So here we are again, another cancerversary, another trip around the sun. This one is a biggie, too: five years. When cancer stats talk about rates of long-term survival, they typically are talking about people
Charles Darwin was a meticulous observer of the natural world in his seminalOrigin of the Species.But he left aproblematic legacywhen he turned to the analysis of human society in hisDescent of Man.On the one hand, we see his emphasis on the importance of cooperation in the development of ...
This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you hang out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don’t become friends with people who fall below that standard. Keep successful people around you and your...
With all its charm and natural beauty, Carmel, CA can be an eery place, especially during the summer months as the baked Central Valley air mixes with the cool ocean breezes to cast a seductive mist over the shops and cottages. During the intervening years since our honeymoon in August 197...
A few years later, when FLW was out of town, the butler opened a gas can and poured gasoline all around the house, locked all the doors and windows except one, then set fire to the house. He then stood under the single open window and hacked everyone to death as they emerged, ...
The town’s Christmas Festivals, celebrating holiday customs from around the world, make you want to visit, as do, the village’s warm and welcoming people. Christmas snow is plentiful, making Sea Isle the perfect place to spend the holiday. A romantic element is deftly woven into the plot...
Send the warmest of wishes but I keep hitting the post. And you only ever message on my birthday, Or when you feel lonely; feel thirsty, And we said if we ain’t married by thirty, we might… Is there an overlap betweenlife's a beachandMAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE...?
After some wandering around the terminal, I found that there were American counters, but they were closed. There were a couple of men there, apparently not on behalf of AA. I talked to one of them, and was reassured that the counters were closed for the day. I found AA’s phone numbe...
I tell myself that I did what I could to keep him among us, but the end result was not in my hands. I tell myself that the living cannot and must not suffer on the account of those who died. Life must go on, I tell myself. In fact, all around me I see death denials – ...
I told him it is difficult to say because his birthday is around Chinese New Year. If his birthday before the Chinese New Year Day in that year, he is a Snake, otherwise would be a horse. He laughed and said he prefer to be a horse! To my surprise he searched the Internet first ...