tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30972178443328927572024-02-20T03:32:28.668-07:00Howard Flomberg: Confessions of a Neophyte AuthorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-91514551379536867792013-09-19T13:34:00.000-06:002013-09-19T13:34:03.185-06:001 out 2 of us are obese, fat or just breathe oxygenFrom a commercial I see regularly on tv: 1 out of 2, hmm doesn't that mean 1/2 of us? Maybe I wasted all of those math classes.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 150%;">According to my BMI, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 48px;">from a formula devised in 1832.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 150%;"> I am obese. However, so is probably the
entire NFL? The formula involves dividing a persons weight by their height,
squared. I am 5’7” or 67 inches tall. However in my youth – before I started to
lose height due to aging – I was 5’9 or 69 inches tall. My weight is 113.7 Kg
or 250.7 pounds. Therefore the according to the formula my BMI is 37.0.</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">18.5 or less Underweight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">18.8 - 24.9 Normal weight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">25 – 29.9 Overweight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">30 or greater Obese<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What are the problems with using BMI?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Actual measurements of body fat are ignored<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bone Structure is ignored<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Gender is ignored<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Fat to Muscle ratio is ignored<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Genetics is ignored<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The entire concept of
analyzing dead people for their BMI has, to my knowledge, never done. According to the website <i>The-f-word</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3097217844332892757#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;">[2]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></i></span></a><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">The project was intended to describe the
standard proportions of the human build. The equation was largely ignored
by the medical community even though insurance companies began using somewhat
vague comparisons of height and weight among policyholders beginning in the
early twentieth century.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Therefore the most commonly
used measurement of human size to weight was instigated as a means of denying
life insurance to large men. I cannot
find any reputable study measuring the correlation between height and weight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What is an appropriate
sample size? World population is estimated at seven billion (7,000,000,000)
people. If we are looking for a 90% confidence level; assuming that the
statistic will be statistically significant<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3097217844332892757#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>; yields a sample size of
15,006. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For an overly obvious
example; some assumptions have been made – Geography – do you take the sample
in an American community? Do you take the sample in an Asian community? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Do you see my feelings about
BMI? It is impossible to accurately compute. It makes assumptions that are not
valid. Most importantly, age, body type and family are ignored. While BMI is an invalid statistic with no
actual statistical validity, it is commonly used by the advertising community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><i>So, dear doctor, shall we
discuss me as an individual and lose the shamanistic bone rattling?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-13283550912129524532013-09-17T13:18:00.001-06:002013-09-17T13:18:10.071-06:00OMG I screwed up again<span style="font-size: x-large;">I became entangled in this "life" thing and neglected my blog. Today is Tuesday - I'll have a fascinating, spine tingling post up by Thursday. I promise you'll be happy you read it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Howie </i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-41479776188255606812013-08-28T12:45:00.001-06:002013-08-28T12:45:31.934-06:00My Personal Dream <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is the
fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech.
Unfortunately the spirit of the speech has been usurped. His driving words</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">When we let freedom ring, when
we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every
city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black
men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able
to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at
last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty we are free at last!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">have been usurped by the single-minded manipulators of all
stripes. The core of Dr. Kings message was that when a single person is
deprived of liberty we all are deprived of liberty. If I can quote from </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Declaration of Independence</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately it took thousands of lives and over one hundred
years to grow into these words. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am of course talking about <i>Race</i>. This is probably the most poorly
defined and most mis-understood word in our spoken language. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Courtesy of President Lyndon Johnson I had
the opportunity to spend a year in Biloxi Mississippi. While stationed there I found out that, as a
Jew, I was not “quite” white. My racial characteristics were that I was good
with money and smarter than most. Oh yes – I do have a small nose for a Jew.
