Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Is Dead

There was a story on NPR this morning about some studies of depression. Like many people, I hear about these studies and connect the dots, acting like a hypochondriac. Basically, they said that traumatic events in  [more...]

At exactly this time — well, 3 hours ago on the east coast, actually — thirty-nine years ago, I was born. As my aunt Susie so kindly pointed out in a birthday card, in 1966: A new car cost $2,653 The  [more...]

Having a fever is pretty awful. But when the fever is over, the world seems a bit dull. Yeah, maybe it’s ’cause I’m still dizzy and all that, but I still think the world has too many of it’s  [more...]