A 2023 MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
As the summer air fills your lungs, we offer up an annual poem.. a midsummer night’s dream.
The man who knows he’s dying.
death
Meeting the big bug zapper in the sky
Please accept some apologies from me. Over the previous several weeks, my family experience a roller coaster of emotions.. Back in January my father was rushed to the hospital. While we did not know what was coming next, we knew it was going to be rough. He had cancer, which was discovered only in October … Read moreMeeting the big bug zapper in the sky
A decade after disaster: The Japan “phone of the wind” connects tsunami survivors to the dead
A decade after the Japan tsunami, a nation struggling with PTSD finds solace in a disconnected phone.
Dead cells can kill you
Purging the body of ‘retired’ cells could reverse aging, study shows →theguardian.com You can read the article first.. among the points I thought most interesting: Research published last year showed that removing the cells using a genetic trick caused mice to live 20% longer on average. The latest paper is the first to show that … Read moreDead cells can kill you
“You don’t even know what death is”
A new study has shaken my brain to the core.. a brain staying alive for 10 minutes or more after death.. The strange case of death… and dying.. and the brain. Doctors in a Canadian intensive care unit have stumbled on a very strange case – when life support was turned off for four terminal … Read more“You don’t even know what death is”
145 isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be
The oldest living man is 145. Well, we think. There are attempts being made to truly document this for history for the record books Mbah Gotho’s age.. But at this point, birth records indicate that he was born in 1870.. His lifespan has moved into triple centuries.. And he has indicated during published interviews that the … Read more145 isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be
This weekend: A nation of overdoses
The United States has (somewhat) finally started to pay attention to the heroin issue taking place within the borders of the country.. Perhaps not soon enough. And without solutions. A few months ago, I wrote a pained and detailed post about the towns that dread sundown here in America.. those little once quaint villages that are … Read moreThis weekend: A nation of overdoses
America filled with towns that dread sundown
The media sensations are abundant.. Trump said what!? Cruz did who!? And those terrorists? Those unholy hell fighters.. the scourge of the earth. ISIS is bad. But FOX NEWS and the immediate media have got people feeling there’s a terrorist behind every tree. That mainstreet USA is going to be nuked. That you should get … Read moreAmerica filled with towns that dread sundown
If we make it through December we’ll be fine
I went to a viewing last week for a friend.. I will skip the details, they are very personal and I wouldn’t want to exchange thoughts on such an instance to the world at large.. I wish I could write down most of what I am saying but if I do so, it will not be … Read moreIf we make it through December we’ll be fine