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COVID-19 got too close to my life. Too fucking close. It hit someone very close to me. One of the few family members I’ve allowed to remain close. Suffice it to say that they’re still fighting it, and although they haven’t gone to the emerency room, they’re still battling symptoms. So anybody that tells you…

Friday afternoon, for some reason, I was coughing and hacking like a chainsmoker. Ugh. I hope I’m not coming down with a cold. And then it occurred to me. It might not be a cold. It could be … oh, I don’t want to say it. But it can’t be that. It can’t. I’ve been…

As promised, the following is totally unbiased and accurate review of the 4Ocean.com face mask insert. They’re little plastic inserts that clip onto your face mask, and are advertised as allowing you to breathe better and feel more comfortable with a non-surgical face mask. I purchased a standard pack of inserts from 4Ocean. The box…

I’m okay with wearing face masks so that we can get past COVID-19 as quickly as possible. That, and I’m also triple-Pfizered, so there’s that. But there’s one thing about wearing masks that drives me nuts. You try to wear your mask, you go outside, and without fail, your glasses fog up somehow. Ugh. Hate…

In 1983, I discovered the New Zealand / Australian rock band Dragon. And fell in love with them. I played their hit song “Rain” on my college station practically every hour on the hour. When I wrote for Goldmine magazine, I begged the publisher to allow me to interview members of Dragon for a feature…

You know what weighs at least 25 pounds? Two bowling balls A good-sized watermelon A two-year-old child Half of a bag of mulch Five bags of sugar 30 cans of soda At least two car tires Three gallons of water Two large bottles of laundry detergent A standard box of reams of paper A frozen…

Yesterday was a bit of a photo day for me, I went into the North Country with one of my film cameras and took some pictures here and there. Once the images are developed, I hope you will enjoy seeing them. But on the way back home, I was feeling a bit peckish. Hungry. Famished.…

Here’s the deal. I was vaccinated against COVID-19 at the end of March. Technically, the proper medial term for me is that I’ve been “Double Pfizered.” And recently, New York State has opened up arrangements for additional venue capacity, essentially the state is re-opening. Yesterday came word that New York was allowing sports stadia and…

So, a while back I blogged about not being worried about getting a colonostomy. I thought everything would go well. Operative word – thought. Never “think” things will go well. Because prior to a colonoscopy, you need to do what’s generally known as “prep.” Prep involves adjusting your diet for about a week, and then…