinsey (Great biography here) I’ve thought for a long time that human sexuality was fluid, that there were a nearly infinite number of forms. Much of that thought was based on information from Alfred Kinsey’s landmark studies back in the 60s, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. A new study…
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Please Stop Calling Gayness a ‘Lifestyle’
Okay, straight people, listen up. Gayness is not a lifestyle. It’s not a choice. It’s not a preference. It is a biological condition. A genetic manifestation. Innate. Something you’re born with. X Chromosome According to biologists the X chromosome and chromosome 8 seem to be heavily involved in determining sexuality. There is a great deal more to be learned but genetics is,…
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A Grandparent’s Dilemma
My poor grandson has developed the same thing his poor mother, my daughter, had, and it sucks. My daughter had childhood asthma that lasted well into adulthood, as it sometimes does. I remember so many times how absolutely petrified I was whenever she had an asthma attack, struggling to breathe, the tissues over her collarbone…