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Day 7 of the Flu

Day 7 of the Flu

CDC – Weekly Report: Influenza (Flu) Summary Update Day 7 of the flu This is the first day I have been able to sit up and write. The raging fever that knocked me down has passed, leaving a wretching cough. My lungs have things in them that they won’t release. I think I’ve opened up internal surgical scars in my abdomen, and surely there are a few organs that are currently not where they are supposed to be. I have…

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I am an auntie!

I am an auntie!

While I am already an auntie by marriage, this is the first time one of my own brothers has had a child. Roy and Patty had a little boy named Dylan on December 3rd. I’m so excited! I don’t know when I’ll be able to see him – maybe when the PhD is finished… Here is a little bit of Kahlil Gibran to commemorate the occasion: Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing…

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Reading Michael Jackson

Reading Michael Jackson

Ok, so here’s my opinion on the Michael Jackson story, offered from no particular professional perspective, but only from my observations of him over the years and my intuitive understandings of the strange psychology of Jehovah’s Witnesses.