After this education in stupidity I delved into the definition of the word <i>Race</i>. When literature delves into the
definition and history of the word, there is no clear standard. All I could
find out was that race is a subdivision of Homo Sapiens Sapiens, which is in
fact a subdivision of Homo Sapiens<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3097217844332892757#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not to be dismayed I dug deeper and came
upon our old friend – The Horse. A Horse is a member of the family Equus, as
are donkeys and zebras. So if we draw a poorly defined parallel, we have three
races of Equus, horses, donkeys and zebras. Now we run into a problem – horses
and donkeys do not breed true. The offspring of a horse and donkey is a mule.
Mules are almost always infertile. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now lets talk about us Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
Assuming the worst possible, that white people and black people are in reality
separate races, or in this example, species. The offspring of a white person
and a black person is almost always fertile. Our President is a valid example
of that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again – in my humble opinion, there is only
one race of humans – and that is humans. My dream is to live to see that
finally accepted as true. Racial identity is harmful to all. <i>We are all people!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-38221696741389334942013-08-26T11:59:00.002-06:002013-08-26T11:59:24.915-06:00thirty annoying phrases - stolen from facebook<br />
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Going forward</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Drill-down</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">End of play</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Touch base</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's on my radar</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No brainer</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Best of breed</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Low hanging fruit</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reach out</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dive deeper</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Think outside the box</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On my plate</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At the end of the day</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Run the numbers</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Touch points</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep your eye on the ball</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Back to the drawing board</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get the ball rolling</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bang for your buck</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Close the deal</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When the rubber hits the road</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shift paradigm</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Move the needle</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Game-changing</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Move the goal post</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Value added</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Win-win</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Across the piece</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All hands on deck</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-28771878821132534252013-08-24T13:32:00.003-06:002013-08-24T13:32:42.463-06:00Win a few, Lose a few
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non-commissioned officers (sergeants) and one for officers. Overseas, the clubs tend to be the hangout
when off-duty. On paydays a unique
sporting activity takes place: Payday Stakes Poker. After all of their
obligations are taken care of, the gamblers will sit down with whatever money
they have left for a game of wild and wooly poker. My favorite game was seven-card stud poker.
For the non-gamblers amongst us: two cards dealt face down, four cards dealt
face up with the seventh card face down. One hand that I will never forget
started with me getting three hearts. During the remaining face up cards I got
another heart and was looking at a heart flush or an outside straight. I was
betting heavily. One person who was keeping up with me seemed to have a similar
hand, only in diamonds. At the last card – lo and behold I had a straight flush
to the ten. This is a once in a lifetime hand. In no time flat I had every cent
I had every cent I had or could borrow in the pot. My opponent still stayed
with me. A crowd had gathered around us and one could hear a pin drop. When we
were both called I showed my straight flush to the ten – gasps. Then my
opponent opened his hole card. He had a straight flush to the queen. I lost to
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– The roulette wheel has the numbers one to thirty-six alternating red and
black. In a European wheel there is a green zero. In an American wheel there is
a green zero and double zero. There are many bets and combinations of bets
possible. The green zero(es) give the house it’s edge. My favorite bet is
“dozens.” There are six possible “dozens” bets. They pay 2-1. A green looses.
