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It isn’t just snowstorms and slick rain that can cause automobile accidents.  It can involve anything from a blown tire to an errant deer; it can involve a drunk driver or a distracted driver or a careless driver or a driver that can’t move out of the way. Next thing you know, someone’s in a…

“Turn towards me,” Mrs. Colgate said to me, as she pulled the sterilized dental tools out of their wrappers. Yep, it’s time for a dental cleaning, and what better time for a dental cleaning than first thing Monday morning.  Yep, it’s an 8:00 a.m. appointment at my dental provider, Mohler and Choo, D.D.S. “You’re doing…

I can’t remember when I purchased this welcome mat.  It may have been a month or two after I moved into my new apartment.  It was a harsh winter this year, and I was tired of tracking mud and snow and salt into my home.  I know, however, that I bought the welcome mat at…

Zzz… Alarm clock’s buzzing… gotta hit the snooze button… CLICK Okay, that feels better… nine more minutes of slumber… “GET YOUR FAT SELF OUT OF BED, MILLER, RIGHT NOW!!!” Must be dreaming… should not have had that second helping of wings at Brown’s… “I SAID GET OUT OF BED YOU LAZY PILE OF COW MANURE!!!”…

Last Saturday, on the way back from dropping off my pictures at the Big E, I stopped at the outlet store complex off Exit 2 on the Massachusetts Turnpike. I walked around some of the stores, doing some window shopping – even at a discount outlet, some prices can be staggeringly high – and then,…

This morning, I am at the hospital for an endoscopy and colonoscopy.  I don’t want to do this.  There’s no way I want to do this.   But it has to be done. After meeting with my general practitioner, Dr. Svemanova, she recommended I get in touch with her colleague Dr. Dreyneaux to schedule an endoscopy…

My life is undergoing more rewrites than Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.  And one of those rewrites involves my eyesight. My mixture of nearsightedness and astigmatism has been a major curse for me.  Yes, I endured the endless taunts of “four eyes” and “windshield face” in school.  Yes, my glasses got busted up in schoolyard…

Recap.  Following my initial visit with Dr. Svemanova to determine my rapid weight loss, I paid my co-pay to the doctor – thanks to my new health insurance plan – and thought everything was taken care of. On February 14, I received a bill from the hospital with which Dr. Svemanova is affiliated, informing me…

Last Monday evening, my Street Academy trivia team completely dominated the scoring at Brown’s Brewing, as Jeremy, Alexis and I walked out of the place with the halftime growler of Brown’s brew (IPA for J-Mac and AC, my customary diet cola for me), and the $30  gift card for nailing the final answer (which South…