And so it began. — Hungry, tired … he walked along the mountain’s tree-lined and forested road with his buddy. The sun had set on this mountain road south of San Francisco. The trees and surrounding forest were the backdrop on this dark black stage. He was in Big Sur. The dark blackness of a…

New Technology Offers Renewed Life After Paralysis — There are so many incredible things happening in this world, yet far too many are wrapped up in matters that are meaningless. Following is one of the amazing miracles being performed through the emerging technologies combining skilled human, technological developments, and medicine. Researchers from Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical…

A Spending Spree Even Your Wife Dreams About — Hidden from sight on the internet (unless you stumble upon it after ingesting too many gummies while arguing with political extremists online) is USAFacts.org. And we all know, facts matter. Unless you’re a politician. In which case, only this fact matters… stoned or not, we all should know politicians are…

We have 75 chances (give or take) to get it right… — Our lives are filled with days, days between those days, and then more days. An easier way to bring this into focus is to know we have 75 years (give or take) to enjoy our lives, to just live, not waste, life. …

Then what? How do you move on? What if moving on begins the day of the wedding, not the day of the divorce? — Mine didn’t work. That is an understatement. The marriage was literally a marriage from hell. Some marriages take time to fall apart. People say they have “just grown apart”. This seems to be a “thing” today, but in my opinion, a poor excuse, particularly if you have kids. “Oh, we…

One day, 200+ claps, 14 comments, 7 views, and 4 reads = $ 0 — This is Medium’s algorithm above. I know it’s hard to understand, so I broke it down in the subheading. Now it makes more sense, right? No? The ancient Greek, Pythagoras, is one of the most famous mathematicians in all of history and is known for the Pythagorean Theorem. He and…

And how I accurately measure inflation. — There’s a line from a Frank Zappa song that goes like this: “The cost of meat has just gone up, and your ol’ lady has just gone down.” This has nothing to do with John Deere Lawn Tractors, inflation possibly, but it popped into my head so… there ya go…

Life on Social Security is not for the weak of heart. — See this photo? It’s not me. I do live by a lake in the mountains, but for the time being my days are spent cooking at a deli a few hours a day, five days a week. You might ask (my daughters did), “Why would you do this (cook) if…

Or is it? Is where you live where your heart is? — Real estate statistics concluded the average family moves every five years, though this depends upon age group as well. I learned this in a marketing class for real estate back in the 80s. But this statistic, and other statistics on moving, illustrate how moving in our society affects everything around…