If green does not fall I will break even in the long run with a good
possibility of a winning streak. I figured this strategy out when Judy and I
were on our honeymoon in Puerto Rico. I did pull ahead enough to finance our
gambling for the remainder of the trip. A few years ago Judy and I took a short
trip to Las Vegas. On the plane I reviewed the strategy with Judy. The odds of
a green falling on an American table are long. I’ll take those odds any day of
the week. We checked into our room, unpacked and we hit the tables. I walked
over to the first roulette wheel I saw. I placed my bet on dozens. The wheel
was spun and – Green. Ok that’s out of the way. Green again. I collected what
was left of my money and had rotten luck for the rest of the trip. <o:p></o:p></div>
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– When we moved back to Denver after three years in L.A. we were commuting from
Orange County by way of John Wayne Airport. That trip mandated changing planes
in Vegas. One trip I had about a twenty-minute layover in Vegas. I pulled a
quarter out of my pocket. I dropped it into a slot machine. I pulled the
handle. The machine gave me fifty cents back, twenty-five cents more than I put
in. I hurried onto to my next flight. The moral of the story is that it is
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***********FOODOLOGY***************<br /><br />1. What is your salad dressing of choice? Blue Cheese<br /><br />2. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? many<br /><br />3. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Pasta<br />4. What are your pizza toppings of choice? pepperoni</div>
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<br />5. What do you like to put on your toast? Butter and Jam<br />***********TECHNOLOGY***************<br /><br />1. How many televisions are in your house? 2<br /><br />2. What is the color of your cell phone? red<br /><br />3. Have any idea how many Megahertz your computer has? not at the moment but I could look it up.<br /><br />***************BIOLOGY******************<br /><br />1. Are you right-handed or left-handed? right<br /><br />2. Have you ever had anything removed from your body? bahahaha.....do I have anything left? <br />.<br />3. What is the last heavy item you lifted? me?<br /><br />4. Have you ever been knocked unconscious? yup</div>
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<br />************BULLCRAPOLOGY**************<br /><br />1. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? nope<br /><br />2. If you could change your name, what would you change it to? Studly<br />3. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? uh yup!!<br />************DUMBOLOGY******************<br /><br />1. How many pairs of flip flops do you own? 0<br /><br />2. Last time you had a run-in with the cops? Hmmmm.never<br /><br />3. Last person you talked to? wife<br />4. Last person you hugged? wife<br /><br />**************FAVORITOLOGY****************<br /><br />1. Season? Spring....</div>
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<br />2. Its four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? my kids<br /><br />3. If you could change your eye color what would it be? blue<br />4. Do you own a digital camera? yes<br /><br />5. Have you ever had a pet fish? is lox a fish?<br /><br />6. Favorite Christmas song(s):n/a<br />7. What's on your wish list for your birthday? coffeemaker<br /><br />8. Can you do push ups? I used to<br />9. Can you do a chin up? no way!!!<br /><br />10. Does the future make you more nervous or excited? don't worry about it.<br /><br />11. Do you have any saved texts? nope.<br /><br />12. Ever been in a car wreck? unfortunately..<br /><br />13. Do you have an accent? Brooklyn<br />14. What is the last song to make you cry? Brad Paisley : "That's When You Find Yourself"<br /><br />15. Plans tonight? Hopefully dinner and sleeping.<br /><br />16. Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? well ya.<br /><br />17. Name 3 things you bought yesterday. nada<br /><br />18. Have you ever been given roses? nope<br />19. Current worry?I try not to worry<br />20. Current hate right now?IRS<br /><br />21. Met someone who changed your life? yes<br /><br />22. How will you bring in the New Year? asleep.<br /><br />23. What song represents you? All you need is Lust.<br /><br />24. Name three people who might complete this? I have no idea<br /><br />25. Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? Totally :)<br /><br />27. Do you have any tattoos/piercings? no</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">irst of all I am a reformed introvert. I wasted my youth being
shy. Now that I am past the age of consent, I believe that age is 55, I have
learned that saying hello to people I do not know is almost never
dangerous. As a young man I would smile
self-consciously at people I meet, hoping futilely that they would start a
conversation. Now I’m not just specifically
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parallel to Clinton, from Alton Way to Centerpoint. This trail and other trails
like this are ideal for collecting people. You potentially have an immediate
camaraderie with anyone you meet. The odds are that you are both residents of
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most prominent indication is the presence of a dog. The second most prominent
indication is when they are sitting down and have a dog. The easiest opening line is always, “May I pet
him (or her, take a guess)”. The
inevitable response is “sure”. Show your knowledge by letting the dog sniff the
back of your hand, and then gently pet him. Viola, you now can talk to the
dog’s human. The next line should be “He
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">One of my favorite ways to continue the conversation
is obviously the weather. “Isn’t is lovely today?” Living in Denver there is
always “This is unusual weather, isn’t it”? You are safe to use this starter
because the weather in Denver is almost always unusual. “No matter how nasty the weather gets in
Denver, wait a little while and it’ll be gorgeous.” “At it’s worst the weather
is still nicer than back east.” If the
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weather. Another continuation-topic is always “How long have you lived in
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Never discuss politics. “The Mayor (Governor or President) is a dope”. Stay away from religion. “What are you doing for Easter (Yom Kippur)?” Another conversation killer is feeble
attempts at humor. “Are you going to the human sacrifice later?” Nothing will
kill a conversation quicker than these three: politics, religion or poor jokes.
