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Modern Medieval Dentist

August 22, 2023

I could have gotten a swollen head if I took all the compliments from dentists over the years to be a real measure of self-worth. Via genetic roulette (and fluorinated

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Featured Artist: The Amazing Linoleum Block Printing of Los Angeles Artist Dave Lefner

August 6, 2020

Last Sunday, on “Museums-Free-For-All Day,” a lady friend and I decided to visit a museum neither of us had visited before, the Pasadena Museum of California Art

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Beauty Isn’t Pretty

November 27, 2023

I like a good bargain as much as the next guy. Okay, maybe more than the next guy. There is something satisfying, even life affirming, about getting a good deal. It makes me

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Sleep Study

June 27, 2023

Several years ago I was diagnosed with a condition called “sleep apnea.” According to the world-famous Mayo Clinic (www.mayoclinic.org), “Sleep apnea is a potentially

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Free Directions! Limited Time Only!

March 1, 2023

On any given Saturday or Sunday morning, in the days before GPS, my family and I would find ourselves on our way to visit Aunt Bea and Uncle Harold, Cousins Dorothy and

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Grandpa Artie’s Tools

November 22, 2022

My beloved maternal grandfather, Arthur, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1901. As a boy, his Jewish, Lithuanian-born parents moved him and the rest of their eight

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Essays, Musings, New

91968

Modern Medieval Dentist

August 22, 2023

I could have gotten a swollen head if I took all the compliments from dentists over the years to be a real measure of self-worth. Via genetic roulette (and fluorinated

Read article

Essays, New

5508

Beauty Isn’t Pretty

November 27, 2023

I like a good bargain as much as the next guy. Okay, maybe more than the next guy. There is something satisfying, even life affirming, about getting a good deal. It makes me

Read article

Essays, Musings, New

91968

Modern Medieval Dentist

August 22, 2023

I could have gotten a swollen head if I took all the compliments from dentists over the years to be a real measure of self-worth. Via genetic roulette (and fluorinated

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“Another Myth of the Mayas”

June 20, 2019

By Professor Stephennie Mulder A very interesting, well-written, thoughtful, non-negative, optimistic piece on the recent sensational story of a 15-year-old Canadian

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