Part of that is just the hands we've been dealt, of course. Not everyone has the conditions we have. But then, too, it's also about getting older. Taking care of oneself gets more complicated the longer one lives. Eubie Blake said, around age 101, "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."
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"You promised me a drug-free America, and I want my free drugs now." -- P.J. O'Rourke
Part of that is just the hands we've been dealt, of course. Not everyone has the conditions we have. But then, too, it's also about getting older. Taking care of oneself gets more complicated the longer one lives. Eubie Blake said, around age 101, "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."
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And to think that I saw it on Sesame Street
The first time I visited the Livingstone Memorial in Ujiji, Tanzania, I was boggled by the statues of Stanley and Livingstone in the museum there. It…
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Shibboleths
I dislike shibboleths. Sometimes, they are used to define in-groups and sometimes they are used to define out-groups, but when a word or phrase is…
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One potato, two potato
Hasbro has announced that it will change the name of its Mr. Potato Head toy to simply, “Potato Head.” In de-gendering its toy, it hopes to appeal to…
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