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asks you: “Aren’t you an Episcopalian Democrat?” Quickly look at your watch and
exclaim – “Excuse me, I really have to run”. Another great dodge is to say“excuse
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: large;"> Usually I let my subconscious mind just
ruminate on the topic and then when I sit down at the keyboard, the words come
out. Perhaps my accidently missing a week threw a proverbial monkey wrench into
the process. But I am somewhat forcing the words out. I have a background in the sciences. Although
I am retired I still read science <i>stuff </i>a
lot. As I understand it, we live in four dimensions; the fourth of which is
time. As you accelerate through the first three, you change the flow of the
fourth. So, theoretically, the more I walk the longer my life will be, as long
as I walk in one direction, really fast? Perhaps my life might be extended as
long as a couple of micro-milliseconds?
A micro-millisecond is a decimal point followed by lots of zeroes and a
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: large;"> It takes 1.28 seconds for a signal to go
from the Earth to the moon. The moonlight that we enjoy most nights is 1.28
seconds old. Sunlight has been traveling
93 million miles. If the sun were to
snuff out, we wouldn’t know if for about 8 minutes. Light travels at 186,000
miles per second. So you do not see me as I am but as I was a brief instant
ago. Why am I babbling on about this? This is all part of Einstein’s theory of
Relativity. (There, I got to my point!)
Einstein. Einstein defined relatively thusly: </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“When
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you’re holding the hand of a pretty girl. As unbelievably brilliant as Einstein
was, he had a knack for making things seem obvious. Relativity strikes us all.
As I age, time seems to go faster. On my mothers side of the family I am the
only child of the youngest of my mother’s immediate family. I am now the eldest
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the family, again I am the only child of the youngest of my fathers’ immediate
family. I just lost a cousin yesterday; I do have two older cousins. But the years are creeping up. I jokingly tell people that I am at the
in-between years. I am too old to be middle aged but I am too young to be
called elderly. But am I? Mirriam-Webster
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guess as I look around the room we are all elderly? However as I am a grandchild of immigrants
and concentration camp survivors we are all quite youthful. There I go again
using an adjective to modify age. We all benefit from living in better times
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There’s a great Yiddish expression that summarizes this
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First of all I need to define the term <u>Yellow Stickies
(YSs).</u><i> </i>We all have a pad of them
on our desks. YSs are small pieces of paper with adhesive on one edge of the
back. The beauty of the system is that the adhesive is not very good. YSs come
in various colors and sizes. I must admit that I have a YS on my back – I’m
addicted to them. I use them in every form and type. No they are not all
yellow. On my desk right now I have a pad of yellow YSs, a pad of royal blue
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Why do YSs excite me so much? To begin with,
I define <u>unorganized</u>. As I get older my memory is more fleeting. I have
great ideas, but fifteen minutes later I have no idea what the idea was. No,
that is not correct, I’ve always been this way, not just as I get older. The
solution to this memory problem is using YSs. On the ledge of the shelf above
my desk are a row of YSs. Some of them have been up there so long that I have
no idea what the cryptic notation means, some day I’ll take those old ones
down, but not today, they might prove to be important. <o:p></o:p></div>
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How do I use YSs? How does the YSMS work?
