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3:30 AM

There seems to be a rule at my house that goes something like this: if one of the kids has caught a stomach bug, it will first make itself known in the middle of the night while the child is asleep so as to maximize the affected area, including bed, carpet, hardwood, tile, toilet, sink, [...]

In Family, Health, Parenting on 12 January 2006 with 1 comment

Five things I need to accept about wearing glasses

I look more like my dad.
I have to turn my head and face things to see them clearly.
The combination of graying hair, graying beard, and glasses make me look like a geezer nerd. (See number one above.)
Though it doesn’t much matter, I have even less of a chance than before of catching the attention of [...]

In Health, Humor on 28 December 2005 with 4 comments

At the mercy of health care

It’s no secret that the health care system in the United States sucks. Costs have risen exponentially putting insurance companies in the driver’s seat. The rich get whatever health care they need while the poor get a little help from Medicaid and Medicare or go without adequate health care altogether. The rest of us, the [...]

In Health, Work on 1 November 2005 with Comments Off

How long will you live?

It’s almost my birthday. Time once again for thoughts of growing old to creep into my consciousness. To the rescue comes this handy mortality calculator. Punch in a few numbers, answer a few questions, and out comes your estimated life expectancy along with an entertaining analysis of your health risks.
I can expect to live to [...]

In Future, Health on 29 August 2005 with Comments Off

Bitten by the dentist

These are not the words you want to hear from the endodontist with the boutique practice and the Porsche parked out front:
I could make a lot of money off this root canal… but the tooth is too far gone. It has to come out.
Poor Susan. She was the unfortunate one who had to hear [...]

In Health on 16 March 2005 with Comments Off