All Things Rowdy

We all know the line from the movie, with great power comes great responsibility. What is one of the most powerful items a person can own? A firearm. I think the top three are a device connected to the internet, a car, and a firearm. Those three items give a person more options to influence others, which is what power is, than anything else they own.   Unless wielded as a contact weapon, very few people can directly kill someone with their phone or laptop. I do recognize there are other forms of damage, but I'm only interested in loss of life for this discussion, as it is the ultimate loss.  How many people are killed by cars is a matter of public record and we know the contributing factors or alcohol, drugs, distraction, rage, poor vehicle control, and road conditions. Most readers of this blog have a driver's license and can still remember the process it took to require it. Younger readers needing more education and training than their older counterparts. In my case, I ...

Sometimes I wonder if my failing physical body is a reflection on some emotional, spiritual or intelectual failing in an other aspect of my life. Also, I don't support Trump and I think his politics, morals and business sense are ruining America.

I currently live in Texas, and have since 2018, so the past 7 years. I plan to visit where I grew up in Washington state next week and this has prompted me to think about the amount of time I have lived in each state during my life. I'll exclude my time in Spain and Iraq as they are measured in months and not years. Though I do consider myself having lived those places as I was in work or school, received mail and had and ID card issued. Oregon 14 years Washington 13 years Montana 2 years Ariozona 2 years California 12 Arkansas 3 years Texas 7 years

80% of individuals with MCI convert to AD within 3 to 7 years. Having both APOE4 allelles increases your risk 12 fold. Diagnosed with MCI this year. Amyloid PET scan in August. 3 to 7 years to Alzheimer's disease? That is frightening.

Since it has been a year and a half since the last post let me update you on a few things. They will just be as they spring to mind and not in chronological order nor order of importance. Essentially this will just be a fleshed out, stream of conscious list. I was able to travel some, Italy a couple times, Israel, Turkey and a bunch of new places in the US. A suprising one was Maine in the middle of last winter. Definitely their off season, unless you ski, but it was enjoyable and eye opening in so many ways. One of the Italy trips and to Israel was with my parents. This was their first time out of the country and it definitely opened their eyes to so many new and different things. I loved sharing that with them. My health has been all over. I've had numerous issues with almost every aspect of my health. Skin infections, a jaw that wouldn't move, Covid, latent TB, acne, Crohns, and on and on. In the past year I've had an incredible amount of health issues that had follow ...

This blog used to be awesome and now it is sad. Sad it is ignored, sad in its content and sad the platform as a whole is declining. So much I would rather write here than on fb or other places. Or even say face to face (mask to mask) with someone. Yesterday I spoke in Arabic to someone and reminded another of the years I spend being a health physicist and involved in radiation safety. It reminded me of a time I was smart, professional and a high earner. But all these memories came back as I was doing administrative work for $17 bucks per hour, being bossed around by people I used to boss around. At first I felt angry, then sad, then resigned and finally humbled. I am where I am due to my choices. But for a few hours yesterday I was sad because of my choices.