Integral to it for me are a second monitor and a Mac app appropriately called <u>Stickies.app
</u>There’s also an app called <u>Quick note.app</u>. Both of those present a small yellow notepad
that you can move to an unused portion of your screen. I have two monitors. I
use the one on the right for reference and I write on the one on the left. For
an example: I had an idea for an article about folk remedies that we use. When
I had the idea I thought of about five or six remedies. When I started to block
the article out my mind went blank. I could only thing of a couple of them. I
put a cyber-sticky on the reference monitor and started listing them. I have
recovered one idea. I will think of the missing two and write the article. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The key to YSMS is write things down. A
physical notepad is not needed, an iPhone is a wonderful substitute. I keep my
iPad next to my bed. When I have a thought I open an eMail and sent the thought
to myself. When I sit down at the Mac the next day I review them and either
take action or add them to an open sticky on my reference monitor. Once upon a time I had a supervisor who took
YSMS to the extreme. His monitor was so covered with YSs that he had to move
them around to see his monitor.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s amazing how many bad habits
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love topics that let me ramble
on meaninglessly. As a neophyte writer, I also relish the opportunity to
improve my research skills. There has been interesting word-related news these
days. Alex Trebek has frequently ignored spelling – according to my memory, yet
a young man made a minor spelling error and lost a few thousand. The phrase was
Emancipation Proclamation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">English is a miserable language
to learn. Lately, technology has made spelling much easier. I use MS Word as my
notepad. The inevitable red wavy line points out my most egregious errors. I
now look for complex words to use, like egregious, and see if I can spell them
correctly. When I first typed egregious, it was
egregiously incorrect. The wavy red line saved me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Homophones are words that sound
alike but are spelled differently. An example of homophonic words are: aisle,
I’ll and isle. Another fun set is: bald, balled and bawled. My personal demons
are affect and effect. And who hasn’t shown jealousy at <span style="color: blue;">one’s<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"> </span></span>neighbor’s jalousie?
To further confuse the issue we are confronted with homographs. An example
might be: I couldn’t bear to see that dead grizzly bear. With its skin removed
it was quite bare. Nevertheless it the dead bear was lying there with its bare
bear teeth bared. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I might say that my wife’s
makeup case has a very compact compact – it is quite small. This is an example
of a homograph. As a writer I might advocate on behalf of other writers – you
might say that I am their advocate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or: I threw my bat at the bat.
To further aggravate the situation: I stood in the bow of my boat and saw
another person bow to me wearing a bow tie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In America I wear a brown
colored shoes, however in Britain they are coloured brown. If I open my boot,
am I opening the trunk of my car or my footwear? Are chips potato chips or
French fries? Is football another name for soccer or American football? In
Canada do I practice law or practise law? In Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“The English have no respect for
their language, and will not teach their children to speak it … there even are
places where English completely disappears. Why, in America they haven't used
it for years<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">.</span>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a native of that far-away
land called Brooklyn, I frequently see a blank look on people’s faces when I
either fall back into my native dialect, or use a word that is specifically
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-51216716130791028242013-08-03T13:09:00.001-06:002013-08-03T13:14:39.397-06:00One of these ...Let's see:<br />
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<li>Crosby</li>
<li>Sinatra</li>
<li>Presley</li>
<li>John, Paul, George and Ringo</li>
<li>Bieber</li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-583786590001048522013-08-02T16:16:00.000-06:002013-08-02T16:16:06.648-06:0038 PageviewsI have 38 Page-views in Europe - Please let me know who you are and what interests you? you can email me at howard.flomberg@gmail.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-42720873036499999012013-08-02T11:47:00.001-06:002013-08-02T12:36:40.894-06:00<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20width=%22200%22%20height=%2224%22%20src=%22http://www.swoopsworld.com/?powerpress_embed=5047-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=default%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%3E%3C/iframe%3E" target="_blank">I</a>s anyone besides me sick and tired of reading about Weiner and Snowden?<br />
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Weiner should should his mouth. Enough said.<br />
