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CANCER AWARENESS ADVICE: HPV IN THE SPOTLIGHT

March 4, 2021 by

Cancer awareness question: What cancer has a vaccine? Cancer awareness answer: HPV cancer. What cancer threat creates a bitter response from parents: HPV cancer. Why would some random advice blogger give a damn? Please continue.

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HISTORICAL ADVICE: THIS IS WORTH SOMETHING, ISN’T IT

March 3, 2021 by

Historical advice usually comes from a book, or a class where some gray bearded funky old man in a musty suit jacket rambles on and on in a cloud of dandruff. Doing history is different than studying history. History museums Do History for everyone else. Museum visitors walk from exhibit to exhibit, floor to floor, […]

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SOLDIER ADVICE: WHEN TO STAY, WHEN TO GO

March 2, 2021 by

Soldier advice usually comes from one place in the beginning. Can you guess where? If you said “recruiter,” you are correct. First they make an alluring argument for signing up. College money, healthcare, clothing, living expenses, food allowance. It’s all right here for a military career. If that hook isn’t sunk deep enough, Drill Sergeants […]

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GRANDDAD ADVICE: WHAT KIDS LEARN FIRST

March 1, 2021 by

Granddad advice is the last thing needed for a newborn? Whoever said that? If you’re a grandpa who doesn’t give Granddad advice, do you know what’s coming? Grandma advice. No matter who speaks up first, make it useful. The first thing to beware of:

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TEETH MATTER MORE TO BOOMERS. HERE’S WHY

February 26, 2021 by

Teeth matter because oral health is so important. Google ‘oral health heart risk’ if you want more proof than some blogger spewing online. Better yet, and what sets me apart from your average dipstick, I’ll do it for you. Here to help:

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PICTURES MATTER, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS

February 25, 2021 by

Pictures matter most when the weeding out process starts. Where to start? If pictures matter more to you, then you start; if they don’t mean that much, let someone else do it, but give precise instructions. You want results, right? Baby Boomer parents aren’t the first to take endless pictures of the same thing, from […]

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NO PHOTO ZONE? 3 PLACES YOU DON’T WANT TO FIND YOURSELF

February 24, 2021 by

The No Photo Zone is bigger than three, but something happened recently to link historical and cultural events. Three days ago an old man paid the piper for: Doing a job in 1940’s Germany. Even now people get arrested for their concentration camp guard pasts.

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THE COVID HALF MILLION HIT YESTERDAY, FEB 22

February 22, 2021 by

My phone laid on the table top near my screen. It lit up with “News Top Stories.” That top story is the covid half million dead. “The U.S. has surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 deaths. Here’s how to visualize the overwhelming loss.”

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OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER? A FAMILY TIMELINE

February 22, 2021 by

Old enough didn’t matter when I bought a switchblade knife in Mexico. I was a twelve year old with my parents on a family car trip. After driving across Texas we stopped in El Paso after the Carlsbad Caves, then a day trip across the border to Juárez. After proudly showing my mom my new […]

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BETTER LIVING: WHAT TO ADD, WHAT TO SUBTRACT

February 21, 2021 by

Better living asks one question: Better than what? Answer that and you’ll feel better immediately, if not sooner. Too often the answer is, “Better than the people I don’t like.” But, that’s the wrong answer. So is, “I want to live better than the people who don’t like me.” In both answers, the numbers are […]

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