<br />
Now about Snowden. In facebook I posted a link to a great book. <span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">n 1863 Edward Everett Hale wrote a book - The Man Without a Country.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I read about Mr. S, the book came to mind. It's what might be called a "Novella" or a short novel If you just want to download it - it's 30-ish pages - here's the link;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fmagazine%2Farchive%2F2012%2F02%2Fthe-man-without-a-country%2F308790%2F&h=YAQEZZD_f" target="_blank">A man without a country</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All I can say - is Snowden and Russia deserve each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Howie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">p.s. I posted my interview on FB, just check my timeline. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-44487053693882328022013-08-01T09:42:00.001-06:002013-08-01T09:42:16.285-06:00<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>In Just a few hours:</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b>A Courtesy Announcement - Please feel free to share </b></span></div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">When:</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> This Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 12:00 pm (noon) Mountain Time, 2:00 pm Easter Time</span></span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b>Where:</b> http://www.swoopsworld.com</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b>About:</b> His latest book - <i>Stumbling Through the Sixties</i></span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b>Huh:</b> you can get his book at </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">http://tinyurl.com/lftxw7w</b></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Hey, email me and tell me where you were when you listened to me. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-6313856383751039692013-07-29T15:10:00.003-06:002013-07-29T15:10:50.893-06:00Feel Free to Copy This and Post it On Your Wall<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>The</i></b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-50320186517741761642013-07-29T13:47:00.002-06:002013-07-29T13:57:09.845-06:00Howie will be on the "radio"<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>A Courtesy Announcement - Please feel free to share </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: blue;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">When:</b><span style="font-size: large;"> This Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 12:00 pm (noon) Mountain Time, 2:00 pm Easter Time</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Where:</b> http://www.swoopsworld.com</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>About:</b> His latest book - <i>Stumbling Through the Sixties</i></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Huh:</b> you can get his book at </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">http://tinyurl.com/lftxw7w</b></li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey, email me and tell me where you were when you listened to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 150%;">Turn on the news. Pick up a newspaper or open a news blog. You are
confronted by the term “sexting”. Wikipedia tells me that sexting “is the <span style="color: windowtext;">act of sending sexually explicit </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 150%;"> messages and/or photographs, primarily between mobile phones”. In their race to be relevant, recent <i>cop shows</i> on TV have a plot revolving
about this problem.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Contrary to popular belief this is not a new problem. Users
will use any new technology negatively rapidly. Long before the Internet, decks
of punch cards were circulated that when printed with a simple program, yielded
large pictures of women in various states of undress. These pictures used
letters and numbers took up 3 or 4 sheets of large green-bar paper and started
popping up on computer room walls (<i>Guilty</i>).
When the Internet became easily
available bulletin boards popped up all over the place. These were simple online
sites that allowed people to chat and discuss significant topics. Of course
prurient topics made their appearance. As the Internet, World Wide Web and
telecommunications became more powerful their misuse swelled.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some years ago I was a team leader at a local consulting
company. Each member of the team had a workstation giving that member full
access to the Internet. We were asked to keep our non-business web surfing to
non-billable hours. One day I was asked by our manager to stop by his office. I
was silently handed a report and asked to “<i>deal
with it</i>”. The report, a computer
usage report, listed a few prurient websites and the names of people who had
visited them. Two of my people’s names were highlighted. I went back to my desk
and thought about the proper way to handle it. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wrote a memo to each of the people identified,
explained the situation and asked them to remedy it. I signed the memos, put
them in sealed envelopes and inconspicuously dropped them on the men’s desks.
Then I called a team meeting for the next day. When the team had gathered I
quietly explained the problem without identifying anyone’s name. Then I handed
out a one-page flyer with the words “The Mommy Principle” in large
letters. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I explained that whenever they were using company
equipment they were to imagine that their Mommy was standing over their
shoulder. Imagine that they would have to explain to her what they had just
done. I asked them to hang these flyers on their cubicle walls. These flyers
were the talk of the office within hours. The next day or so every cubicle in
the floor had one on the wall. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Perhaps some our government would be well served if
these flyers were on many walls?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And in conclusion</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;">We've all sat through long boring lectures. We tend to snap to attention when we hear those words: </span><i style="text-align: justify;">And in Conclusion.</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> Now that I have your attention I can begin my rant?</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The American industrial machine is still the the most powerful machine in the history of the world. We were born in the aftermath of what should rightly be called "the First World War." We called that war "The French and Indian War. Our British cousins call the war "The Seven Years War". It was the first war to be fought by countries on various continents throughout the world. The war brought to the forefront Americans like Washington, Franklin and Jefferson. The war laid down the birth place of the American Revolution</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The industrial revolution spawned two children, each designed to remedy the abhorrent conditions of the working class: Socialism (with it's political cousin communism) and Free Market Economy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Socialism is built on the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">negative aspect that people are unable to manage their own destiny. Under socialism wealth is shared by all and those with marketable skills are guaranteed a style of life that compares favorably with everyone else. A free market economy approaches a meritocracy. Those with marketable skills are rewarded for those skills. Are there inequities? Of course. But unlike socialism or any form planned economy, incentive is rewarded and therefore flourishes.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today our nation is under fire from within and without. Op/ed's in many of our leading newspapers talk about American power In the past tense. We are portrayed as another mercantile empire that got rich off of the sweat and labor of the poor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over 58,000 of my brother and sister veterans are memorialized on a wall in the DC mall. This wall is a memorial to a war that <b>We Did Win </b>in spite of the actions of the nay-Sayers and their intellectual parents. I Include the current president of the United States, Barack Obama in that group.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To the progressive mind all war is evil. Progressives look at concepts such as nationalism and patriotism as self defeating by their very nature. Unfortunately bullies do exist. However symbols are created and people flock to their standard for a reason.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Socialism and its political cousin Communism were a response to the negative social aspects of the industrial revolution. Dickens wrote extensively on this topic. America, on the other hand, was blessed with a boundless set of natural resources and, to quole Daniel Boone, lots of <i>elbow room</i>. Those who tired of living in the mill towns of the east could pack up, buy an ox-cart and head west. While socialism has planted its foot in crowded eastern cities, The west is still relatively free. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Howie</i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-23701919171923582102013-07-19T11:19:00.000-06:002013-07-21T11:04:04.945-06:00Dialysis & MedicareIn response to my fight to reverse medicare's attack on dialysis, A well known MD sent me this. I did remove all names:<br />
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<span style="color: #00006f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">They now have low level government bureaucrats send me form letters rejecting my written appeals. They never have a
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<span style="color: #00006f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Medicare used to be a great insurance plan…it never was an entailment since
eligible seniors paid into this program their entire working lives. As Medicare
has gotten worse in the last 3 years, I share your concern Obama care will
make care for patients even more of a problem. We will do what we can at Our
Hospital to provide the best quality care for our patients until our Government
transforms our nation’s healthcare system to that of Europe, which is a fine
system ……..<i><b>unless you have a serious illness.</b> </i></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00006f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>Join my fight. The word IS </i></span><span style="color: #00006f; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><i>getting out</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00006f; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><i>Howie</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00006f; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><i> p.s. I've paid into Medicare for 50 years - Howie</i></span></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-55945021020510167232013-07-18T10:00:00.001-06:002013-07-21T10:51:28.237-06:00Dialysis & MedicareFive days a week I sit in my chair and get hooked to my dialyses machine for three to four hours. If I don't then I will die. It's as simple as that.<br />
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A law was enacted some years ago to allow dialysis patients to get onto Medicare before they turn 65. I got on medicare when I was 64. Medicare is looking at reducing the amount that it pays for dialysis.<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a Dialysis patient, here's what can happen:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Medicare pays less for Dialysis</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. private insurance picks up the difference</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Private insurance has to increase premiums</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the increased premiums are too expensive, or private insurance refuses to cover dialysis I will either hope Obama care covers it, or quietly (?) die.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please go to: </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/m6e3cnw </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and support us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Howie Flomberg</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have always been a reader. When I was
young I remedied the effects of Dick and Jane by reading Tarzan adventures.
Teaching children to read by cramming Dick and Jane down their throats should
be a capital offense. As I got older I was hooked on the Black Stallion series.
The lady at the library used to save the new ones for me. Books are my escape mechanism. They always
have been and they always will be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I enjoyed about 30 years as an Adjunct
Professor in the Department of Business of a local college. One of my favorite courses to teach was
“Introduction to Business.” It’s a survey
course and I had the freedom to take the course anywhere as long as I covered
the topics in the syllabus. I noticed that when I made literary references most
of the students stared at me blankly. I decided to bring a novel into the
course. I thought the humor and subtlety of Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthurs Court” would be ideal. The novel discusses a direct confrontation
between late nineteenth-century industry and medieval superstition. As always
Twain’s humor makes some fascinating points. I used this novel in class for my
last year as a teacher before I was forced to retire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I assumed that this novel had been a
staple of high school literature. How wrong I was. At most one or two students
had read the book. Many of them were
totally unfamiliar with Mark Twain. I was stunned. I could not imagine getting
through High School without reading Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn. In my
opinion these two books are the finest in American literature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reaction to the book was mixed. I’m sure
that many of my students read the Cliff Notes instead of the book. When I
discussed the book in class I brought up some subtleties that were only obvious
if you had read the book. When I wrote the test I’m sure that the students who
relied on Cliff Notes were self-identified.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two things are obvious when you look at
my personal library. I have collection of Twain’s books. A couple of shelves down you will note my
collection of books about the Arthurian legend.
Next to Malory’s classic treatment of the legend I have a book by
Steinbeck about the legend. Steinbeck’s book is famously unfinished. I
disagree. The last section of the book deals with Lancelot and Guinevere. The last line of the book is “And Lancelot
wept.” Apparently Steinbeck could not get past that point. That relationship
marked the end of Chivalry. The relationship destroyed the Round Table and led
to the death of Arthur. Just thinking about the power of those three
words: “And Lancelot wept” moves me to
this day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is one other example of the power
of books. One semester I had a Russian
woman in my class who was an excellent student. I asked her if she had ever
read Ayn Rand’s autobiography – We the Living. She had not read it so I gave
her a copy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">About a week later she came up to me in
tears. She had no idea of what happened after the Russian revolution. The book
opened her eyes. <i>Books matter</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I'm sure that it as an honest mistake, yet "ZOUNDS", "REALLY".<br />
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I am no longer Middle Aged. I have crossed the line from Middle Aged to Elderly. Funny thing tough, mentally I feel no different than I did in my - let's see - err - twenties? Yeah, outwardly I'm that crotchety old guy in a wheel chair, sucking oxygen. But inside there's that young guy screaming - "Hey, what about me?"<br />
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I was raised in a different universe. I still say "Please" and "Thank you". When I'm motoring down one of the paths in my Electric Chair and someone steps out of my way I say "Thank you sir/ma'am". When I meet someone I still call them sir or ma'am, even though inside I'm screaming, "what the hell do you know you know you young punk?" This "young punk thing" now extends to people in their fifties.<br />
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I must admit though, the other day I saw a twenty-ish man playing with his two young kids and the only emotion that I felt was jealousy. Was I jealous of his youth or the fact that he had two youngsters? Does it matter?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279693830741931033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097217844332892757.post-68862467127749674772013-07-14T17:16:00.000-06:002013-07-14T17:17:59.457-06:00And an announcement from our sponsorMy son and heir has a book out "Management for Zombies". he has a radio interview scheduled here<br />
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